diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/IResourceDictionary.cs b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/IResourceDictionary.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9891249568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/IResourceDictionary.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Controls
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An indexed dictionary of resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IResourceDictionary : IDictionary<string, object>
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/ResourceDictionary.cs b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/ResourceDictionary.cs
index 96f523c83e..125bb0dcdf 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/ResourceDictionary.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Controls/ResourceDictionary.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
     /// <summary>
     /// An indexed dictionary of resources.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ResourceDictionary : IDictionary<string, object>, IDictionary
+    public class ResourceDictionary : IResourceDictionary, IDictionary
     {
         private Dictionary<string, object> _inner = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Style.cs b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Style.cs
index d7df465722..637e583a25 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Style.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Styling/Styling/Style.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Styling
         private static Dictionary<IStyleable, List<IDisposable>> _applied =
             new Dictionary<IStyleable, List<IDisposable>>();
 
-        private ResourceDictionary _resources;
+        private IResourceDictionary _resources;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Style"/> class.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Styling
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a dictionary of style resources.
         /// </summary>
-        public ResourceDictionary Resources
+        public IResourceDictionary Resources
         {
             get
             {
@@ -52,15 +52,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Styling
 
             set
             {
-                
                 var resources = Resources;
                 if (!Equals(resources, value))
                 {
                     foreach (var i in value)
                     {
                         resources[i.Key] = i.Value;
-                        //resources.Add(i.Key, i.Value);
-                        //(resources as IDictionary<string,object>).Add(i);
                     }
                 }
             }