diff --git a/template/_package.json b/template/_package.json
index 16fe9cad3..5aff4267c 100644
--- a/template/_package.json
+++ b/template/_package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     <%_ if (ui === 'tailwind') { _%>
-    "tailwindcss": "^1.0.0",
+    "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^1.0.0",
     <%_ } else if (ui === 'vuetify') { _%>
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",
     "stylus-loader": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/template/frameworks/tailwind/assets/css/tailwind.css b/template/frameworks/tailwind/assets/css/tailwind.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c61c956..000000000
--- a/template/frameworks/tailwind/assets/css/tailwind.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@tailwind base;
-@tailwind components;
-@tailwind utilities;
diff --git a/template/frameworks/tailwind/tailwind.config.js b/template/frameworks/tailwind/tailwind.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c14a383d..000000000
--- a/template/frameworks/tailwind/tailwind.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// See default config https://github.com/tailwindcss/tailwindcss/blob/master/stubs/defaultConfig.stub.js
-module.exports = {
-  theme: {
-    extend: {}
-  },
-  variants: {}
-}
diff --git a/template/nuxt/nuxt.config.js b/template/nuxt/nuxt.config.js
index b33f8a028..397199ed0 100644
--- a/template/nuxt/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/template/nuxt/nuxt.config.js
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ module.exports = {
   css: [
     <%_ if (ui === 'element-ui') { _%>
     'element-ui/lib/theme-chalk/index.css'
-    <%_ } else if (ui === 'tailwind') { _%>
-    '~/assets/css/tailwind.css'
     <%_ } else if (ui === 'iview') { _%>
     'iview/dist/styles/iview.css'
     <%_ } else if (ui === 'ant-design-vue') { _%>
@@ -104,6 +102,14 @@ module.exports = {
     '@nuxtjs/eslint-module',
     <%_ } _%>
   ],
+  <%_ if (ui === 'tailwind') { _%>
+  /*
+  ** Nuxt.js dev-modules
+  */
+  devModules: [
+    '@nuxtjs/tailwindcss'
+  ],
+  <%_ } _%>
   <%_ if (axios) { _%>
   /*
   ** Axios module configuration
@@ -143,12 +149,6 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     <%_ } else if (ui === 'element-ui') { _%>
     transpile: [/^element-ui/],
-    <%_ } else if (ui === 'tailwind') { _%>
-    postcss: {
-      plugins: {
-        tailwindcss: './tailwind.config.js'
-      }
-    },
     <%_ } _%>
     /*
     ** You can extend webpack config here
diff --git a/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md b/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
index 1a3a3b960..0598e6fa2 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
+++ b/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
@@ -2666,7 +2666,6 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
       '.gitignore',
       'README.md',
       'assets/README.md',
-      'assets/css/tailwind.css',
       'components/Logo.vue',
       'components/README.md',
       'layouts/README.md',
@@ -2680,7 +2679,6 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
       'static/README.md',
       'static/favicon.ico',
       'store/README.md',
-      'tailwind.config.js',
     ]
 
 > package.json
@@ -2690,8 +2688,8 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
         nuxt: '^2.0.0',
       },
       devDependencies: {
+        '@nuxtjs/tailwindcss': '^1.0.0',
         nodemon: '^1.18.9',
-        tailwindcss: '^1.0.0',
       },
       private: true,
       scripts: {
@@ -2729,7 +2727,6 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
       ** Global CSS␊
       */␊
       css: [␊
-        '~/assets/css/tailwind.css'␊
       ],␊
       /*␊
       ** Plugins to load before mounting the App␊
@@ -2742,14 +2739,15 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
       modules: [␊
       ],␊
       /*␊
+      ** Nuxt.js dev-modules␊
+      */␊
+      devModules: [␊
+        '@nuxtjs/tailwindcss'␊
+      ],␊
+      /*␊
       ** Build configuration␊
       */␊
       build: {␊
-        postcss: {␊
-          plugins: {␊
-            tailwindcss: './tailwind.config.js'␊
-          }␊
-        },␊
         /*␊
         ** You can extend webpack config here␊
         */␊
diff --git a/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap b/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap
index 192d6fd36..7f9924650 100644
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