diff --git a/packages/uniwind/src/metro/addMetaToStylesTemplate.ts b/packages/uniwind/src/metro/addMetaToStylesTemplate.ts
index 2a7de792..2f38636c 100644
--- a/packages/uniwind/src/metro/addMetaToStylesTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/uniwind/src/metro/addMetaToStylesTemplate.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export const addMetaToStylesTemplate = (Processor: ProcessorBuilder, currentPlat
                     focus,
                     disabled,
                     importantProperties: importantProperties
-                        ?.map(property => property.startsWith('--') ? property : toCamelCase)
+                        ?.map(property => property.startsWith('--') ? property : toCamelCase(property))
                         .map(makeSafeForSerialization) ?? [],
                     dataAttributes,
                     complexity: [
diff --git a/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/specificity.test.tsx b/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/specificity.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36ce85c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/uniwind/tests/native/styles-parsing/specificity.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import View from '../../../src/components/native/View'
+import { TW_BLUE_500, TW_GREEN_500, TW_RED_500 } from '../../consts'
+import { renderUniwind } from '../utils'
+
+describe('Specificity', () => {
+    test('Important', () => {
+        const { getStylesFromId } = renderUniwind(
+            <React.Fragment>
+                <View
+                    className="text-red-500 text-blue-500"
+                    testID="no-important"
+                />
+                <View
+                    className="text-red-500! text-blue-500!"
+                    testID="both-important"
+                />
+                <View
+                    className="text-red-500! text-green-500 text-blue-500"
+                    testID="important-first"
+                />
+                <View
+                    className="text-red-500 text-green-500! text-blue-500"
+                    testID="important-middle"
+                />
+                <View
+                    className="text-red-500 text-green-500 text-blue-500!"
+                    testID="important-last"
+                />
+            </React.Fragment>,
+        )
+
+        expect(getStylesFromId('no-important').color).toBe(TW_BLUE_500)
+        /* NOTE: when both classes are !important, the first one wins.
+        This diverges from CSS where the last !important would win. */
+        expect(getStylesFromId('both-important').color).toBe(TW_RED_500)
+        expect(getStylesFromId('important-first').color).toBe(TW_RED_500)
+        expect(getStylesFromId('important-middle').color).toBe(TW_GREEN_500)
+        expect(getStylesFromId('important-last').color).toBe(TW_BLUE_500)
+    })
+})