diff --git a/packages/uniwind/src/bundler/css-processor/processor.ts b/packages/uniwind/src/bundler/css-processor/processor.ts
index e77c2a05..4e290ac7 100644
--- a/packages/uniwind/src/bundler/css-processor/processor.ts
+++ b/packages/uniwind/src/bundler/css-processor/processor.ts
@@ -240,9 +240,12 @@ export class ProcessorBuilder {
         }
 
         if (rule.type === 'style') {
+            const previousRoot = this.declarationConfig.root
+
             rule.value.selectors.forEach(selector => {
                 const [maybeClassNameSelector] = selector
                 const newClassName = maybeClassNameSelector?.type === 'class' ? maybeClassNameSelector.name : undefined
+                this.declarationConfig.root = newClassName === undefined ? previousRoot : false
 
                 if (newClassName !== undefined) {
                     this.declarationConfig.className = newClassName
@@ -298,6 +301,7 @@ export class ProcessorBuilder {
                     }
                 })
             })
+            this.declarationConfig.root = previousRoot
 
             return
         }
diff --git a/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/root-state.test.ts b/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/root-state.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b15d2549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/root-state.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { UniwindBundlerConfig } from '../../../src/bundler/config'
+import { ProcessorBuilder } from '../../../src/bundler/css-processor'
+import { Platform } from '../../../src/common/consts'
+
+const compile = (css: string) => {
+    const config = UniwindBundlerConfig.fromMetroConfig({ cssEntryFile: './tests/test.css' }, Platform.iOS)
+    const processor = new ProcessorBuilder(config)
+
+    processor.transform(css)
+
+    return processor
+}
+
+const rules = ':root { --root-width: 10px; } .after-root { width: 42px; }'
+
+describe(':root parser state', () => {
+    test.each([
+        ['plain', '.sibling&', false],
+        ['active', '.sibling&:active', true],
+    ])('keeps nested %s class declarations out of root variables', (_name, selector, active) => {
+        const processor = compile(`
+            :root {
+                &:root { --inner: 1px; }
+                ${selector} { width: 5px !important; }
+            }
+        `)
+
+        expect(processor.stylesheets.sibling[0].width).toBe(5)
+        expect(processor.stylesheets.sibling[0].active).toBe(active || null)
+        expect(processor.stylesheets.sibling[0].importantProperties).toContain('width')
+        expect(processor.vars.width).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(processor.vars['--inner']).toBeDefined()
+    })
+
+    test('preserves root declarations after nested class and root rules', () => {
+        const processor = compile(`
+            :root {
+                .before& { height: 3px; }
+                &:root { --inner: 1px; }
+                --after: 2px;
+            }
+        `)
+
+        expect(processor.vars['--after']).toBeDefined()
+        expect(processor.stylesheets.before[0].height).toBe(3)
+        expect(processor.vars.height).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(processor.stylesheets.before.some(style => '--after' in style)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test.each(['.box, :root', ':root, .box'])('preserves the outer root state in %s', selector => {
+        const processor = compile(`
+            ${selector} {
+                &:root { --inner: 1px; }
+                --after: 2px;
+            }
+            .after-root { width: 42px; }
+        `)
+
+        expect(processor.vars['--inner']).toBeDefined()
+        expect(processor.vars['--after']).toBeDefined()
+        expect(processor.vars.width).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(processor.stylesheets['after-root'][0].width).toBe(42)
+    })
+
+    test.each([
+        ['top level', rules],
+        ['layer', `@layer utilities { ${rules} }`],
+        ['supports', `@supports (display: grid) { ${rules} }`],
+    ])('does not leak into the next class at %s', (_name, css) => {
+        const processor = compile(css)
+
+        expect(processor.vars['--root-width']).toBeDefined()
+        expect(processor.vars.width).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(processor.stylesheets['after-root'][0].width).toBe(42)
+    })
+
+    test.each([
+        ['layer', `@layer utilities { ${rules} }`],
+        ['supports', `@supports (display: grid) { ${rules} }`],
+    ])('preserves the media condition around a %s', (_name, css) => {
+        const processor = compile(`@media ios { ${css} }`)
+        const style = processor.stylesheets['after-root'][0]
+
+        expect(style.width).toBe(42)
+        expect(style.platform).toBe(Platform.iOS)
+        expect(processor.vars.width).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+})