diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc1dea1..9eb28b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module/
 node_modules/
 *.mjs
 *.js
+!src/dzeio/stylusUtils.js
 *.d.ts
 !src/stylus.d.ts
 !.storybook/*.js
diff --git a/src/dzeio/stylusUtils.js b/src/dzeio/stylusUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef81ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dzeio/stylusUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+// See https://github.com/stylus/stylus/issues/1872#issuecomment-86553717
+var stylus = require('stylus');
+
+module.exports = function() {
+	return function(style) {
+		style.define('file-exists', function(path) {
+		return !!stylus.utils.lookup(path.string, this.paths);
+		});
+	};
+};
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