diff --git a/layout/style/GeckoBindings.cpp b/layout/style/GeckoBindings.cpp
index b8df378b1ea4..bddde4b18979 100644
--- a/layout/style/GeckoBindings.cpp
+++ b/layout/style/GeckoBindings.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/EffectCompositor.h"
 #include "mozilla/EffectSet.h"
 #include "mozilla/FontPropertyTypes.h"
+#include "mozilla/Hal.h"
 #include "mozilla/Keyframe.h"
 #include "mozilla/Mutex.h"
 #include "mozilla/Preferences.h"
@@ -1661,6 +1662,26 @@ bool Gecko_IsMainThread() { return NS_IsMainThread(); }
 
 bool Gecko_IsDOMWorkerThread() { return !!GetCurrentThreadWorkerPrivate(); }
 
+int32_t Gecko_GetNumStyleThreads() {
+  if (const auto& cpuInfo = hal::GetHeterogeneousCpuInfo()) {
+    size_t numBigCpus = cpuInfo->mBigCpus.Count();
+    // If CPUs are homogeneous we do not need to override stylo's
+    // default number of threads.
+    if (numBigCpus != cpuInfo->mTotalNumCpus) {
+      // From testing on a variety of devices it appears using only
+      // the number of big cores gives best performance when there are
+      // 2 or more big cores. If there are fewer than 2 big cores then
+      // additionally using the medium cores performs better.
+      if (numBigCpus >= 2) {
+        return static_cast<int32_t>(numBigCpus);
+      }
+      return static_cast<int32_t>(numBigCpus + cpuInfo->mMediumCpus.Count());
+    }
+  }
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
 const nsAttrValue* Gecko_GetSVGAnimatedClass(const Element* aElement) {
   MOZ_ASSERT(aElement->IsSVGElement());
   return static_cast<const SVGElement*>(aElement)->GetAnimatedClassName();
diff --git a/layout/style/GeckoBindings.h b/layout/style/GeckoBindings.h
index 1d5d60bb4e7c..ea90f6b0422f 100644
--- a/layout/style/GeckoBindings.h
+++ b/layout/style/GeckoBindings.h
@@ -609,6 +609,10 @@ bool Gecko_IsMainThread();
 // Returns true if we're currently on a DOM worker thread.
 bool Gecko_IsDOMWorkerThread();
 
+// Returns the preferred number of style threads to use, or -1 for no
+// preference.
+int32_t Gecko_GetNumStyleThreads();
+
 // Media feature helpers.
 //
 // Defined in nsMediaFeatures.cpp.
diff --git a/servo/components/style/global_style_data.rs b/servo/components/style/global_style_data.rs
index 0b6e4e1546e1..ca52af4d8228 100644
--- a/servo/components/style/global_style_data.rs
+++ b/servo/components/style/global_style_data.rs
@@ -166,12 +166,21 @@ lazy_static! {
         let num_threads = if threads_pref >= 0 {
             threads_pref as usize
         } else {
-            use num_cpus;
-            // The default heuristic is num_virtual_cores * .75. This gives us three threads on a
-            // hyper-threaded dual core, and six threads on a hyper-threaded quad core.
-            let threads = cmp::max(num_cpus::get() * 3 / 4, 1);
-            // There's no point in creating a thread pool if there's one thread.
-            if threads == 1 { 0 } else { threads }
+            // Gecko may wish to override the default number of threads, for example on
+            // systems with heterogeneous CPUs.
+            #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
+            let num_threads = unsafe { bindings::Gecko_GetNumStyleThreads() };
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "gecko"))]
+            let num_threads = -1;
+
+            if num_threads >= 0 {
+                num_threads as usize
+            } else {
+                use num_cpus;
+                // The default heuristic is num_virtual_cores * .75. This gives us three threads on a
+                // hyper-threaded dual core, and six threads on a hyper-threaded quad core.
+                cmp::max(num_cpus::get() * 3 / 4, 1)
+            }
         };
 
         let num_threads = cmp::min(num_threads, STYLO_MAX_THREADS);