diff --git a/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/__tests__/index.js b/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/__tests__/index.js
index 55e702f9ee..caabbf20de 100644
--- a/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/__tests__/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const stripIndent = require('common-tags').stripIndent;
+
 const { messages, ruleName } = require('..');
 
 testRule({
@@ -897,3 +899,107 @@ testRule({
 		},
 	],
 });
+
+testRule(rule, {
+	ruleName,
+	config: ['always'],
+	syntax: 'html',
+	fix: true,
+	accept: [
+		{
+			code: `<span style="color: red;"></span>`,
+			description: 'Single-line HTML style tag',
+		},
+		{
+			code: stripIndent`
+				<span
+					style="
+						color: red;
+
+						font-size: 1rem;
+					">
+					Text
+				</span>`,
+			description: 'Multi-line HTML style attribute with two declarations',
+		},
+	],
+	reject: [
+		{
+			code: stripIndent`
+				<span style="color: red;font-size: 16px;"></span>
+				<style>
+					color: red;
+					font-size: 16px;
+				</style>`,
+			fixed: stripIndent`
+				<span style="color: red;
+
+				font-size: 16px;"></span>
+				<style>
+					color: red;
+
+					font-size: 16px;
+				</style>`,
+			description: 'flush declaration in style tag',
+			warnings: [
+				{
+					message: messages.expected,
+					line: 1,
+					column: 25,
+				},
+				{
+					message: messages.expected,
+					line: 4,
+					column: 2,
+				},
+			],
+		},
+	],
+});
+
+testRule(rule, {
+	ruleName,
+	config: ['always', { ignore: ['inside-single-line-block'] }],
+	syntax: 'html',
+	fix: true,
+
+	accept: [
+		{
+			code: `<span style="color: red; font-size: 1rem;"></span>`,
+			description: 'Single-line HTML style attribute with two declarations',
+		},
+		{
+			code: stripIndent`
+				<span
+					style="
+						color: red;
+
+						font-size: 1rem;
+					">
+					Text
+				</span>`,
+			description: 'Multi-line HTML style attribute with two declarations',
+		},
+	],
+	reject: [
+		{
+			code: stripIndent`
+				<span style="color: red; font-size: 1rem;"></span>
+				<style>
+					color: red;
+					font-size: 16px;
+				</style>`,
+			fixed: stripIndent`
+				<span style="color: red; font-size: 1rem;"></span>
+				<style>
+					color: red;
+
+					font-size: 16px;
+				</style>`,
+			description: 'flush declaration in style tag',
+			message: messages.expected,
+			line: 4,
+			column: 2,
+		},
+	],
+});
diff --git a/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/index.js b/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/index.js
index faa8511bb2..86a7a7cb83 100644
--- a/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/declaration-empty-line-before/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const isAfterComment = require('../../utils/isAfterComment');
 const isAfterStandardPropertyDeclaration = require('../../utils/isAfterStandardPropertyDeclaration');
 const isCustomProperty = require('../../utils/isCustomProperty');
 const isFirstNested = require('../../utils/isFirstNested');
+const isFirstNodeOfRoot = require('../../utils/isFirstNodeOfRoot');
 const isSingleLineString = require('../../utils/isSingleLineString');
 const isStandardSyntaxDeclaration = require('../../utils/isStandardSyntaxDeclaration');
 const optionsMatches = require('../../utils/optionsMatches');
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ function rule(expectation, options, context) {
 			const prop = decl.prop;
 			const parent = decl.parent;
 
+			// Ignore the first node
+			if (isFirstNodeOfRoot(decl)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			if (!isStandardSyntaxDeclaration(decl)) {
 				return;
 			}