diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 55374774da6ecc..f28e89d92c167a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ async function bundleConfigFile(
               if (path.relative(idPkgDir, fileName).startsWith('..')) {
                 return {
                   // normalize actual import after bundled as a single vite config
-                  path: idFsPath,
+                  path: pathToFileURL(idFsPath).href,
                   external: true
                 }
               }