diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/package.json b/packages/plugin-react/package.json
index f19cce545eb361..eb5be007934e94 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "react-refresh": "^0.13.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "vite": "^3.0.0-alpha"
+    "vite": "^3.0.0-alpha.11"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "vite": "workspace:*"
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
index 7fa602c5e1e9af..387959dbdb2f33 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ export default function viteReact(opts: Options = {}): PluginOption[] {
   const viteBabel: Plugin = {
     name: 'vite:react-babel',
     enforce: 'pre',
+    config() {
+      if (opts.jsxRuntime === 'classic') {
+        return {
+          esbuild: {
+            logOverride: {
+              'this-is-undefined-in-esm': 'silent'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     configResolved(config) {
       base = config.base
       projectRoot = config.root