diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 46c77616..bd0f4d20 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -25,12 +25,19 @@ export const config = {
     description: 'Either .stylelintrc or stylelint.config.js',
     type: 'boolean',
     default: false
+  },
+  enableHtmlLinting: {
+    title: 'Enable linting of styles within html',
+    description: 'Turn on linting of your styles tages within html files.',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: false
   }
 };
 
 let useStandard;
 let presetConfig;
 let disableWhenNoConfig;
+let enableHtmlLinting;
 let subscriptions;
 
 function createRange(editor, data) {
@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ export function activate() {
   subscriptions.add(atom.config.observe('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', value => {
     disableWhenNoConfig = value;
   }));
+  subscriptions.add(atom.config.observe('linter-stylelint.enableHtmlLinting', value => {
+    enableHtmlLinting = value;
+  }));
 }
 
 export function deactivate() {
@@ -108,16 +118,29 @@ function runStylelint(editor, options, filePath) {
 }
 
 export function provideLinter() {
+  const grammarScopes = [
+    'source.css',
+    'source.scss',
+    'source.css.scss',
+    'source.less',
+    'source.css.less',
+    'source.css.postcss'
+  ];
+  if (enableHtmlLinting) {
+    grammarScopes.push(
+      'source.css.embedded.html',
+      'source.css.scss.embedded.html',
+      'source.scss.embedded.html',
+      'source.css.postcss.embedded.html',
+      'source.postcss.embedded.html',
+      'source.css.less.embedded.html',
+      'source.less.embedded.html'
+    );
+  }
+
   return {
     name: 'stylelint',
-    grammarScopes: [
-      'source.css',
-      'source.scss',
-      'source.css.scss',
-      'source.less',
-      'source.css.less',
-      'source.css.postcss'
-    ],
+    grammarScopes,
     scope: 'file',
     lintOnFly: true,
     lint: editor => {
@@ -140,18 +163,23 @@ export function provideLinter() {
         code: text,
         codeFilename: filePath,
         config: rules,
-        configBasedir: dirname(filePath)
+        configBasedir: dirname(filePath),
+        extractStyleTagsFromHtml: enableHtmlLinting
       };
 
       if (
         scopes.indexOf('source.css.scss') !== -1 ||
-        scopes.indexOf('source.scss') !== -1
+        scopes.indexOf('source.scss') !== -1 ||
+        scopes.indexOf('source.css.scss.embedded.html') !== -1 ||
+        scopes.indexOf('source.scss.embedded.html') !== -1
       ) {
         options.syntax = 'scss';
       }
       if (
         scopes.indexOf('source.css.less') !== -1 ||
-        scopes.indexOf('source.less') !== -1
+        scopes.indexOf('source.less') !== -1 ||
+        scopes.indexOf('source.css.less.embedded.html') !== -1 ||
+        scopes.indexOf('source.less.embedded.html') !== -1
       ) {
         options.syntax = 'less';
       }
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/html/good.html b/spec/fixtures/html/good.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cccda5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/html/good.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<style>
+  .div {
+    color: blue;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/html/stylelint-config-standard.html b/spec/fixtures/html/stylelint-config-standard.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..514fcbbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/html/stylelint-config-standard.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<style>
+  .div {}
+</style>
diff --git a/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js b/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
index f1413ea2..1a917e4d 100644
--- a/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
+++ b/spec/linter-stylelint-spec.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ const invalidConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'invalid-config', 'st
 const lessDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'less');
 const goodLess = path.join(lessDir, 'good.less');
 const configStandardLessPath = path.join(lessDir, 'stylelint-config-standard.less');
+const htmlDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'html');
+const goodHtml = path.join(htmlDir, 'good.html');
+const configStandardHtmlPath = path.join(htmlDir, 'stylelint-config-standard.html');
 const goodPostCSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'postcss', 'styles.pcss');
 const issuesPostCSS = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'postcss', 'issues.pcss');
 
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
     atom.workspace.destroyActivePaneItem();
     atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.useStandard', true);
     atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.disableWhenNoConfig', false);
+    atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.enableHtmlLinting', false);
 
     waitsForPromise(() =>
       Promise.all([
@@ -213,6 +217,34 @@ describe('The stylelint provider for Linter', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('works with HTML files and', () => {
+    it('works with stylelint-config-standard', () => {
+      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.enableHtmlLinting', true);
+      waitsForPromise(() =>
+        atom.workspace.open(configStandardHtmlPath).then(editor => lint(editor)).then(messages => {
+          expect(messages.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+          // test only the first error
+          expect(messages[0].type).toBe('Error');
+          expect(messages[0].severity).toBe('error');
+          expect(messages[0].text).toBe('Unexpected empty block (block-no-empty)');
+          expect(messages[0].filePath).toBe(configStandardHtmlPath);
+          expect(messages[0].range).toEqual([[1, 7], [1, 9]]);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('finds nothing wrong with a valid file', () => {
+      atom.config.set('linter-stylelint.enableHtmlLinting', true);
+      waitsForPromise(() =>
+        atom.workspace.open(goodHtml).then(editor => lint(editor)).then(messages => {
+          expect(messages.length).toBe(0);
+        })
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+
   describe('works with PostCSS files and', () => {
     it('works with stylelint-config-standard', () => {
       waitsForPromise(() =>