diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/stylesheets/abstracts/_variables.scss b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/stylesheets/abstracts/_variables.scss
index 4372391051a..744bd30ee34 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/stylesheets/abstracts/_variables.scss
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/stylesheets/abstracts/_variables.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 @import 'node_modules/@wordpress/base-styles/breakpoints';
 @import 'node_modules/@wordpress/base-styles/animations';
 @import 'node_modules/@wordpress/base-styles/z-index';
+@import 'node_modules/@wordpress/base-styles/default-custom-properties';
 
 @include wordpress-admin-schemes;