diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index c36817571..5b8023983 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		"prepack": "npm run build && cp -R src/stubs dist/stubs && chmod +x dist/bin/index.js"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
+		"@babel/core": "^7.12.9",
 		"@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.3",
 		"@types/sax": "^1.2.1",
 		"babel-loader": "^8.2.1",
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@
 		"fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.3",
 		"loader-utils": "^2.0.0",
 		"micromatch": "^4.0.2",
+		"postcss": "^8.1.13",
+		"postcss-import": "^13.0.0",
+		"postcss-loader": "^4.1.0",
 		"raw-loader": "^4.0.2",
 		"react-refresh": "^0.9.0",
 		"sass": "^1.29.0",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
index dbf8609db..0f36cd7b8 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,18 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv): Config {
 			},
 		});
 
+	// default PostCSS options to use
+	// projects can change settings
+	// via postcss.config.js
+	const postCSSOptions = {
+		postcssOptions: {
+			plugins: [
+				// inlines @imported stylesheets
+				'postcss-import',
+			],
+		},
+	};
+
 	// set up css
 	config.module
 		.rule('css')
@@ -174,7 +186,11 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv): Config {
 		.loader('apply-css-loader')
 		.end()
 		.use('css2json-loader')
-		.loader('css2json-loader');
+		.loader('css2json-loader')
+		.end()
+		.use('postcss-loader')
+		.loader('postcss-loader')
+		.options(postCSSOptions);
 
 	// set up scss
 	config.module
@@ -186,6 +202,10 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv): Config {
 		.use('css2json-loader')
 		.loader('css2json-loader')
 		.end()
+		.use('postcss-loader')
+		.loader('postcss-loader')
+		.options(postCSSOptions)
+		.end()
 		.use('sass-loader')
 		.loader('sass-loader');
 
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/externalConfigs.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/externalConfigs.ts
index 68b4be5d6..ca0a9baff 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/externalConfigs.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/externalConfigs.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ import { clearCurrentPlugin, setCurrentPlugin } from '../index';
 export function applyExternalConfigs() {
 	getAllDependencies().forEach((dependency) => {
 		const packagePath = getDependencyPath(dependency);
+
+		if (!packagePath) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		const configPath = path.join(packagePath, 'nativescript.webpack.js');
 
 		if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {