diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8b3cd6..6f11fb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+- [#2251](https://github.com/teambit/bit/issues/2251) support css url functions without explicitly import
+
 ## [2.1.5] - 2020-01-12
 
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/src/dependency-builder/detectives/detective-css-and-preprocessors/index.ts b/src/dependency-builder/detectives/detective-css-and-preprocessors/index.ts
index 9b163c0..860ee46 100644
--- a/src/dependency-builder/detectives/detective-css-and-preprocessors/index.ts
+++ b/src/dependency-builder/detectives/detective-css-and-preprocessors/index.ts
@@ -45,13 +45,17 @@ module.exports = function detective(fileContent, syntax) {
 };
 
 function isImportStatement(node) {
-  if (node.type === 'Atrule' && node.name === 'import') {
+  if ((node.type === 'Atrule' && node.name === 'import') || node.type === 'Url') {
     return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
 
 function extractDependencies(importStatementNode) {
+  // handle URL functions without import, like `background-image: url('../button.png');`
+  if (importStatementNode.type === 'Url') {
+    return importStatementNode.value.value.replace(/["']/g, '');
+  }
   // handle URL import @import url("baz.css");
   if (
     importStatementNode.prelude.type === 'AtrulePrelude' &&