diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram-v2.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram-v2.spec.js
index 37e9cada02..20a1aea0ab 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram-v2.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/classDiagram-v2.spec.js
@@ -571,4 +571,14 @@ class C13["With Città foreign language"]
       { logLevel: 1, flowchart: { htmlLabels: false } }
     );
   });
+  it('should render a simple class diagram with style definition', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+      classDiagram-v2
+        class Class10
+        style Class10 fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
+        `,
+      { logLevel: 1, flowchart: { htmlLabels: false } }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md b/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
index 6e24470f71..b20ccccb30 100644
--- a/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
+++ b/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
@@ -766,9 +766,30 @@ Beginner's tip—a full example using interactive links in an HTML page:
 
 ## Styling
 
-### Styling a node
+### Styling a node (v\<MERMAID_RELEASE_VERSION>+)
 
-It is possible to apply specific styles such as a thicker border or a different background color to individual nodes. This is done by predefining classes in css styles that can be applied from the graph definition using the `cssClass` statement or the `:::` short hand.
+It is possible to apply specific styles such as a thicker border or a different background color to an individual node using the `style` keyword.
+
+```mermaid-example
+classDiagram
+  class Animal
+  class Mineral
+  style Animal fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
+  style Mineral fill:#bbf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
+```
+
+```mermaid
+classDiagram
+  class Animal
+  class Mineral
+  style Animal fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
+  style Mineral fill:#bbf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
+```
+
+#### Classes
+
+More convenient than defining the style every time is to define a class of styles and attach this class to the nodes that
+should have a different look. This is done by predefining classes in css styles that can be applied from the graph definition using the `cssClass` statement or the `:::` short hand.
 
 ```html
 <style>
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
index 325322798c..f990db9cce 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ const class_box = (parent, node) => {
   });
 
   rect
+    .attr('style', node.style)
     .attr('class', 'outer title-state')
     .attr('x', -maxWidth / 2 - halfPadding)
     .attr('y', -(maxHeight / 2) - halfPadding)
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
index d61573ded3..0e18d1e0fa 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export const addClass = function (_id: string) {
     methods: [],
     members: [],
     annotations: [],
+    styles: [],
     domId: MERMAID_DOM_ID_PREFIX + name + '-' + classCounter,
   } as ClassNode;
 
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ export const cleanupLabel = function (label: string) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Called by parser when a special node is found, e.g. a clickable element.
+ * Called by parser when assigning cssClass to a class
  *
  * @param ids - Comma separated list of ids
  * @param className - Class to add
@@ -456,6 +457,20 @@ export const addClassesToNamespace = function (id: string, classNames: string[])
   }
 };
 
+export const setCssStyle = function (id: string, styles: string[]) {
+  const thisClass = classes[id];
+  if (!styles || !thisClass) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const s of styles) {
+    if (s.includes(',')) {
+      thisClass.styles.push(...s.split(','));
+    } else {
+      thisClass.styles.push(s);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 export default {
   setAccTitle,
   getAccTitle,
@@ -492,4 +507,5 @@ export default {
   addClassesToNamespace,
   getNamespace,
   getNamespaces,
+  setCssStyle,
 };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram-styles.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram-styles.spec.js
index a693fbbeab..9571884014 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram-styles.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram-styles.spec.js
@@ -56,5 +56,18 @@ describe('class diagram, ', function () {
       expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class01').cssClasses[0]).toBe('exClass');
       expect(parser.yy.getClass('Class02').cssClasses[0]).toBe('exClass');
     });
+    it('should be possible to apply a style to an individual node', function () {
+      const str =
+        'classDiagram\n' +
+        'class Class01\n class Class02\n style Class01 fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px';
+
+      parser.parse(str);
+
+      const styleElements = parser.yy.getClass('Class01').styles;
+
+      expect(styleElements[0]).toBe('fill:#f9f');
+      expect(styleElements[1]).toBe('stroke:#333');
+      expect(styleElements[2]).toBe('stroke-width:4px');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.ts
index fb719658ec..e3dbb17f14 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDiagram.spec.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ class C13["With Città foreign language"]
             },
           ],
           "methods": [],
+          "styles": [],
           "type": "",
         }
       `);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
index 97106a169d..a01b1427b5 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classRenderer-v2.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const addClasses = function (
        */
       const cssClassStr = vertex.cssClasses.join(' ');
 
-      const styles = { labelStyle: '', style: '' }; //getStylesFromArray(vertex.styles);
+      const styles = getStylesFromArray(vertex.styles);
 
       // Use vertex id as text in the box if no text is provided by the graph definition
       const vertexText = vertex.label ?? vertex.id;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classTypes.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classTypes.ts
index f112dd4dde..85be3a4e87 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classTypes.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface ClassNode {
   members: ClassMember[];
   annotations: string[];
   domId: string;
+  styles: string[];
   parent?: string;
   link?: string;
   linkTarget?: string;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/parser/classDiagram.jison b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/parser/classDiagram.jison
index b1c2fad0ee..ed4e72027f 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/parser/classDiagram.jison
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/parser/classDiagram.jison
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Function arguments are optional: 'call <callback_name>()' simply executes 'callb
 <string>["]                     this.popState();
 <string>[^"]*                   return "STR";
 <*>["]                          this.begin("string");
+"style"                         return 'STYLE';
 
 <INITIAL,namespace>"namespace"  { this.begin('namespace'); return 'NAMESPACE'; }
 <namespace>\s*(\r?\n)+          { this.popState(); return 'NEWLINE'; }
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ line was introduced with 'click'.
 <*>\-                           return 'MINUS';
 <*>"."                          return 'DOT';
 <*>\+                           return 'PLUS';
+":"                             return 'COLON';
+","                             return 'COMMA';
+\#                              return 'BRKT';
+"#"                             return 'BRKT';
 <*>\%                           return 'PCT';
 <*>"="                          return 'EQUALS';
 <*>\=                           return 'EQUALS';
@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@ line was introduced with 'click'.
 [\uFFD2-\uFFD7\uFFDA-\uFFDC]
                                 return 'UNICODE_TEXT';
 <*>\s                           return 'SPACE';
+\s                              return 'SPACE';
 <*><<EOF>>                      return 'EOF';
 
 /lex
@@ -254,6 +260,7 @@ statement
     | memberStatement
     | annotationStatement
     | clickStatement
+    | styleStatement
     | cssClassStatement
     | noteStatement
     | direction
@@ -365,10 +372,26 @@ clickStatement
     | CLICK className HREF STR STR LINK_TARGET          {$$ = $1;yy.setLink($2, $4, $6);yy.setTooltip($2, $5);}
     ;
 
+styleStatement
+    :STYLE ALPHA stylesOpt                              {$$ = $STYLE;yy.setCssStyle($2,$stylesOpt);}
+    ;
+
 cssClassStatement
-    : CSSCLASS STR alphaNumToken  {yy.setCssClass($2, $3);}
+    : CSSCLASS STR ALPHA                            {yy.setCssClass($2, $3);}
+    ;
+
+stylesOpt
+    : style {$$ = [$style]}
+    | stylesOpt COMMA style {$stylesOpt.push($style);$$ = $stylesOpt;}
     ;
 
+style
+    : styleComponent
+    | style styleComponent  {$$ = $style + $styleComponent;}
+    ;
+
+styleComponent: ALPHA | NUM | COLON | UNIT | SPACE | BRKT | STYLE | PCT | LABEL;
+
 commentToken   : textToken | graphCodeTokens ;
 
 textToken      : textNoTagsToken | TAGSTART | TAGEND | '=='  | '--' | PCT | DEFAULT;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
index ad1a5034eb..95ad0db63c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
@@ -518,9 +518,22 @@ Beginner's tip—a full example using interactive links in an HTML page:
 
 ## Styling
 
-### Styling a node
+### Styling a node (v<MERMAID_RELEASE_VERSION>+)
 
-It is possible to apply specific styles such as a thicker border or a different background color to individual nodes. This is done by predefining classes in css styles that can be applied from the graph definition using the `cssClass` statement or the `:::` short hand.
+It is possible to apply specific styles such as a thicker border or a different background color to an individual node using the `style` keyword.
+
+```mermaid-example
+classDiagram
+  class Animal
+  class Mineral
+  style Animal fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:4px
+  style Mineral fill:#bbf,stroke:#f66,stroke-width:2px,color:#fff,stroke-dasharray: 5 5
+```
+
+#### Classes
+
+More convenient than defining the style every time is to define a class of styles and attach this class to the nodes that
+should have a different look. This is done by predefining classes in css styles that can be applied from the graph definition using the `cssClass` statement or the `:::` short hand.
 
 ```html
 <style>