diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34c0eea6a689..01b6827863d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     "@types/progress": "^2.0.3",
     "@types/resolve": "^1.17.1",
     "@types/rimraf": "^3.0.0",
+    "@types/sass": "^1.16.0",
     "@types/semver": "^7.0.0",
     "@types/text-table": "^0.2.1",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
index 2274d3635272..59196a808dee 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ ts_library(
         "@npm//@types/parse5-html-rewriting-stream",
         "@npm//@types/postcss-preset-env",
         "@npm//@types/rimraf",
+        "@npm//@types/sass",
         "@npm//@types/semver",
         "@npm//@types/text-table",
         "@npm//@types/webpack-dev-server",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/sass-service.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/sass-service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c3a760b9fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/sass-service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import { Importer, ImporterReturnType, Options, Result, SassException } from 'sass';
+import { MessageChannel, Worker } from 'worker_threads';
+
+/**
+ * The callback type for the `dart-sass` asynchronous render function.
+ */
+type RenderCallback = (error?: SassException, result?: Result) => void;
+
+/**
+ * An object containing the contextual information for a specific render request.
+ */
+interface RenderRequest {
+  id: number;
+  callback: RenderCallback;
+  importers?: Importer[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * A response from the Sass render Worker containing the result of the operation.
+ */
+interface RenderResponseMessage {
+  id: number;
+  error?: SassException;
+  result?: Result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A Sass renderer implementation that provides an interface that can be used by Webpack's
+ * `sass-loader`. The implementation uses a Worker thread to perform the Sass rendering
+ * with the `dart-sass` package.  The `dart-sass` synchronous render function is used within
+ * the worker which can be up to two times faster than the asynchronous variant.
+ */
+export class SassWorkerImplementation {
+  private worker?: Worker;
+  private readonly requests = new Map<number, RenderRequest>();
+  private idCounter = 1;
+
+  /**
+   * Provides information about the Sass implementation.
+   * This mimics enough of the `dart-sass` value to be used with the `sass-loader`.
+   */
+  get info(): string {
+    return 'dart-sass\tworker';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The synchronous render function is not used by the `sass-loader`.
+   */
+  renderSync(): never {
+    throw new Error('Sass renderSync is not supported.');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Asynchronously request a Sass stylesheet to be renderered.
+   *
+   * @param options The `dart-sass` options to use when rendering the stylesheet.
+   * @param callback The function to execute when the rendering is complete.
+   */
+  render(options: Options, callback: RenderCallback): void {
+    // The `functions` and `importer` options are JavaScript functions that cannot be transferred.
+    // If any additional function options are added in the future, they must be excluded as well.
+    const { functions, importer, ...serializableOptions } = options;
+
+    // The CLI's configuration does not use or expose the ability to defined custom Sass functions
+    if (functions && Object.keys(functions).length > 0) {
+      throw new Error('Sass custom functions are not supported.');
+    }
+
+    if (!this.worker) {
+      this.worker = this.createWorker();
+    }
+
+    const request = this.createRequest(callback, importer);
+    this.requests.set(request.id, request);
+
+    this.worker.postMessage({
+      id: request.id,
+      hasImporter: !!importer,
+      options: serializableOptions,
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Shutdown the Sass render worker.
+   * Executing this method will stop any pending render requests.
+   *
+   * The worker is unreferenced upon creation and will not block application exit. This method
+   * is only needed if early cleanup is needed.
+   */
+  close(): void {
+    this.worker?.terminate();
+    this.requests.clear();
+  }
+
+  private createWorker(): Worker {
+    const { port1: mainImporterPort, port2: workerImporterPort } = new MessageChannel();
+    const importerSignal = new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4));
+
+    const workerPath = require.resolve('./worker');
+    const worker = new Worker(workerPath, {
+      workerData: { workerImporterPort, importerSignal },
+      transferList: [workerImporterPort],
+    });
+
+    worker.on('message', (response: RenderResponseMessage) => {
+      const request = this.requests.get(response.id);
+      if (!request) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.requests.delete(response.id);
+
+      if (response.result) {
+        // The results are expected to be Node.js `Buffer` objects but will each be transferred as
+        // a Uint8Array that does not have the expected `toString` behavior of a `Buffer`.
+        const { css, map, stats } = response.result;
+        const result: Result = {
+          // This `Buffer.from` override will use the memory directly and avoid making a copy
+          css: Buffer.from(css.buffer, css.byteOffset, css.byteLength),
+          stats,
+        };
+        if (map) {
+          // This `Buffer.from` override will use the memory directly and avoid making a copy
+          result.map = Buffer.from(map.buffer, map.byteOffset, map.byteLength);
+        }
+        request.callback(undefined, result);
+      } else {
+        request.callback(response.error);
+      }
+    });
+
+    mainImporterPort.on(
+      'message',
+      ({ id, url, prev }: { id: number; url: string; prev: string }) => {
+        const request = this.requests.get(id);
+        if (!request?.importers) {
+          mainImporterPort.postMessage(null);
+          Atomics.store(importerSignal, 0, 1);
+          Atomics.notify(importerSignal, 0);
+
+          return;
+        }
+
+        this.processImporters(request.importers, url, prev)
+          .then((result) => {
+            mainImporterPort.postMessage(result);
+          })
+          .catch((error) => {
+            mainImporterPort.postMessage(error);
+          })
+          .finally(() => {
+            Atomics.store(importerSignal, 0, 1);
+            Atomics.notify(importerSignal, 0);
+          });
+      },
+    );
+
+    worker.unref();
+    mainImporterPort.unref();
+
+    return worker;
+  }
+
+  private async processImporters(
+    importers: Iterable<Importer>,
+    url: string,
+    prev: string,
+  ): Promise<ImporterReturnType> {
+    let result = null;
+    for (const importer of importers) {
+      result = await new Promise<ImporterReturnType>((resolve) => {
+        // Importers can be both sync and async
+        const innerResult = importer(url, prev, resolve);
+        if (innerResult !== undefined) {
+          resolve(innerResult);
+        }
+      });
+
+      if (result) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private createRequest(
+    callback: RenderCallback,
+    importer: Importer | Importer[] | undefined,
+  ): RenderRequest {
+    return {
+      id: this.idCounter++,
+      callback,
+      importers: !importer || Array.isArray(importer) ? importer : [importer],
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/worker.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..137b9e323ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/sass/worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import { ImporterReturnType, Options, renderSync } from 'sass';
+import { MessagePort, parentPort, receiveMessageOnPort, workerData } from 'worker_threads';
+
+/**
+ * A request to render a Sass stylesheet using the supplied options.
+ */
+interface RenderRequestMessage {
+  /**
+   * The unique request identifier that links the render action with a callback and optional
+   * importer on the main thread.
+   */
+  id: number;
+  /**
+   * The Sass options to provide to the `dart-sass` render function.
+   */
+  options: Options;
+  /**
+   * Indicates the request has a custom importer function on the main thread.
+   */
+  hasImporter: boolean;
+}
+
+if (!parentPort || !workerData) {
+  throw new Error('Sass worker must be executed as a Worker.');
+}
+
+// The importer variables are used to proxy import requests to the main thread
+const { workerImporterPort, importerSignal } = workerData as {
+  workerImporterPort: MessagePort;
+  importerSignal: Int32Array;
+};
+
+parentPort.on('message', ({ id, hasImporter, options }: RenderRequestMessage) => {
+  try {
+    if (hasImporter) {
+      // When a custom importer function is present, the importer request must be proxied
+      // back to the main thread where it can be executed.
+      // This process must be synchronous from the perspective of dart-sass. The `Atomics`
+      // functions combined with the shared memory `importSignal` and the Node.js
+      // `receiveMessageOnPort` function are used to ensure synchronous behavior.
+      options.importer = (url, prev) => {
+        Atomics.store(importerSignal, 0, 0);
+        workerImporterPort.postMessage({ id, url, prev });
+        Atomics.wait(importerSignal, 0, 0);
+
+        return receiveMessageOnPort(workerImporterPort)?.message as ImporterReturnType;
+      };
+    }
+
+    // The synchronous Sass render function can be up to two times faster than the async variant
+    const result = renderSync(options);
+
+    parentPort?.postMessage({ id, result });
+  } catch (error) {
+    parentPort?.postMessage({ id, error });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
index b6c81e0bb04e..24deacf4996a 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as webpack from 'webpack';
 import { ExtraEntryPoint } from '../../browser/schema';
+import { SassWorkerImplementation } from '../../sass/sass-service';
 import { BuildBrowserFeatures } from '../../utils/build-browser-features';
 import { WebpackConfigOptions } from '../../utils/build-options';
 import {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export function getStylesConfig(wco: WebpackConfigOptions): webpack.Configuratio
         `To opt-out of the deprecated behaviour and start using 'sass' uninstall 'node-sass'.`,
     );
   } catch {
-    sassImplementation = require('sass');
+    sassImplementation = new SassWorkerImplementation();
   }
 
   const assetNameTemplate = assetNameTemplateFactory(hashFormat);
@@ -288,6 +289,8 @@ export function getStylesConfig(wco: WebpackConfigOptions): webpack.Configuratio
             implementation: sassImplementation,
             sourceMap: true,
             sassOptions: {
+              // Prevent use of `fibers` package as it no longer works in newer Node.js versions
+              fiber: false,
               // bootstrap-sass requires a minimum precision of 8
               precision: 8,
               includePaths,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5bd81e85f386..8f840bd96839 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1974,6 +1974,13 @@
     "@types/glob" "*"
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/sass@^1.16.0":
+  version "1.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/sass/-/sass-1.16.0.tgz#b41ac1c17fa68ffb57d43e2360486ef526b3d57d"
+  integrity sha512-2XZovu4NwcqmtZtsBR5XYLw18T8cBCnU2USFHTnYLLHz9fkhnoEMoDsqShJIOFsFhn5aJHjweiUUdTrDGujegA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/selenium-webdriver@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/selenium-webdriver/-/selenium-webdriver-3.0.17.tgz#50bea0c3c2acc31c959c5b1e747798b3b3d06d4b"