diff --git a/.stylelintrc.json b/.stylelintrc.json
index b0496c335ba..d975da860ba 100644
--- a/.stylelintrc.json
+++ b/.stylelintrc.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "extends": "@18f/identity-stylelint-config"
+  "extends": "@18f/identity-stylelint-config",
+  "ignoreFiles": "**/fixtures/**/*"
 }
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/CHANGELOG.md b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/CHANGELOG.md
index 4153de0f449..1779cd56b61 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Adds support for ".scss" file extension, as an alternative to the current ".css.scss" support. In both cases, the output files use the basename with a ".css" extension.
+
 ## 1.2.0
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/README.md b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/README.md
index 31ec8fcc31a..09c3858c0ba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/README.md
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Default behavior includes:
 Invoke the included `build-sass` executable with the source files and any relevant command flags.
 
 ```
-npx build-sass path/to/sass/*.css.scss --out-dir=build
+npx build-sass path/to/sass/*.scss --out-dir=build
 ```
 
 Flags:
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/css-scss-extension/.gitignore b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/css-scss-extension/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abdfa7226b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/css-scss-extension/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+styles.css
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/css-scss-extension/styles.css.scss b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/css-scss-extension/styles.css.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/scss-extension/.gitignore b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/scss-extension/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abdfa7226b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/scss-extension/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+styles.css
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/scss-extension/styles.scss b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/fixtures/scss-extension/styles.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.js b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.js
index cad1aae6e76..9348c688ad4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function buildFile(file, options) {
     quietDeps: true,
   });
 
-  let outFile = basename(file, '.scss');
+  let outFile = `${basename(basename(file, '.css.scss'), '.scss')}.css`;
 
   const lightningResult = lightningTransform({
     filename: outFile,
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.spec.js b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c85c00b1c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/build-sass/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { buildFile } from './index.js';
+
+const cwd = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+describe('buildFile', () => {
+  context('with .css.scss file extension', () => {
+    it('writes a file with the same basename and a .css extension', async () => {
+      const fixtureDir = join(cwd, 'fixtures/css-scss-extension');
+      await buildFile(join(fixtureDir, 'styles.css.scss'), { outDir: fixtureDir });
+
+      await stat(join(fixtureDir, 'styles.css'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  context('with .scss file extension', () => {
+    it('writes a file with the same basename and a .css extension', async () => {
+      const fixtureDir = join(cwd, 'fixtures/scss-extension');
+      await buildFile(join(fixtureDir, 'styles.scss'), { outDir: fixtureDir });
+
+      await stat(join(fixtureDir, 'styles.css'));
+    });
+  });
+});