diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index 51990edf709da2..858ec8437362a1 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,33 @@ describe('injectQuery', () => {
     })
   }
 
+  test('relative path', () => {
+    expect(injectQuery('usr/vite/%20a%20', 'direct')).toEqual(
+      'usr/vite/%20a%20?direct'
+    )
+    expect(injectQuery('./usr/vite/%20a%20', 'direct')).toEqual(
+      './usr/vite/%20a%20?direct'
+    )
+    expect(injectQuery('../usr/vite/%20a%20', 'direct')).toEqual(
+      '../usr/vite/%20a%20?direct'
+    )
+  })
+
+  test('path with hash', () => {
+    expect(injectQuery('/usr/vite/path with space/#1?2/', 'direct')).toEqual(
+      '/usr/vite/path with space/?direct#1?2/'
+    )
+  })
+
+  test('path with protocol', () => {
+    expect(injectQuery('file:///usr/vite/%20a%20', 'direct')).toMatch(
+      'file:///usr/vite/%20a%20?direct'
+    )
+    expect(injectQuery('http://usr.vite/%20a%20', 'direct')).toMatch(
+      'http://usr.vite/%20a%20?direct'
+    )
+  })
+
   test('path with multiple spaces', () => {
     expect(injectQuery('/usr/vite/path with space', 'direct')).toEqual(
       '/usr/vite/path with space?direct'
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 0f681ec8f7378f..7378b080eafd0c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -311,11 +311,9 @@ export function injectQuery(url: string, queryToInject: string): string {
   if (resolvedUrl.protocol !== 'relative:') {
     resolvedUrl = pathToFileURL(url)
   }
-  let { protocol, pathname, search, hash } = resolvedUrl
-  if (protocol === 'file:') {
-    pathname = pathname.slice(1)
-  }
-  pathname = decodeURIComponent(pathname)
+  const { search, hash } = resolvedUrl
+  let pathname = cleanUrl(url)
+  pathname = isWindows ? slash(pathname) : pathname
   return `${pathname}?${queryToInject}${search ? `&` + search.slice(1) : ''}${
     hash ?? ''
   }`