Use @import (reference) '~moduleName/file.less'

I import npm modules from a monorepo, which uses the syntax "@import (reference) '~moduleName/less/vaiables.less' to import less variables. But when I try to build, i get the `(postcss plugin) Error: '~moduleName/less/variables' wasn't found."`

I see the ~ is available for sass files, but it is not for less files? Or is there some config I can set to make this work?