diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65f85c9967dc..e6fecff012e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ docs/public/user-avatars
 docs/public/sponsors
 .eslintcache
 docs/.vitepress/cache/
+!test/cwd/**/.cache
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
index 6bef2aa640a4..52e4f0ec89ab 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ export class WorkspaceProject {
 
   async globFiles(include: string[], exclude: string[], cwd: string) {
     const globOptions: fg.Options = {
-      absolute: true,
       dot: true,
       cwd,
       ignore: exclude,
     }
 
-    return fg(include, globOptions)
+    const files = await fg(include, globOptions)
+    return files.map(file => resolve(cwd, file))
   }
 
   async isTargetFile(id: string, source?: string): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 58ee55b81ae5..173fc0e1c1b9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1669,6 +1669,12 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/vitest
 
+  test/cwd:
+    devDependencies:
+      vitest:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../packages/vitest
+
   test/edge-runtime:
     devDependencies:
       '@edge-runtime/vm':
diff --git a/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/.cache/should-not-run.test.ts b/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/.cache/should-not-run.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00d2519d3d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/.cache/should-not-run.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+test('should not run', () => {
+  expect(1).toBe(2)
+})
diff --git a/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/should-run.test.ts b/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/should-run.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e59b8eb93108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cwd/.cache/projects/test/should-run.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+test('should run', () => {
+  expect(1).toBe(1)
+})
diff --git a/test/cwd/package.json b/test/cwd/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5038c3661f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cwd/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "@vitest/test-cwd",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "cd $(pwd)/.cache/projects/test && vitest run"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "vitest": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/cwd/vitest.config.ts b/test/cwd/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abed6b2116e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cwd/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({})