diff --git a/src/esbuild/external.ts b/src/esbuild/external.ts
index 955ea97a..1120ca85 100644
--- a/src/esbuild/external.ts
+++ b/src/esbuild/external.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import { tsconfigPathsToRegExp, match } from 'bundle-require'
 const NON_NODE_MODULE_RE = /^[^.\/]|^\.[^.\/]|^\.\.[^\/]/
 
 export const externalPlugin = ({
-  patterns,
+  external,
+  noExternal,
   skipNodeModulesBundle,
   tsconfigResolvePaths,
 }: {
-  patterns?: (string | RegExp)[]
+  external?: (string | RegExp)[]
+  noExternal?: (string | RegExp)[]
   skipNodeModulesBundle?: boolean
   tsconfigResolvePaths?: Record<string, any>
 }): Plugin => {
@@ -35,18 +37,12 @@ export const externalPlugin = ({
         })
       }
 
-      if (!patterns || patterns.length === 0) return
-
       build.onResolve({ filter: /.*/ }, (args) => {
-        const external = patterns.some((p) => {
-          if (p instanceof RegExp) {
-            return p.test(args.path)
-          }
-          return args.path === p
-        })
-
-        if (external) {
-          return { path: args.path, external }
+        if (match(args.path, noExternal)) {
+          return
+        }
+        if (match(args.path, external)) {
+          return { external: true }
         }
       })
     },
diff --git a/src/esbuild/index.ts b/src/esbuild/index.ts
index ce02082a..5f327e84 100644
--- a/src/esbuild/index.ts
+++ b/src/esbuild/index.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export async function runEsbuild(
     // So here we use a custom plugin to implement it
     format !== 'iife' &&
       externalPlugin({
-        patterns: external,
+        external,
         skipNodeModulesBundle: options.skipNodeModulesBundle,
         tsconfigResolvePaths: options.tsconfigResolvePaths,
       }),
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index 6df9a767..ab406053 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ export type Options = {
   }
   dts?: boolean | string | DtsConfig
   sourcemap?: BuildOptions['sourcemap']
-  /** Don't bundle these packages */
+  /** Always bundle modules matching given patterns */
+  noExternal?: (string | RegExp)[]
+  /** Don't bundle these modules */
   external?: (string | RegExp)[]
   /** Transform the result with `@babel/core` */
   babel?: boolean