diff --git a/toolkit/content/components.css b/toolkit/content/components.css
index 2373f6953ba2..c002089d133d 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/components.css
+++ b/toolkit/content/components.css
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-/* ===== components.css =================================================
-  == Styles ported from XBL <resources>, loaded as UA styles in every XUL doc
-  ======================================================================= */
+/* ===== components.css ==================================================
+   ==
+   == THESE STYLES WILL BE MOVED TO "widgets.css".
+   ==
+   == These are loaded as UA syles, but eventually they will become
+   == document styles in "widgets.css". See bug 1463820 for details.
+   ==
+   ======================================================================= */
 
 @import url("chrome://global/skin/dropmarker.css");
 @import url("chrome://global/skin/groupbox.css");
diff --git a/toolkit/content/jar.mn b/toolkit/content/jar.mn
index 4c3ddb422fbc..50590a520dba 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/jar.mn
+++ b/toolkit/content/jar.mn
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ toolkit.jar:
 #ifndef MOZ_FENNEC
    content/global/viewZoomOverlay.js
 #endif
+   content/global/widgets.css
    content/global/bindings/autocomplete.xml    (widgets/autocomplete.xml)
    content/global/bindings/browser.xml         (widgets/browser.xml)
    content/global/bindings/button.xml          (widgets/button.xml)
diff --git a/toolkit/content/widgets.css b/toolkit/content/widgets.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e7080e51e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/content/widgets.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/* ===== widgets.css =====================================================
+   == Styles ported from XBL <resources>, loaded by "global.css".
+   ======================================================================= */
diff --git a/toolkit/themes/linux/global/global.css b/toolkit/themes/linux/global/global.css
index b98083d20b0e..6e42dfa192ab 100644
--- a/toolkit/themes/linux/global/global.css
+++ b/toolkit/themes/linux/global/global.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 /* all localizable skin settings shall live here */
 @import url("chrome://global/locale/intl.css");
+@import url("chrome://global/content/widgets.css");
 
 @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
 
diff --git a/toolkit/themes/osx/global/global.css b/toolkit/themes/osx/global/global.css
index 4abf77ac2f83..d7f8a87ed33d 100644
--- a/toolkit/themes/osx/global/global.css
+++ b/toolkit/themes/osx/global/global.css
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 /* all localizable skin settings shall live here */
 @import url("chrome://global/locale/intl.css");
+@import url("chrome://global/content/widgets.css");
 
 %include shared.inc
 @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
diff --git a/toolkit/themes/windows/global/global.css b/toolkit/themes/windows/global/global.css
index 34f2e2a4deac..383ec69415d7 100644
--- a/toolkit/themes/windows/global/global.css
+++ b/toolkit/themes/windows/global/global.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 /* all localizable skin settings shall live here */
 @import url("chrome://global/locale/intl.css");
+@import url("chrome://global/content/widgets.css");
 
 @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");