diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/theme-picker/style-manager/style-manager.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/theme-picker/style-manager/style-manager.ts
index ccc36294b0..229366b7ba 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/theme-picker/style-manager/style-manager.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/theme-picker/style-manager/style-manager.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function getExistingLinkElementByKey(key: string) {
 function createLinkElementWithKey(key: string) {
   const linkEl = document.createElement('link');
   linkEl.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet');
+  linkEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');
   linkEl.classList.add(getClassNameForKey(key));
   document.head.appendChild(linkEl);
   return linkEl;