diff --git a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
index 15aff9d4c2..8fb1e74de6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ describe('app', () => {
         tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/app/app.styled-components')
       ).toBeFalsy();
       expect(tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/app/app.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(
+        tree.exists('apps/my-app/src/styles.styled-components')
+      ).toBeFalsy();
 
       const content = tree.read('apps/my-app/src/app/app.tsx').toString();
       expect(content).toContain('styled-component');
diff --git a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/common/src/styles.__style__ b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/css-module/src/styles.__style__
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/common/src/styles.__style__
rename to packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/css-module/src/styles.__style__
diff --git a/packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/global-css/src/styles.__style__ b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/global-css/src/styles.__style__
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90d4ee0072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/schematics/application/files/global-css/src/styles.__style__
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* You can add global styles to this file, and also import other style files */