diff --git a/src/runtime/components/css.ts b/src/runtime/components/css.ts
index db121b2b..4cf2c471 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/css.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/components/css.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { NuxtIconRuntimeOptions, NuxtIconRuntimeServerOptions } from '../..
 import type { IconifyIconCustomizeCallback } from './shared'
 import { hash } from 'ohash'
 import { loadIcon, resolveCustomizeFn } from './shared'
+import { insertIconStyle } from './style-order'
 import { useAppConfig, useNuxtApp, useHead, useRuntimeConfig, onServerPrefetch } from '#imports'
 
 // This should only be used in the client side
@@ -139,11 +140,7 @@ export const NuxtIconCss = /* @__PURE__ */ defineComponent({
         if (import.meta.dev) {
           style.dataset.nuxtIconDev = name
         }
-        const firstStyle = document.head.querySelector('style, link[rel="stylesheet"]')
-        if (firstStyle)
-          document.head.insertBefore(style, firstStyle)
-        else
-          document.head.appendChild(style)
+        insertIconStyle(style, document.head, options.cssLayer)
         selectors.add(iconSelector)
       }
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/style-order.ts b/src/runtime/components/style-order.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74e0de05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/components/style-order.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export function insertIconStyle(style: HTMLStyleElement, head: HTMLHeadElement, cssLayer?: string) {
+  if (cssLayer) {
+    head.appendChild(style)
+    return
+  }
+
+  const firstStyle = head.querySelector('style, link[rel="stylesheet"]')
+  if (firstStyle)
+    head.insertBefore(style, firstStyle)
+  else
+    head.appendChild(style)
+}
diff --git a/test/style-order.test.ts b/test/style-order.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e49a7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/style-order.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Window } from 'happy-dom'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { insertIconStyle } from '../src/runtime/components/style-order'
+
+describe('insertIconStyle', () => {
+  it('appends layered icon styles after existing stylesheets', () => {
+    const window = new Window()
+    const { document } = window
+    const appStyle = document.createElement('style')
+    const appLink = document.createElement('link')
+    appLink.rel = 'stylesheet'
+    document.head.append(appStyle, appLink)
+
+    const iconStyle = document.createElement('style')
+    insertIconStyle(iconStyle as unknown as HTMLStyleElement, document.head as unknown as HTMLHeadElement, 'base')
+
+    expect([...document.head.children]).toEqual([appStyle, appLink, iconStyle])
+    window.happyDOM.abort()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps unlayered icon styles before existing stylesheets', () => {
+    const window = new Window()
+    const { document } = window
+    const appStyle = document.createElement('style')
+    const appLink = document.createElement('link')
+    appLink.rel = 'stylesheet'
+    document.head.append(appStyle, appLink)
+
+    const iconStyle = document.createElement('style')
+    insertIconStyle(iconStyle as unknown as HTMLStyleElement, document.head as unknown as HTMLHeadElement)
+
+    expect([...document.head.children]).toEqual([iconStyle, appStyle, appLink])
+    window.happyDOM.abort()
+  })
+})