diff --git a/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/__tests__/transform-value-normalization-test.js b/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/__tests__/transform-value-normalization-test.js
index 60a577e15..b2f08ca65 100644
--- a/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/__tests__/transform-value-normalization-test.js
+++ b/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/__tests__/transform-value-normalization-test.js
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ describe('@stylexjs/babel-plugin', () => {
       `);
     });
 
+    test('strip leading zeros from negative values', () => {
+      const code = transform(`
+        import stylex from 'stylex';
+        const styles = stylex.create({ x: { marginTop: '-0.5px' } });
+      `);
+      expect(code).toContain('margin-top:-.5px');
+      expect(code).not.toContain('-0.5px');
+    });
+
     test('use double quotes in empty strings', () => {
       expect(
         transform(`
diff --git a/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/src/shared/utils/normalizers/leading-zero.js b/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/src/shared/utils/normalizers/leading-zero.js
index 2c8866a19..00b1aad3b 100644
--- a/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/src/shared/utils/normalizers/leading-zero.js
+++ b/packages/@stylexjs/babel-plugin/src/shared/utils/normalizers/leading-zero.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function normalizeLeadingZero(
       return;
     }
     const dimension = parser.unit(node.value);
-    if (value < 1 && value >= 0) {
+    if (Math.abs(value) < 1) {
       node.value =
         value.toString().replace('0.', '.') + (dimension ? dimension.unit : '');
     }