diff --git a/backport-changelog/6.6/6797.md b/backport-changelog/6.6/6797.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..630b677655ddce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-changelog/6.6/6797.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/6797
+
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/62526
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php b/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
index 3f45b137d186d2..84715827342b4e 100644
--- a/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
+++ b/lib/class-wp-theme-json-gutenberg.php
@@ -2694,6 +2694,7 @@ public function get_styles_for_block( $block_metadata ) {
 
 		// If there are style variations, generate the declarations for them, including any feature selectors the block may have.
 		$style_variation_declarations = array();
+		$style_variation_custom_css   = array();
 		if ( ! empty( $block_metadata['variations'] ) ) {
 			foreach ( $block_metadata['variations'] as $style_variation ) {
 				$style_variation_node           = _wp_array_get( $this->theme_json, $style_variation['path'], array() );
@@ -2720,9 +2721,12 @@ static function ( $split_selector ) use ( $clean_style_variation_selector ) {
 					// Add the new declarations to the overall results under the modified selector.
 					$style_variation_declarations[ $combined_selectors ] = $new_declarations;
 				}
-
 				// Compute declarations for remaining styles not covered by feature level selectors.
 				$style_variation_declarations[ $style_variation['selector'] ] = static::compute_style_properties( $style_variation_node, $settings, null, $this->theme_json );
+				// Store custom CSS for the style variation.
+				if ( isset( $style_variation_node['css'] ) ) {
+					$style_variation_custom_css[ $style_variation['selector'] ] = $this->process_blocks_custom_css( $style_variation_node['css'], $style_variation['selector'] );
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2853,6 +2857,9 @@ static function ( $pseudo_selector ) use ( $selector ) {
 		// 6. Generate and append the style variation rulesets.
 		foreach ( $style_variation_declarations as $style_variation_selector => $individual_style_variation_declarations ) {
 			$block_rules .= static::to_ruleset( ":root :where($style_variation_selector)", $individual_style_variation_declarations );
+			if ( isset( $style_variation_custom_css[ $style_variation_selector ] ) ) {
+				$block_rules .= $style_variation_custom_css[ $style_variation_selector ];
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $block_rules;
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/global-styles/use-global-styles-output.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/global-styles/use-global-styles-output.js
index 28e1ddac9ab1d6..68839ea15d775e 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/global-styles/use-global-styles-output.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/global-styles/use-global-styles-output.js
@@ -651,7 +651,9 @@ export const getNodesWithStyles = ( tree, blockSelectors ) => {
 					( [ variationName, variation ] ) => {
 						variations[ variationName ] =
 							pickStyleKeys( variation );
-
+						if ( variation?.css ) {
+							variations[ variationName ].css = variation.css;
+						}
 						const variationSelector =
 							blockSelectors[ blockName ]
 								.styleVariationSelectors?.[ variationName ];
@@ -697,6 +699,14 @@ export const getNodesWithStyles = ( tree, blockSelectors ) => {
 											.featureSelectors
 									);
 
+								const variationBlockStyleNodes =
+									pickStyleKeys( variationBlockStyles );
+
+								if ( variationBlockStyles?.css ) {
+									variationBlockStyleNodes.css =
+										variationBlockStyles.css;
+								}
+
 								nodes.push( {
 									selector: variationBlockSelector,
 									duotoneSelector: variationDuotoneSelector,
@@ -707,9 +717,7 @@ export const getNodesWithStyles = ( tree, blockSelectors ) => {
 									hasLayoutSupport:
 										blockSelectors[ variationBlockName ]
 											.hasLayoutSupport,
-									styles: pickStyleKeys(
-										variationBlockStyles
-									),
+									styles: variationBlockStyleNodes,
 								} );
 
 								// Process element styles for the inner blocks
@@ -995,6 +1003,12 @@ export const toStyles = (
 						';'
 					) };}`;
 				}
+				if ( styles?.css ) {
+					ruleset += processCSSNesting(
+						styles.css,
+						`:root :where(${ selector })`
+					);
+				}
 
 				if ( styleVariationSelectors ) {
 					Object.entries( styleVariationSelectors ).forEach(
@@ -1041,6 +1055,12 @@ export const toStyles = (
 										';'
 									) };}`;
 								}
+								if ( styleVariations?.css ) {
+									ruleset += processCSSNesting(
+										styleVariations.css,
+										`:root :where(${ styleVariationSelector })`
+									);
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					);