diff --git a/lib/__tests__/lib.test.js b/lib/__tests__/lib.test.js
index 0523e41..2196aff 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/lib.test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/lib.test.js
@@ -153,6 +153,28 @@ describe('stilr', () => {
       }
     });
 
+    it('handles custom names tags correctly', () => {
+      StyleSheet.create({
+        mytag: { color: 'tomato' }
+      }, {
+        selector: tag => `.SomeParent .${tag}`
+      });
+
+      const css = StyleSheet.render();
+      assert.equal(css, '.SomeParent .mytag{color:tomato;}')
+    });
+
+    it('handles multiple custom names tags correctly', () => {
+      StyleSheet.create({
+        tag: { color: 'tomato' }
+      }, {
+        selector: tag => `.One .${tag}, .Two .${tag}`
+      });
+
+      const css = StyleSheet.render();
+      assert.equal(css, '.One .tag, .Two .tag{color:tomato;}')
+    });
+
     it('outputs pseudo classes correctly', () => {
       const hover = /(\._[\s\S]+)(:hover{)/g;
 
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/utils.test.js b/lib/__tests__/utils.test.js
index 3b91231..0349947 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/utils.test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/utils.test.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
   const STYLES_CSS = 'width:10px;height:10px;color:tomato;';
 
   describe('#createClassName(obj)', () => {
-    const className = utils.createClassName( STYLES );
+    const className = utils.createClassName( null, null, STYLES );
 
     it('retuns a class string', () => {
       assert.equal( typeof className, 'string', `${ className } , should be string`);
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 9c55b27..a7c010b 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@ let globalStylesheet = new Map();
 
 export default {
   create( styles, stylesheet = globalStylesheet ) {
+    let options
+
+    if ( !(stylesheet instanceof Map) ) {
+      // options passed instead
+      options = stylesheet
+      stylesheet = globalStylesheet
+
+      if (options.selector)
+        stylesheet.customTags = true
+    }
+
     if ( !(stylesheet instanceof Map) ) throw new Error(`${ stylesheet } should be a Map`);
 
     return Object.keys( styles ).reduce( ( acc, key ) => {
 
-      let { style, pseudos, mediaQueries } = seperateStyles( styles[key] );
-      const className = createClassName( sortObject( style ));
+      let { style, pseudos, mediaQueries } = seperateStyles( options, key, styles[key] );
+      const className = createClassName(options, key, sortObject(style));
 
       if (className === undefined) {
         acc[ key ] = '';
@@ -28,7 +39,7 @@ export default {
       if ( pseudos.length ) {
         pseudos.map( selector => {
           delete style[selector];
-          const pseudoClassName = `${className}${selector}`;
+          const pseudoClassName = `.${className}${selector}`;
 
           if ( stylesheet.has( pseudoClassName ) ) return false;
 
@@ -77,6 +88,7 @@ export default {
       }
 
       acc[ key ] = className;
+
       return acc;
     }, {});
   },
@@ -101,9 +113,11 @@ export default {
       }
 
       const markup = createMarkup( styles );
+      const prefix = stylesheet.customTags ? '' : '.'
+
       css += options.pretty
-        ? `.${ className } {\n${ markup.split(';').join(';\n')}}\n`
-        : `.${ className }{${ markup }}`;
+        ? `${prefix}${ className } {\n${ markup.split(';').join(';\n')}}\n`
+        : `${prefix}${ className }{${ markup }}`;
     }
 
     return css + mediaQueries;
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 38b9dda..e7dc469 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ export function extendedToString(num, base) {
   return (base < 11) ? parseInt(conversion) : conversion;
 }
 
-export function createClassName(obj) {
+export function createClassName(options, tag, obj) {
+  if (options && options.selector) {
+    return options.selector(tag)
+  }
+
   const hash = extendedToString( createHash( stringifyObject(obj) ), 62);
   return hash
     ? '_' + hash
@@ -62,16 +66,28 @@ export function isEmpty(obj) {
   return !Object.keys(obj).length;
 }
 
+const pseudos = {
+  active: ':active',
+  hover: ':hover',
+  focus: ':focus',
+  link: ':link',
+  visited: ':visited',
+  checked: ':checked',
+  disabled: ':disabled',
+  empty: ':empty',
+  invalid: ':invalid',
+}
+
 export function isPseudo({ style, rule }) {
-  return rule.charAt(0) === ':' && typeof style === 'object';
+  return (rule.charAt(0) === ':' || pseudos[rule]) && typeof style === 'object';
 }
 
 export function isMediaQuery({ style, rule }) {
   return rule.charAt(0) === '@' && typeof style === 'object';
 }
 
-function handle(type, acc, { style, rule }, pseudos = []) {
-  const hash = createClassName( sortObject( style ));
+function handle(options, tag, type, acc, { style, rule }, pseudos = []) {
+  const hash = createClassName( options, tag, sortObject( style ));
   const rules = pseudos.length
     ? [[].concat(rule, style, pseudos)]
     : rule;
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ function handle(type, acc, { style, rule }, pseudos = []) {
 }
 
 
-export function seperateStyles (styles) {
+export function seperateStyles (options, tag, styles) {
   return Object.keys(styles).reduce( (acc, rule) => {
     const content = {
       style: styles[rule],
@@ -90,12 +106,13 @@ export function seperateStyles (styles) {
     };
 
     if ( isPseudo( content ) ) {
-      return handle('pseudos', acc, content );
+      if (pseudos[rule]) content.rule = pseudos[rule] // translate to :active
+      return handle(options, tag, 'pseudos', acc, content );
     }
 
     if ( isMediaQuery( content ) ) {
-      const { style, pseudos } = seperateStyles( content.style );
-      return handle('mediaQueries', acc, { rule, style }, pseudos );
+      const { style, pseudos } = seperateStyles( options, tag, content.style );
+      return handle(options, tag, 'mediaQueries', acc, { rule, style }, pseudos );
     }
 
     acc.style[rule] = content.style;