diff --git a/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts b/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
index 0949e062d436..f0d845b53b33 100644
--- a/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-node/src/client.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class ViteNodeRunner {
         const resolvedDep = await this.options.resolveId(dep, id)
         dep = resolvedDep?.id?.replace(this.root, '') || dep
       }
+
       if (callstack.includes(dep)) {
         if (!this.moduleCache.get(dep)?.exports)
           throw new Error(`[vite-node] Circular dependency detected\nStack:\n${[...callstack, dep].reverse().map(p => `- ${p}`).join('\n')}`)
diff --git a/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts b/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
index 667ddc881ddc..a4b9d917dcf1 100644
--- a/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-node/src/server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { join } from 'pathe'
 import type { TransformResult, ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 import type { FetchResult, RawSourceMap, ViteNodeResolveId, ViteNodeServerOptions } from './types'
 import { shouldExternalize } from './externalize'
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ 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 })
   }
 
diff --git a/test/core/src/relative-import.ts b/test/core/src/relative-import.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53c7740d37c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/src/relative-import.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function dynamicRelativeImport(file: string) {
+  return import(`./${file}.ts`)
+}
diff --git a/test/core/test/imports.test.ts b/test/core/test/imports.test.ts
index c2aa7b3cb59f..51137f509197 100644
--- a/test/core/test/imports.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/imports.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { dynamicRelativeImport } from '../src/relative-import'
 
 test('dynamic relative import works', async() => {
   const stringTimeoutMod = await import('./../src/timeout')
@@ -9,6 +10,13 @@ test('dynamic relative import works', async() => {
   expect(stringTimeoutMod).toBe(variableTimeoutMod)
 })
 
+test('Relative imports in imported modules work', async() => {
+  const relativeImportFromFile = await dynamicRelativeImport('timeout')
+  const directImport = await import('./../src/timeout')
+
+  expect(relativeImportFromFile).toBe(directImport)
+})
+
 test('dynamic aliased import works', async() => {
   const stringTimeoutMod = await import('./../src/timeout')