diff --git a/core/themes/seven/reset.css b/core/themes/seven/reset.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..507955e2645cd01480ac1c19297b1fa41127c968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/themes/seven/reset.css
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+
+/**
+ * Reset CSS styles.
+ *
+ * Based on Eric Meyer's "Reset CSS 1.0" tool from
+ * http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset
+ */
+
+html,
+body,
+div,
+span,
+applet,
+object,
+iframe,
+h1,
+h2,
+h3,
+h4,
+h5,
+h6,
+p,
+blockquote,
+pre,
+a,
+abbr,
+acronym,
+address,
+big,
+cite,
+code,
+del,
+dfn,
+em,
+font,
+img,
+ins,
+kbd,
+q,
+s,
+samp,
+small,
+strike,
+strong,
+sub,
+sup,
+tt,
+var,
+b,
+u,
+i,
+center,
+dl,
+dt,
+dd,
+ol,
+ul,
+li,
+fieldset,
+form,
+input,
+select,
+textarea,
+label,
+legend,
+table,
+caption,
+tbody,
+tfoot,
+thead,
+tr,
+th,
+td,
+/* Drupal: system-menus.css */
+ul.links,
+ul.links.inline,
+ul.links li,
+.block ul,
+/* Drupal: admin.css */
+div.admin,
+/* Drupal: system.css */
+tr.even,
+tr.odd,
+tr.drag,
+tbody,
+tbody th,
+thead th,
+.breadcrumb,
+.item-list .icon,
+.item-list .title,
+.item-list ul,
+.item-list ul li,
+ol.task-list li.active,
+.form-item,
+tr.odd .form-item,
+tr.even .form-item,
+.form-item .description,
+.form-item label,
+.form-item label.option,
+.form-checkboxes,
+.form-radios,
+.form-checkboxes .form-item,
+.form-radios .form-item,
+.marker,
+.form-required,
+.more-link,
+.more-help-link,
+.item-list .pager,
+.item-list .pager li,
+.pager-current,
+.tips,
+ul.primary,
+ul.primary li,
+ul.primary li a,
+ul.primary li.active a,
+ul.primary li a:hover,
+ul.secondary,
+ul.secondary li,
+ul.secondary a,
+ul.secondary a.active,
+.resizable-textarea {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  vertical-align: baseline;
+}
+/* Drupal: system-menus.css */
+ul.links,
+ul.links.inline,
+ul.links li,
+.block ul,
+ol,
+ul,
+.item-list ul,
+.item-list ul li {
+  list-style: none;
+}
+blockquote,
+q {
+  quotes: none;
+}
+blockquote:before,
+blockquote:after,
+q:before,
+q:after {
+  content: '';
+  content: none;
+}
+
+/* Remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
+ins {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+del {
+  text-decoration: line-through;
+}
+
+/* Tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup. */
+table {
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  border-spacing: 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Font reset.
+ *
+ * Specifically targets form elements which browsers often times give
+ * special treatment.
+ */
+input,
+select,
+textarea {
+  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+}
+textarea {
+  font-size: 1em;
+  line-height: 1.538em;
+}
+/**
+ * Markup free clearing.
+ *
+ * Consider adding your own selectors to this instead of finding ways
+ * to sneak the clearfix class into Drupal's markup.
+ * From http://perishablepress.com/press/2009/12/06/new-clearfix-hack
+ */
+ul.links:after,
+div.admin-panel .body:after,
+.clearfix:after {
+  content: ".";
+  display: block;
+  height: 0;
+  clear: both;
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+/* Exclude inline links from clearfix behavior */
+ul.inline:after {
+  content: "";
+  display: none;
+  clear: none;
+}
diff --git a/core/themes/seven/seven.info b/core/themes/seven/seven.info
index 87edba394c1a8f6f5c469b1826a0793d8d426a89..969f7490bb07e9c99b3ead2cdbc631db64c37d4b 100644
--- a/core/themes/seven/seven.info
+++ b/core/themes/seven/seven.info
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ description = A simple one-column, tableless, fluid width administration theme.
 package = Core
 version = VERSION
 core = 8.x
+stylesheets[screen][] = reset.css
 stylesheets[screen][] = style.css
 settings[shortcut_module_link] = 1
 regions[content] = Content
diff --git a/core/themes/seven/template.php b/core/themes/seven/template.php
index f135c9591e24dfccfa31a95cbbed02720894be96..c44185c17fb356f75bd6db5f480a9902ee975623 100644
--- a/core/themes/seven/template.php
+++ b/core/themes/seven/template.php
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ function seven_preprocess_maintenance_page(&$vars) {
  * Implements hook_preprocess_HOOK() for html.tpl.php.
  */
 function seven_preprocess_html(&$vars) {
-  drupal_add_library('system', 'normalize');
+  // @todo Once core CSS is updated and fully tested for Normalize, remove
+  // Seven's reset.css and replace with the Normalize library in core.
+  // drupal_add_library('system', 'normalize');
+
   // Add conditional CSS for IE8 and below.
   drupal_add_css(path_to_theme() . '/ie.css', array('group' => CSS_THEME, 'browsers' => array('IE' => 'lte IE 8', '!IE' => FALSE), 'weight' => 999, 'preprocess' => FALSE));
 }