diff --git a/packages/playground/css/__tests__/css.spec.ts b/packages/playground/css/__tests__/css.spec.ts
index f1eb66e097ad86..bc2cbfe6a1b57a 100644
--- a/packages/playground/css/__tests__/css.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/css/__tests__/css.spec.ts
@@ -356,3 +356,11 @@ test('minify css', async () => {
   expect(cssFile).toMatch('rgba(')
   expect(cssFile).not.toMatch('#ffff00b3')
 })
+
+test('?raw', async () => {
+  const rawImportCss = await page.$('.raw-imported-css')
+
+  expect(await rawImportCss.textContent()).toBe(
+    require('fs').readFileSync(require.resolve('../raw-imported.css'), 'utf-8')
+  )
+})
diff --git a/packages/playground/css/index.html b/packages/playground/css/index.html
index 7a79bb1629f989..427bbc437866a5 100644
--- a/packages/playground/css/index.html
+++ b/packages/playground/css/index.html
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ <h1>CSS</h1>
 
   <p class="inlined">Inlined import - this should NOT be red.</p>
   <pre class="inlined-code"></pre>
+
+  <p>Raw Support</p>
+  <pre class="raw-imported-css"></pre>
 </div>
 
 <script type="module" src="./main.js"></script>
diff --git a/packages/playground/css/main.js b/packages/playground/css/main.js
index 24a278c8687940..df3563a9d73906 100644
--- a/packages/playground/css/main.js
+++ b/packages/playground/css/main.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ text('.imported-less', less)
 import stylus from './stylus.styl'
 text('.imported-stylus', stylus)
 
+import rawCss from './raw-imported.css?raw'
+text('.raw-imported-css', rawCss)
+
 import mod from './mod.module.css'
 document.querySelector('.modules').classList.add(mod['apply-color'])
 text('.modules-code', JSON.stringify(mod, null, 2))
diff --git a/packages/playground/css/raw-imported.css b/packages/playground/css/raw-imported.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ac0aee96390c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playground/css/raw-imported.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.raw-imported {
+  color: yellow;
+}
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
index 37c5247c0dd91a..ef997a9c34cb31 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'rollup'
 import { dataToEsm } from '@rollup/pluginutils'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import { CLIENT_PUBLIC_PATH } from '../constants'
+import { CLIENT_PUBLIC_PATH, SPECIAL_QUERY_RE } from '../constants'
 import type { ResolveFn, ViteDevServer } from '../'
 import {
   getAssetFilename,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function cssPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
     },
 
     async transform(raw, id) {
-      if (!isCSSRequest(id) || commonjsProxyRE.test(id)) {
+      if (!isCSSRequest(id) || commonjsProxyRE.test(id) || SPECIAL_QUERY_RE.test(id)) {
         return
       }
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function cssPostPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
     },
 
     async transform(css, id, options) {
-      if (!isCSSRequest(id) || commonjsProxyRE.test(id)) {
+      if (!isCSSRequest(id) || commonjsProxyRE.test(id) || SPECIAL_QUERY_RE.test(id)) {
         return
       }