diff --git a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
index 3ba5db5e..a5c2f7f2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/_tailwind.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type NativewindRenderOptions = RenderOptions & {
   theme?: boolean;
   /** Whether to include the preflight in the generated CSS @default false */
   preflight?: boolean;
-  /** Whether to include the plugin in the generated CSS. @default true */
+  /** Whether to include the tailwindcss-safe-area plugin in the generated CSS. @default true */
   plugin?: boolean;
   /** Enable debug logging. @default false - Set process.env.NATIVEWIND_TEST_AUTO_DEBUG and run tests with the node inspector   */
   debug?: boolean | "verbose";
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export async function render(
     debug = debugDefault,
     theme = true,
     preflight = false,
+    plugin = true,
     extraCss,
     ...options
   }: NativewindRenderOptions = {},
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ export async function render(
       css += `@import "tailwindcss/preflight.css" layer(base);\n`;
     }
 
-    css += `@import "tailwindcss/utilities.css" layer(utilities) source(none);\n@import "tailwindcss-safe-area";`;
+    css += `@import "tailwindcss/utilities.css" layer(utilities) source(none);`;
+
+    if (plugin) {
+      css += `\n@import "tailwindcss-safe-area";`;
+    }
   }
 
   css += sourceInline
diff --git a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/safe-area.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/safe-area.test.tsx
index 4ef24b01..f931e2c7 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/safe-area.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/vendor/tailwind/safe-area.test.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { ViewProps } from "react-native";
 import { SafeAreaProvider } from "react-native-css/components/react-native-safe-area-context";
 import { type Metrics } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
 
-import { renderCurrentTest } from "./_tailwind";
+import { renderCurrentTest, renderSimple } from "./_tailwind";
 
 const initialMetrics: Metrics = {
   insets: {
@@ -355,3 +355,13 @@ test("pb-safe-or-20", async () => {
     },
   });
 });
+
+test("pt-safe without the plugin", async () => {
+  expect(
+    await renderSimple({
+      className: "pt-safe",
+      plugin: false,
+      wrapper: Wrapper,
+    }),
+  ).toStrictEqual({ props: {} });
+});