diff --git a/experimental-default-global-styles.json b/experimental-default-global-styles.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9a9259b9f60979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental-default-global-styles.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+	"global": {
+		"color": {
+			"primary": "#52accc",
+			"background": "white",
+			"text": "black"
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/global-styles.php b/lib/global-styles.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8074e454aeb8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/global-styles.php
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Global styles functions, filters and actions, etc.
+ *
+ * @package gutenberg
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Function that given a branch of the global styles object recursively generates
+ * an array defining all the css vars that the global styles object represents.
+ *
+ * @param array  $global_styles_branch Array representing a brach of the global styles object.
+ * @param string $prefix Prefix to append to each variable.
+ * @param bool   $is_start Indicates if we are on the first call to gutenberg_get_css_vars (outside the recursion).
+ * @return array An array whose keys are css variable names and whose values are the css variables value.
+ */
+function gutenberg_get_css_vars( $global_styles_branch, $prefix = '', $is_start = true ) {
+	$result = array();
+	foreach ( $global_styles_branch as $key => $value ) {
+		$processed_key = str_replace( '/', '-', $key );
+		$separator     = $is_start ? '' : '--';
+		$new_key       = ( $prefix ? $prefix . $separator : '' ) . $processed_key;
+
+		if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
+			$result = array_merge(
+				$result,
+				gutenberg_get_css_vars( $value, $new_key, false )
+			);
+		} else {
+			$result[ $new_key ] = $value;
+		}
+	}
+	return $result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Function responsible for enqueuing the style that define the global styles css variables.
+ */
+function gutenberg_enqueue_global_styles_assets() {
+	if ( ! locate_template( 'experimental-theme.json' ) ) {
+		return;
+	}
+	$default_global_styles_path = dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/experimental-default-global-styles.json';
+	$default_global_styles      = null;
+
+	if ( file_exists( $default_global_styles_path ) ) {
+		$default_global_styles = json_decode(
+			file_get_contents( $default_global_styles_path ),
+			true
+		);
+	}
+
+	$theme_json_path          = locate_template( 'experimental-theme.json' );
+	$theme_json_global_styles = null;
+	if ( $theme_json_path ) {
+		$theme_json_global_styles = json_decode(
+			file_get_contents( $theme_json_path ),
+			true
+		);
+	}
+
+	// To-do: Load user customizations from a CPT.
+	$css_vars = array();
+	foreach (
+		array(
+			$default_global_styles,
+			$theme_json_global_styles,
+		) as $global_styles_definition
+	) {
+		if ( ! $global_styles_definition ) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		if ( isset( $global_styles_definition['global'] ) ) {
+			$css_vars = array_merge(
+				$css_vars,
+				gutenberg_get_css_vars( $global_styles_definition['global'], '--wp-' )
+			);
+		}
+		if ( isset( $global_styles_definition['blocks'] ) ) {
+			$css_vars = array_merge(
+				$css_vars,
+				gutenberg_get_css_vars( $global_styles_definition['blocks'], '--wp-block-' )
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ( empty( $css_vars ) ) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	$inline_style = ":root {\n";
+	foreach ( $css_vars as $var => $value ) {
+		$inline_style .= "\t" . $var . ': ' . $value . ";\n";
+	}
+	$inline_style .= '}';
+
+	wp_register_style( 'global-styles', false, array(), true, true );
+	wp_add_inline_style( 'global-styles', $inline_style );
+	wp_enqueue_style( 'global-styles' );
+}
+add_action( 'enqueue_block_assets', 'gutenberg_enqueue_global_styles_assets' );
+
+/**
+ * Adds class wp-gs to the frontend body class if the theme defines a experimental-theme.json.
+ *
+ * @param array $classes Existing body classes.
+ * @return array The filtered array of body classes.
+ */
+function gutenberg_add_wp_gs_class_front_end( $classes ) {
+	if ( locate_template( 'experimental-theme.json' ) ) {
+		return array_merge( $classes, array( 'wp-gs' ) );
+	}
+	return $classes;
+}
+add_filter( 'body_class', 'gutenberg_add_wp_gs_class_front_end' );
+
+
+/**
+ * Adds class wp-gs to the block-editor body class if the theme defines a experimental-theme.json.
+ *
+ * @param string $classes Existing body classes separated by space.
+ * @return string The filtered string of body classes.
+ */
+function gutenberg_add_wp_gs_class_editor( $classes ) {
+	global $current_screen;
+	if ( $current_screen->is_block_editor() && locate_template( 'experimental-theme.json' ) ) {
+		return $classes . ' wp-gs';
+	}
+	return $classes;
+}
+add_filter( 'admin_body_class', 'gutenberg_add_wp_gs_class_editor' );
diff --git a/lib/load.php b/lib/load.php
index 7076be29f63127..5b641a13278d1e 100644
--- a/lib/load.php
+++ b/lib/load.php
@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ function gutenberg_is_experiment_enabled( $name ) {
 require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/experiments-page.php';
 require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/customizer.php';
 require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/edit-site-page.php';
+require dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/global-styles.php';
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/button/style.scss b/packages/block-library/src/button/style.scss
index f2ad6bf77b130c..64e5174f287a3e 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/button/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/button/style.scss
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ $blocks-button__height: 56px;
 	}
 }
 
+.wp-gs .wp-block-button__link:not(.has-background) {
+	background-color: var(--wp-block-core-button--color--background, var(--wp-color--primary, $dark-gray-700));
+}
+
 .is-style-squared .wp-block-button__link {
 	border-radius: 0;
 }