diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index 9a93c90e6bb7..af6e1122628e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ export class Vitest {
 
     if (mm.isMatch(id, this.config.forceRerunTriggers)) {
       this.state.getFilepaths().forEach(file => this.changedTests.add(file))
-      return []
+      return [id]
     }
 
     const projects = this.getModuleProjects(id)
diff --git a/test/watch/fixtures/force-watch/trigger.js b/test/watch/fixtures/force-watch/trigger.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e2b68e75b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/watch/fixtures/force-watch/trigger.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const trigger = false
diff --git a/test/watch/fixtures/vitest.config.ts b/test/watch/fixtures/vitest.config.ts
index 7d418e5cca77..623e5e267490 100644
--- a/test/watch/fixtures/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/test/watch/fixtures/vitest.config.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
     // This configuration is edited by tests
     reporters: 'verbose',
+
+    forceRerunTriggers: [
+      '**/force-watch/**',
+    ],
   },
 })
diff --git a/test/watch/test/file-watching.test.ts b/test/watch/test/file-watching.test.ts
index 877e61346b59..b5f3aebea7a0 100644
--- a/test/watch/test/file-watching.test.ts
+++ b/test/watch/test/file-watching.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const testFileContent = readFileSync(testFile, 'utf-8')
 const configFile = 'fixtures/vitest.config.ts'
 const configFileContent = readFileSync(configFile, 'utf-8')
 
+const forceTriggerFile = 'fixtures/force-watch/trigger.js'
+const forceTriggerFileContent = readFileSync(forceTriggerFile, 'utf-8')
+
 const cliArgs = ['--root', 'fixtures', '--watch']
 const cleanups: (() => void)[] = []
 
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
   writeFileSync(sourceFile, sourceFileContent, 'utf8')
   writeFileSync(testFile, testFileContent, 'utf8')
   writeFileSync(configFile, configFileContent, 'utf8')
+  writeFileSync(forceTriggerFile, forceTriggerFileContent, 'utf8')
   cleanups.splice(0).forEach(cleanup => cleanup())
 })
 
@@ -39,6 +43,18 @@ test('editing source file triggers re-run', async () => {
   await vitest.waitForStdout('1 passed')
 })
 
+test('editing force rerun trigger reruns all tests', async () => {
+  const vitest = await runVitestCli(...cliArgs)
+
+  writeFileSync(forceTriggerFile, editFile(forceTriggerFileContent), 'utf8')
+
+  await vitest.waitForStdout('Waiting for file changes...')
+  await vitest.waitForStdout('RERUN  ../force-watch/trigger.js')
+  await vitest.waitForStdout('example.test.ts')
+  await vitest.waitForStdout('math.test.ts')
+  await vitest.waitForStdout('2 passed')
+})
+
 test('editing test file triggers re-run', async () => {
   const vitest = await runVitestCli(...cliArgs)