diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/index.ts
index 3406920122f2..fedb29311fc2 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export { runOnce, isFirstRun } from './integrations/run-once'
 export * from './integrations/chai'
 export * from './integrations/jest-mock'
 export * from './integrations/vi'
+export * from './integrations/utils'
 
 export * from './types'
 export * from './api/types'
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/utils.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc9da21c0dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export function getRunningMode() {
+  return process.env.VITEST_MODE === 'WATCH' ? 'watch' : 'run'
+}
+
+export function isWatchMode() {
+  return getRunningMode() === 'watch'
+}