diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
index 872b984f59b2e6..fe56a3b5f6fb60 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ async function doBuild(
       config.logger.info(colors.cyan(`\nwatching for file changes...`))
 
       const resolvedChokidarOptions = resolveChokidarOptions(
+        config,
         config.build.watch.chokidar
       )
 
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 780c43bfadca2c..2f088b6f5fa2e4 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -530,11 +530,13 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
 
   // resolve cache directory
   const pkgPath = lookupFile(resolvedRoot, [`package.json`], { pathOnly: true })
-  const cacheDir = config.cacheDir
-    ? path.resolve(resolvedRoot, config.cacheDir)
-    : pkgPath
-    ? path.join(path.dirname(pkgPath), `node_modules/.vite`)
-    : path.join(resolvedRoot, `.vite`)
+  const cacheDir = normalizePath(
+    config.cacheDir
+      ? path.resolve(resolvedRoot, config.cacheDir)
+      : pkgPath
+      ? path.join(path.dirname(pkgPath), `node_modules/.vite`)
+      : path.join(resolvedRoot, `.vite`)
+  )
 
   const assetsFilter =
     config.assetsInclude &&
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index db76f2852678d5..dfb78a4b38503c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export async function createServer(
   const httpsOptions = await resolveHttpsConfig(config.server.https)
   const { middlewareMode } = serverConfig
 
-  const resolvedWatchOptions = resolveChokidarOptions({
+  const resolvedWatchOptions = resolveChokidarOptions(config, {
     disableGlobbing: true,
     ...serverConfig.watch
   })
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/watch.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/watch.ts
index 47a455a0cd0e76..5b3332da2d3d1f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/watch.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/watch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { escapePath } from 'fast-glob'
 import type { WatchOptions } from 'dep-types/chokidar'
+import type { ResolvedConfig } from '.'
 
 export function resolveChokidarOptions(
+  config: ResolvedConfig,
   options: WatchOptions | undefined
 ): WatchOptions {
   const { ignored = [], ...otherOptions } = options ?? {}
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ export function resolveChokidarOptions(
       '**/.git/**',
       '**/node_modules/**',
       '**/test-results/**', // Playwright
+      escapePath(config.cacheDir) + '/**',
       ...(Array.isArray(ignored) ? ignored : [ignored])
     ],
     ignoreInitial: true,