diff --git a/types/styled-components/index.d.ts b/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
index ccabf0354b..b1d07db6f0 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ export class StyleSheetManager extends React.Component<
 // ONLY string literals and inline invocations of css`` are supported, anything else crashes the plugin
 export type CSSProp<T = AnyIfEmpty<DefaultTheme>> =
     | string
+    | CSSObject
     | FlattenInterpolation<ThemeProps<T>>;
 
 export default styled;
diff --git a/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx b/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
index 7779fe6fea..02e3e575f1 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
+++ b/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
@@ -809,11 +809,7 @@ function cssProp() {
     return (
         <>
             <div css="background: blue;" />
-            {/*
-                For some reason $ExpectError doesn't work on this expression.
-                Only strings work, objects crash the plugin.
-                <div css={{ background: "blue" }} />
-            */}
+            <div css={{ background: "blue" }} />
             <div
                 // would be nice to be able to turn this into an error as it also crashes the plugin,
                 // but this is how optional properties work in TypeScript...