diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17eb99f5a037..18151343193a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.12.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.0.1",
     "jest": "^26.5.2",
+    "postcss": "^8.0.9",
     "prettier": "^2.1.2",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "postcss": "^8.0.9"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss": "^3.0.0",
     "autoprefixer": "^9.8.6",
@@ -61,7 +65,6 @@
     "modern-normalize": "^1.0.0",
     "node-emoji": "^1.8.1",
     "object-hash": "^2.0.3",
-    "postcss": "^7.0.11",
     "postcss-functions": "^3.0.0",
     "postcss-js": "^2.0.0",
     "postcss-nested": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 6b273d029b0e..1393f8af708d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs'
 
 import _ from 'lodash'
-import postcss from 'postcss'
 
 import getModuleDependencies from './lib/getModuleDependencies'
 import registerConfigAsDependency from './lib/registerConfigAsDependency'
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ const getConfigFunction = (config) => () => {
   return resolveConfig([...getAllConfigs(configObject)])
 }
 
-const plugin = postcss.plugin('tailwind', (config) => {
+module.exports = function (config) {
   const plugins = []
   const resolvedConfigPath = resolveConfigPath(config)
 
@@ -71,11 +70,14 @@ const plugin = postcss.plugin('tailwind', (config) => {
     plugins.push(registerConfigAsDependency(resolvedConfigPath))
   }
 
-  return postcss([
-    ...plugins,
-    processTailwindFeatures(getConfigFunction(resolvedConfigPath || config)),
-    formatCSS,
-  ])
-})
+  return {
+    postcssPlugin: 'tailwindcss',
+    plugins: [
+      ...plugins,
+      processTailwindFeatures(getConfigFunction(resolvedConfigPath || config)),
+      formatCSS,
+    ],
+  }
+}
 
-module.exports = plugin
+module.exports.postcss = true
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 65e8c814150e..94fb5364f1e2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3181,7 +3181,7 @@ is-wsl@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     is-docker "^2.0.0"
 
-isarray@1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
+isarray@1.0.0, isarray@^1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz#bb935d48582cba168c06834957a54a3e07124f11"
   integrity sha1-u5NdSFgsuhaMBoNJV6VKPgcSTxE=
@@ -3801,6 +3801,14 @@ levn@~0.3.0:
     prelude-ls "~1.1.2"
     type-check "~0.3.2"
 
+line-column@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/line-column/-/line-column-1.0.2.tgz#d25af2936b6f4849172b312e4792d1d987bc34a2"
+  integrity sha1-0lryk2tvSEkXKzEuR5LR2Ye8NKI=
+  dependencies:
+    isarray "^1.0.0"
+    isobject "^2.0.0"
+
 lines-and-columns@^1.1.6:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lines-and-columns/-/lines-and-columns-1.1.6.tgz#1c00c743b433cd0a4e80758f7b64a57440d9ff00"
@@ -4003,6 +4011,11 @@ nan@^2.12.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.14.0.tgz#7818f722027b2459a86f0295d434d1fc2336c52c"
   integrity sha512-INOFj37C7k3AfaNTtX8RhsTw7qRy7eLET14cROi9+5HAVbbHuIWUHEauBv5qT4Av2tWasiTY1Jw6puUNqRJXQg==
 
+nanoid@^3.1.12:
+  version "3.1.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.12.tgz#6f7736c62e8d39421601e4a0c77623a97ea69654"
+  integrity sha512-1qstj9z5+x491jfiC4Nelk+f8XBad7LN20PmyWINJEMRSf3wcAjAWysw1qaA8z6NSKe2sjq1hRSDpBH5paCb6A==
+
 nanomatch@^1.2.9:
   version "1.2.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanomatch/-/nanomatch-1.2.13.tgz#b87a8aa4fc0de8fe6be88895b38983ff265bd119"
@@ -4507,7 +4520,7 @@ postcss-value-parser@^4.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postcss-value-parser/-/postcss-value-parser-4.1.0.tgz#443f6a20ced6481a2bda4fa8532a6e55d789a2cb"
   integrity sha512-97DXOFbQJhk71ne5/Mt6cOu6yxsSfM0QGQyl0L25Gca4yGWEGJaig7l7gbCX623VqTBNGLRLaVUCnNkcedlRSQ==
 
-postcss@7.0.32, postcss@^7.0.11, postcss@^7.0.18, postcss@^7.0.32:
+postcss@7.0.32, postcss@^7.0.18, postcss@^7.0.32:
   version "7.0.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postcss/-/postcss-7.0.32.tgz#4310d6ee347053da3433db2be492883d62cec59d"
   integrity sha512-03eXong5NLnNCD05xscnGKGDZ98CyzoqPSMjOe6SuoQY7Z2hIj0Ld1g/O/UQRuOle2aRtiIRDg9tDcTGAkLfKw==
@@ -4525,6 +4538,16 @@ postcss@^6.0.9:
     source-map "^0.6.1"
     supports-color "^5.4.0"
 
+postcss@^8.0.9:
+  version "8.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postcss/-/postcss-8.1.1.tgz#c3a287dd10e4f6c84cb3791052b96a5d859c9389"
+  integrity sha512-9DGLSsjooH3kSNjTZUOt2eIj2ZTW0VI2PZ/3My+8TC7KIbH2OKwUlISfDsf63EP4aiRUt3XkEWMWvyJHvJelEg==
+  dependencies:
+    colorette "^1.2.1"
+    line-column "^1.0.2"
+    nanoid "^3.1.12"
+    source-map "^0.6.1"
+
 prelude-ls@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prelude-ls/-/prelude-ls-1.2.1.tgz#debc6489d7a6e6b0e7611888cec880337d316396"