diff --git a/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts b/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
index a6bd79efda19..929b663c33c3 100644
--- a/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ export class ViteNodeServer {
   async resolveId(id: string, importer?: string): Promise<ViteNodeResolveId | null> {
     if (importer && !importer.startsWith(this.server.config.root))
       importer = join(this.server.config.root, importer)
-    return this.server.pluginContainer.resolveId(id, importer, { ssr: true })
+    const mode = (importer && this.getTransformMode(importer)) || 'ssr'
+    return this.server.pluginContainer.resolveId(id, importer, { ssr: mode === 'ssr' })
   }
 
   async fetchModule(id: string): Promise<FetchResult> {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6c160f0c5a8c..8de30507a22a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -877,6 +877,16 @@ importers:
       pathe: 0.2.0
       vitest: link:../../packages/vitest
 
+  test/vite-node:
+    specifiers:
+      vite: ^2.9.10
+      vite-node: workspace:*
+      vitest: workspace:*
+    devDependencies:
+      vite: 2.9.10
+      vite-node: link:../../packages/vite-node
+      vitest: link:../../packages/vitest
+
   test/web-worker:
     specifiers:
       '@vitest/web-worker': workspace:*
@@ -18109,13 +18119,6 @@ packages:
       fsevents: 2.3.2
     dev: true
 
-  /rollup/2.75.5:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-JzNlJZDison3o2mOxVmb44Oz7t74EfSd1SQrplQk0wSaXV7uLQXtVdHbxlcT3w+8tZ1TL4r/eLfc7nAbz38BBA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=10.0.0'}
-    hasBin: true
-    optionalDependencies:
-      fsevents: 2.3.2
-
   /rollup/2.75.7:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VSE1iy0eaAYNCxEXaleThdFXqZJ42qDBatAwrfnPlENEZ8erQ+0LYX4JXOLPceWfZpV1VtZwZ3dFCuOZiSyFtQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=10.0.0'}
@@ -20750,7 +20753,7 @@ packages:
       esbuild: 0.14.42
       postcss: 8.4.14
       resolve: 1.22.0
-      rollup: 2.75.5
+      rollup: 2.75.7
     optionalDependencies:
       fsevents: 2.3.2
 
diff --git a/test/vite-node/package.json b/test/vite-node/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cc633488489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "@vitest/test-vite-node",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "vitest",
+    "coverage": "vitest run --coverage"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "vite": "^2.9.10",
+    "vite-node": "workspace:*",
+    "vitest": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/vite-node/test/server.test.ts b/test/vite-node/test/server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e407dad3c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/test/server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type { ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
+import { ViteNodeServer } from 'vite-node/server'
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const mockDevServer = (options: any = {}) => {
+  return options as ViteDevServer
+}
+
+describe('server works correctly', async () => {
+  test('resolve id considers transform mode', async () => {
+    const resolveId = vi.fn()
+
+    const vnServer = new ViteNodeServer(mockDevServer({
+      pluginContainer: { resolveId },
+      config: {
+        root: '/',
+      },
+    }), {
+      transformMode: {
+        web: [/web/],
+        ssr: [/ssr/],
+      },
+    })
+
+    await vnServer.resolveId('/path', '/web path')
+    expect(resolveId).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/path', '/web path', { ssr: false })
+
+    await vnServer.resolveId('/ssr', '/ssr path')
+    expect(resolveId).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/ssr', '/ssr path', { ssr: true })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/vite-node/vitest.config.ts b/test/vite-node/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1515dfeb73a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    clearMocks: true,
+  },
+})