diff --git a/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs b/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
index 4aa4de89551..4e195dd15b8 100644
--- a/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
+++ b/components/style/counter_style/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use cssparser::{AtRuleParser, DeclarationListParser, DeclarationParser};
 use cssparser::{Parser, Token, serialize_identifier, CowRcStr};
 use error_reporting::{ContextualParseError, ParseErrorReporter};
 #[cfg(feature = "gecko")] use gecko::rules::CounterStyleDescriptors;
-#[cfg(feature = "gecko")] use gecko_bindings::structs::nsCSSCounterDesc;
+#[cfg(feature = "gecko")] use gecko_bindings::structs::{ nsCSSCounterDesc, nsCSSValue };
 use parser::{ParserContext, ParserErrorContext, Parse};
 use selectors::parser::SelectorParseErrorKind;
 use shared_lock::{SharedRwLockReadGuard, ToCssWithGuard};
@@ -243,6 +243,30 @@ macro_rules! counter_style_descriptors {
                 dest.write_str("}")
             }
         }
+
+        /// Parse a descriptor into an `nsCSSValue`.
+        #[cfg(feature = "gecko")]
+        pub fn parse_counter_style_descriptor<'i, 't>(
+            context: &ParserContext,
+            input: &mut Parser<'i, 't>,
+            descriptor: nsCSSCounterDesc,
+            value: &mut nsCSSValue
+        ) -> Result<(), ParseError<'i>> {
+            match descriptor {
+                $(
+                    nsCSSCounterDesc::$gecko_ident => {
+                        let v: $ty =
+                            input.parse_entirely(|i| Parse::parse(context, i))?;
+                        value.set_from(v);
+                    }
+                )*
+                nsCSSCounterDesc::eCSSCounterDesc_COUNT |
+                nsCSSCounterDesc::eCSSCounterDesc_UNKNOWN => {
+                    panic!("invalid counter descriptor");
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ports/geckolib/glue.rs b/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
index e9ef9d8104f..4ddb28f4f94 100644
--- a/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
+++ b/ports/geckolib/glue.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ use style::gecko_bindings::structs::ServoTraversalFlags;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::StyleRuleInclusion;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::URLExtraData;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::gfxFontFeatureValueSet;
+use style::gecko_bindings::structs::nsCSSCounterDesc;
+use style::gecko_bindings::structs::nsCSSValue;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::nsCSSValueSharedList;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::nsCompatibility;
 use style::gecko_bindings::structs::nsIDocument;
@@ -4749,3 +4751,36 @@ pub extern "C" fn Servo_ParseCounterStyleName(
         Err(_) => ptr::null_mut(),
     }
 }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn Servo_ParseCounterStyleDescriptor(
+    descriptor: nsCSSCounterDesc,
+    value: *const nsACString,
+    raw_extra_data: *mut URLExtraData,
+    result: *mut nsCSSValue,
+) -> bool {
+    let value = unsafe { value.as_ref().unwrap().as_str_unchecked() };
+    let url_data = unsafe {
+        if raw_extra_data.is_null() {
+            dummy_url_data()
+        } else {
+            RefPtr::from_ptr_ref(&raw_extra_data)
+        }
+    };
+    let result = unsafe { result.as_mut().unwrap() };
+    let mut input = ParserInput::new(&value);
+    let mut parser = Parser::new(&mut input);
+    let context = ParserContext::new(
+        Origin::Author,
+        url_data,
+        Some(CssRuleType::CounterStyle),
+        ParsingMode::DEFAULT,
+        QuirksMode::NoQuirks,
+    );
+    counter_style::parse_counter_style_descriptor(
+        &context,
+        &mut parser,
+        descriptor,
+        result,
+    ).is_ok()
+}