diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 15c187437e..44dc7db186 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -544,6 +544,10 @@ $('ul').text()
 //    Pear
 ```
 
+#### .css( [propertName] ) <br /> .css( [ propertyNames] ) <br /> .css( [propertyName], [value] ) <br /> .css( [propertName], [function] ) <br /> .css( [properties] )
+
+Get the value of a style property for the first element in the set of matched elements or set one or more CSS properties for every matched element.
+
 ### Rendering
 When you're ready to render the document, you can use the `html` utility function:
 
diff --git a/lib/api/css.js b/lib/api/css.js
index 307c704574..5346d01b7e 100644
--- a/lib/api/css.js
+++ b/lib/api/css.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+var _ = require('underscore');
+var toString = Object.prototype.toString;
 
 /**
  * Set / Get css.
@@ -8,56 +10,67 @@
  * @api public
  */
 
-exports.css = function(prop, val){
-  if (undefined == prop) return get(this);
-
-  switch (arguments.length) {
-    case 2: return set(this, prop, val);
-    case 0: return get(this);
-    case 1: return 'object' == typeof prop
-      ? set(this, prop)
-      : get(this, prop);
+exports.css = function(prop, val) {
+  if (arguments.length === 2 ||
+    // When `prop` is a "plain" object
+    (toString.call(prop) === '[object Object]')) {
+    return this.each(function(idx) {
+      set.call(this, prop, val, idx);
+    });
+  } else {
+    return get.call(this, prop);
   }
 };
 
 /**
  * Set styles of all elements.
  *
- * @param {Cheerio} self
  * @param {String|Object} prop
  * @param {String} val
+ * @param {Number} idx - optional index within the selection
  * @return {self}
  * @api private
  */
 
-function set(self, prop, val){
+function set(prop, val, idx) {
   if ('string' == typeof prop) {
-    var styles = get(self);
-    styles[prop] = val;
-    return self.attr('style', stringify(styles));
+    var styles = get.call(this);
+    if (_.isFunction(val)) {
+      val = val.call(this[0], idx, this[0]);
+    }
+
+    if (val === '') {
+      delete styles[prop];
+    } else if (val != null) {
+      styles[prop] = val;
+    }
+
+    return this.attr('style', stringify(styles));
   } else if ('object' == typeof prop) {
     Object.keys(prop).forEach(function(k){
-      set(self, k, prop[k]);
-    });
-    return self;
+      set.call(this, k, prop[k]);
+    }, this);
+    return this;
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Get parsed styles of the first element.
  *
- * @param {Cheerio} self
  * @param {String} prop
  * @return {Object}
  * @api private
  */
 
-function get(self, prop){
-  var styles = parse(self.attr('style'));
-  if (undefined == styles) throw new Error('undefined');
-  return 2 == arguments.length
-    ? styles[prop]
-    : styles;
+function get(prop) {
+  var styles = parse(this.attr('style'));
+  if (typeof prop === 'string') {
+    return styles[prop];
+  } else if (_.isArray(prop)) {
+    return _.pick(styles, prop);
+  } else {
+    return styles;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ function get(self, prop){
  * @api private
  */
 
-function stringify(obj){
+function stringify(obj) {
   return Object.keys(obj || {})
     .reduce(function(str, prop){
       return str += ''
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ function stringify(obj){
  * @api private
  */
 
-function parse(styles){
+function parse(styles) {
   styles = (styles || '').trim();
 
   if ('' == styles) return {};
diff --git a/test/api.css.js b/test/api.css.js
index a77ca3aa18..564d95a125 100644
--- a/test/api.css.js
+++ b/test/api.css.js
@@ -1,43 +1,73 @@
-
 var expect = require('expect.js');
 var $ = require('..');
 
-describe('$(...)', function(){
-
-  describe('.css', function(){
-    it('(): should get all styles as object', function(){
-      var el = $('<li style="hai: there; wassup: 0;">');
-      expect(el.css()).to.eql({ hai: 'there', wassup: 0 });
-    })
+describe('$(...)', function() {
 
-    it('(undefined): should retrun all styles as object', function(){
-      var el = $('<li style="color: white">');
-      expect(el.css()).to.eql({ color: 'white' });
-    })
-
-    it('(prop): should return a css property value', function(){
+  describe('.css', function() {
+    it('(prop): should return a css property value', function() {
       var el = $('<li style="hai: there">');
       expect(el.css('hai')).to.equal('there');
-    })
+    });
+
+    it('([prop1, prop2]): should return the specified property values as an object', function() {
+      var el = $('<li style="margin: 1px; padding: 2px; color: blue;">');
+      expect(el.css(['margin', 'color'])).to.eql({ margin: '1px', color: 'blue' });
+    });
+
+    it('(prop, val): should set a css property', function() {
+      var el = $('<li style="margin: 0;"></li><li></li>');
+      el.css('color', 'red');
+      expect(el.attr('style')).to.equal('margin: 0; color: red;');
+      expect(el.eq(1).attr('style')).to.equal('color: red;');
+    });
+
+    it('(prop, ""): should unset a css property', function() {
+      var el = $('<li style="padding: 1px; margin: 0;">');
+      el.css('padding', '');
+      expect(el.attr('style')).to.equal('margin: 0;');
+    });
+
+    describe('(prop, function):', function() {
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        this.$el = $('<div style="margin: 0;"></div><div style="margin: 0;"></div><div style="margin: 0;">');
+      });
+
+      it('should iterate over the selection', function() {
+        var count = 0;
+        var $el = this.$el;
+        this.$el.css('margin', function(idx, elem) {
+          expect(idx).to.equal(count);
+          expect(elem).to.equal($el[count]);
+          expect(this).to.equal($el[count]);
+          count++;
+        });
+        expect(count).to.equal(3);
+      });
 
-    it('(prop, val): should set a css property', function(){
-      var el = $('<li>');
-      el.css('wassup', 0);
-      expect(el.attr('style')).to.equal('wassup: 0;');
-    })
+      it('should set each attribute independently', function() {
+        var values = ['4px', '', undefined];
+        this.$el.css('margin', function(idx) {
+          return values[idx];
+        });
+        expect(this.$el.eq(0).attr('style')).to.equal('margin: 4px;');
+        expect(this.$el.eq(1).attr('style')).to.equal('');
+        expect(this.$el.eq(2).attr('style')).to.equal('margin: 0;');
+      });
+    });
 
-    it('(obj): should set each key and val', function(){
-      var el = $('<li>');
+    it('(obj): should set each key and val', function() {
+      var el = $('<li style="padding: 0;"></li><li></li>');
       el.css({ foo: 0 });
-      expect(el.attr('style')).to.equal('foo: 0;');
-    })
+      expect(el.eq(0).attr('style')).to.equal('padding: 0; foo: 0;');
+      expect(el.eq(1).attr('style')).to.equal('foo: 0;');
+    });
 
     describe('parser', function(){
-      it('should allow any whitespace between declarations', function(){
+      it('should allow any whitespace between declarations', function() {
         var el = $('<li style="one \t:\n 0;\n two \f\r:\v 1">');
-        expect(el.css()).to.eql({ one: 0, two: 1 });
-      })
-    })
-  })
+        expect(el.css(['one', 'two'])).to.eql({ one: 0, two: 1 });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 
-})
+});