diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/utils.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/utils.ts
index ed7e433d400d..aad3aa695c88 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/reporters/utils.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { BenchmarkBuiltinReporters, BuiltinReporters } from './index'
 async function loadCustomReporterModule<C extends Reporter>(path: string, runner: ViteNodeRunner): Promise<new () => C> {
   let customReporterModule: { default: new () => C }
   try {
-    customReporterModule = await runner.executeFile(path)
+    customReporterModule = await runner.executeId(path)
   }
   catch (customReporterModuleError) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to load custom Reporter from ${path}`, { cause: customReporterModuleError as Error })
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b46db0d45f61..9e8d93bf0e45 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1056,9 +1056,11 @@ importers:
   test/reporters:
     specifiers:
       execa: ^6.1.0
+      pkg-reporter: ./reportPkg/
       vitest: workspace:*
     devDependencies:
       execa: 6.1.0
+      pkg-reporter: link:reportPkg
       vitest: link:../../packages/vitest
 
   test/resolve:
diff --git a/test/reporters/deps-reporter.vitest.config.ts b/test/reporters/deps-reporter.vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc433997271b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reporters/deps-reporter.vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    include: ['tests/reporters.spec.ts'],
+    reporters: ['pkg-reporter'],
+  },
+})
diff --git a/test/reporters/package.json b/test/reporters/package.json
index ef56ccdab942..8403bc3468ea 100644
--- a/test/reporters/package.json
+++ b/test/reporters/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "execa": "^6.1.0",
+    "pkg-reporter": "./reportPkg/",
     "vitest": "workspace:*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/reporters/reportPkg/index.js b/test/reporters/reportPkg/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f3c597a66d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reporters/reportPkg/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export default class PackageReporter {
+  onInit(ctx) {
+    this.ctx = ctx
+  }
+
+  onFinished() {
+    this.ctx.logger.log('hello from package reporter')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/reporters/reportPkg/package.json b/test/reporters/reportPkg/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..498f05b5be6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reporters/reportPkg/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "pkg-reporter",
+  "main": "./index.js"
+}
diff --git a/test/reporters/reportTest2/custom-reporter-path.vitest.config.ts b/test/reporters/reportTest2/custom-reporter-path.vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7a8d4ac855a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reporters/reportTest2/custom-reporter-path.vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+const customReporter = resolve(__dirname, '../src/custom-reporter.ts')
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  root: __dirname,
+  test: {
+    root: __dirname,
+    include: ['../tests/reporters.spec.ts'],
+    reporters: [customReporter],
+  },
+})
diff --git a/test/reporters/tests/custom-reporter.spec.ts b/test/reporters/tests/custom-reporter.spec.ts
index 42b9554a67aa..624bdd4451c2 100644
--- a/test/reporters/tests/custom-reporter.spec.ts
+++ b/test/reporters/tests/custom-reporter.spec.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ describe.concurrent('custom reporters', () => {
     expect(stdout).includes('hello from custom reporter')
   }, 40000)
 
+  test('load no base on root custom reporter instances defined in configuration works', async () => {
+    const stdout = await runWithRetry('--config', './reportTest2/custom-reporter-path.vitest.config.ts')
+    expect(stdout).includes('hello from custom reporter')
+  }, 50000)
+
+  test('package.json dependencies reporter instances defined in configuration works', async () => {
+    const stdout = await runWithRetry('--config', 'deps-reporter.vitest.config.ts')
+    expect(stdout).includes('hello from package reporter')
+  }, 50000)
+
   test('a path to a custom reporter defined in configuration works', async () => {
     const stdout = await runWithRetry('--config', 'custom-reporter-path.vitest.config.ts', '--reporter', customJSReporterPath)
     expect(stdout).includes('hello from custom reporter')
diff --git a/test/reporters/tests/utils.test.ts b/test/reporters/tests/utils.test.ts
index e41b71ca62fc..24aa83510f4d 100644
--- a/test/reporters/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/reporters/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import TestReporter from '../src/custom-reporter'
 
 const customReporterPath = resolve(__dirname, '../src/custom-reporter.js')
 const fetchModule = {
-  executeFile: (id: string) => import(id),
+  executeId: (id: string) => import(id),
 } as ViteNodeRunner
 
 describe('Reporter Utils', () => {