diff --git a/packages/sui-bundler/loaders/linkLoaderConfigBuilder.js b/packages/sui-bundler/loaders/linkLoaderConfigBuilder.js
index d7c4294da..d9a7ea4ce 100644
--- a/packages/sui-bundler/loaders/linkLoaderConfigBuilder.js
+++ b/packages/sui-bundler/loaders/linkLoaderConfigBuilder.js
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ module.exports = ({config, packagesToLink, linkAll}) => {
 
     if (!regex.test('.css')) return rule
 
+    // Rules matching .css that don't already run through @s-ui/sass-loader
+    // (e.g. the plainCssPackages passthrough rule, see module-rules-sass.js)
+    // must be left alone — otherwise this force-injects the sass loader
+    // into plain CSS files, breaking packages that ship pre-built CSS
+    // (Tailwind v4 output, etc.) when they're consumed via -l/-L linking.
+    // Compared by resolved path rather than package-name substring so this
+    // also works when @s-ui/sass-loader itself is symlinked/linked (e.g.
+    // inside this monorepo), where its resolved path won't contain the
+    // package name.
+    const sassLoaderPath = require.resolve('@s-ui/sass-loader')
+    const usesSassLoader = use.some(
+      loaderUse => (typeof loaderUse === 'string' ? loaderUse : loaderUse.loader) === sassLoaderPath
+    )
+    if (!usesSassLoader) return rule
+
     return {
       ...rule,
       use: [...use.slice(0, -1), sassLoaderWithLinkImporter]
diff --git a/packages/sui-bundler/test/server/linkLoaderConfigBuilderSpec.js b/packages/sui-bundler/test/server/linkLoaderConfigBuilderSpec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a98a04f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sui-bundler/test/server/linkLoaderConfigBuilderSpec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+const {expect} = require('chai')
+
+const linkLoaderConfigBuilder = require('../../loaders/linkLoaderConfigBuilder.js')
+
+describe('linkLoaderConfigBuilder', () => {
+  const packagesToLink = [__dirname]
+
+  it('injects the sass link importer into rules that already use @s-ui/sass-loader', () => {
+    const config = {
+      module: {
+        rules: [
+          {
+            test: /(\.css|\.scss)$/,
+            exclude: /node_modules/,
+            use: [
+              'mini-css-extract-plugin-loader',
+              'css-loader',
+              'postcss-loader',
+              require.resolve('@s-ui/sass-loader')
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      resolve: {alias: {}}
+    }
+
+    const nextConfig = linkLoaderConfigBuilder({config, packagesToLink})
+    const sassRule = nextConfig.module.rules[0]
+
+    expect(sassRule.use).to.have.lengthOf(4)
+    expect(sassRule.use[3]).to.be.an('object')
+    expect(sassRule.use[3].loader).to.equal(require.resolve('@s-ui/sass-loader'))
+    expect(sassRule.use[3].options.sassOptions).to.have.property('importer')
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the plainCssPackages passthrough rule untouched', () => {
+    const config = {
+      module: {
+        rules: [
+          {
+            test: /(\.css|\.scss)$/,
+            exclude: /node_modules[\\/](@adv-mt\/ui)[\\/]/,
+            use: [
+              'mini-css-extract-plugin-loader',
+              'css-loader',
+              'postcss-loader',
+              require.resolve('@s-ui/sass-loader')
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            test: /\.css$/,
+            include: /node_modules[\\/](@adv-mt\/ui)[\\/]/,
+            use: ['mini-css-extract-plugin-loader', 'css-loader']
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      resolve: {alias: {}}
+    }
+
+    const nextConfig = linkLoaderConfigBuilder({config, packagesToLink})
+    const plainCssRule = nextConfig.module.rules[1]
+
+    // Before the fix, this rule's last loader (css-loader) was replaced with
+    // @s-ui/sass-loader, breaking pre-built CSS (e.g. Tailwind v4 output)
+    // from plainCssPackages when consumed via -l/-L linking.
+    expect(plainCssRule.use).to.deep.equal(['mini-css-extract-plugin-loader', 'css-loader'])
+  })
+
+  it('returns the original config unmodified when there is nothing to link', () => {
+    const config = {module: {rules: []}}
+    const nextConfig = linkLoaderConfigBuilder({config, packagesToLink: [], linkAll: false})
+    expect(nextConfig).to.equal(config)
+  })
+})