diff --git a/playground/ssr-vue/vite.config.js b/playground/ssr-vue/vite.config.js
index d57a11972d449e..1ec2ee61ec42f9 100644
--- a/playground/ssr-vue/vite.config.js
+++ b/playground/ssr-vue/vite.config.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import path from 'path'
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import vuePlugin from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 import vueJsx from '@vitejs/plugin-vue-jsx'
+
 const virtualFile = '@virtual-file'
 const virtualId = '\0' + virtualFile
 const nestedVirtualFile = '@nested-virtual-file'
 const nestedVirtualId = '\0' + nestedVirtualFile
 
+const base = '/test/'
+
 export default defineConfig({
-  base: '/test/',
+  base,
   plugins: [
     vuePlugin(),
     vueJsx(),
@@ -40,8 +44,78 @@ export default defineConfig({
           return `export const msg = "[success] from conventional virtual file"`
         }
       }
-    }
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'virtual-module',
+      resolveId(id) {
+        if (id === virtualFile) {
+          return virtualId
+        } else if (id === nestedVirtualFile) {
+          return nestedVirtualId
+        }
+      },
+      load(id) {
+        if (id === virtualId) {
+          return `export { msg } from "@nested-virtual-file";`
+        } else if (id === nestedVirtualId) {
+          return `export const msg = "[success] from conventional virtual file"`
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    // Example of a plugin that injects a helper from a virtual module that can
+    // be used in renderBuiltUrl
+    (function () {
+      const queryRE = /\?.*$/s
+      const hashRE = /#.*$/s
+      const cleanUrl = (url) => url.replace(hashRE, '').replace(queryRE, '')
+      let config
+
+      const virtualId = '\0virtual:ssr-vue-built-url'
+      return {
+        name: 'built-url',
+        enforce: 'post',
+        configResolved(_config) {
+          config = _config
+        },
+        resolveId(id) {
+          if (id === virtualId) {
+            return id
+          }
+        },
+        load(id) {
+          if (id === virtualId) {
+            return {
+              code: `export const __ssr_vue_processAssetPath = (url) => '${base}' + url`,
+              moduleSideEffects: 'no-treeshake'
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        transform(code, id) {
+          if (
+            config.build.ssr &&
+            cleanUrl(id).endsWith('.js') &&
+            !code.includes('__ssr_vue_processAssetPath')
+          ) {
+            return {
+              code:
+                `import { __ssr_vue_processAssetPath } from '${virtualId}';` +
+                code,
+              sourcemap: null // no sourcemap support to speed up CI
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    })()
   ],
+  experimental: {
+    renderBuiltUrl(filename, importer, { type, ssr }) {
+      if (type === 'asset' && ssr && path.extname(importer) === '.js') {
+        return {
+          runtime: `__ssr_vue_processAssetPath(${JSON.stringify(filename)})`
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
   build: {
     minify: false
   },