diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
index 4bc7da1e91..342096a0e3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export async function annotatePlugins (nuxt: Nuxt, plugins: NuxtPlugin[]) {
     try {
       const code = plugin.src in nuxt.vfs ? nuxt.vfs[plugin.src] : await fsp.readFile(plugin.src!, 'utf-8')
       _plugins.push({
-        ...await extractMetadata(code, IS_TSX.test(plugin.src) ? 'tsx' : 'ts'),
+        ...await extractMetadata(code, IS_TSX.test(plugin.src) ? 'tsx' : 'ts', nuxt.options.esbuild.options),
         ...plugin,
       })
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 8c45a05e10..971b63ac18 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
     esbuild: {
       options: {
         exclude: excludePattern,
-        ...nuxt.options.esbuild
+        ...nuxt.options.esbuild.options
       },
     },
     analyze: !nuxt.options.test && nuxt.options.build.analyze && (nuxt.options.build.analyze === true || nuxt.options.build.analyze.enabled)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/plugin-metadata.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/plugin-metadata.ts
index 331c5b8d9d..9dc606351c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/plugin-metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/plugin-metadata.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { CallExpression, Literal, Property, SpreadElement } from 'estree'
 import type { Node } from 'estree-walker'
 import { walk } from 'estree-walker'
 import { transform } from 'esbuild'
+import type { TransformOptions } from 'esbuild'
 import { parse } from 'acorn'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { findExports } from 'mlly'
@@ -41,12 +42,12 @@ export const orderMap: Record<NonNullable<ObjectPlugin['enforce']>, number> = {
 }
 
 const metaCache: Record<string, Omit<PluginMeta, 'enforce'>> = {}
-export async function extractMetadata (code: string, loader = 'ts' as 'ts' | 'tsx') {
+export async function extractMetadata (code: string, loader = 'ts' as 'ts' | 'tsx', esbuildOptions?: TransformOptions) {
   let meta: PluginMeta = {}
   if (metaCache[code]) {
     return metaCache[code]
   }
-  const js = await transform(code, { loader })
+  const js = await transform(code, { loader, ...esbuildOptions })
   walk(parse(js.code, {
     sourceType: 'module',
     ecmaVersion: 'latest',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/prehydrate.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/prehydrate.ts
index e47fa3883e..15c21b8851 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/prehydrate.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/prehydrate.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function prehydrateTransformPlugin (nuxt: Nuxt) {
             const needsAttr = node.arguments[0].params.length > 0
             const { start, end } = node.arguments[0] as Node & { start: number, end: number }
 
-            const p = transform(`forEach(${code.slice(start, end)})`, { loader: 'ts', minify: true })
+            const p = transform(`forEach(${code.slice(start, end)})`, { loader: 'ts', minify: true, ...nuxt.options.esbuild.options })
             promises.push(p.then(({ code: result }) => {
               const cleaned = result.slice('forEach'.length).replace(/;\s+$/, '')
               const args = [JSON.stringify(cleaned)]
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index 3e5982ea3b..ed590e89f4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
         const glob = pageToGlobMap[path]
         const code = path in nuxt.vfs ? nuxt.vfs[path] : await readFile(path!, 'utf-8')
         try {
-          const extractedRule = await extractRouteRules(code)
+          const extractedRule = await extractRouteRules(code, nuxt.options.esbuild.options)
           if (extractedRule) {
             if (!glob) {
               const relativePath = relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, path)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/route-rules.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/route-rules.ts
index 24acf217b1..f2f0532177 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/route-rules.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/route-rules.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { Node } from 'estree-walker'
 import type { CallExpression } from 'estree'
 import { walk } from 'estree-walker'
 import { transform } from 'esbuild'
+import type { TransformOptions } from 'esbuild'
 import { parse } from 'acorn'
 import type { NuxtPage } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { NitroRouteConfig } from 'nitropack'
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import { extractScriptContent, pathToNitroGlob } from './utils'
 const ROUTE_RULE_RE = /\bdefineRouteRules\(/
 const ruleCache: Record<string, NitroRouteConfig | null> = {}
 
-export async function extractRouteRules (code: string): Promise<NitroRouteConfig | null> {
+export async function extractRouteRules (code: string, esbuildOptions?: TransformOptions): Promise<NitroRouteConfig | null> {
   if (code in ruleCache) {
     return ruleCache[code]
   }
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export async function extractRouteRules (code: string): Promise<NitroRouteConfig
 
   let rule: NitroRouteConfig | null = null
 
-  const js = await transform(code, { loader: script?.loader || 'ts' })
+  const js = await transform(code, { loader: script?.loader || 'ts', ...esbuildOptions })
   walk(parse(js.code, {
     sourceType: 'module',
     ecmaVersion: 'latest',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
index 923348c5a9..abbbbb2217 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import escapeRE from 'escape-string-regexp'
 import { filename } from 'pathe/utils'
 import { hash } from 'ohash'
 import { transform } from 'esbuild'
+import type { TransformOptions } from 'esbuild'
 import { parse } from 'acorn'
 import { walk } from 'estree-walker'
 import type { CallExpression, ExpressionStatement, ObjectExpression, Program, Property } from 'estree'
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ export async function resolvePagesRoutes (): Promise<NuxtPage[]> {
   const shouldAugment = nuxt.options.experimental.scanPageMeta || nuxt.options.experimental.typedPages
 
   if (shouldAugment) {
-    const augmentedPages = await augmentPages(pages, nuxt.vfs)
+    const augmentedPages = await augmentPages(pages, nuxt.vfs, undefined, nuxt.options.esbuild.options)
     await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
-    await augmentPages(pages, nuxt.vfs, augmentedPages)
+    await augmentPages(pages, nuxt.vfs, augmentedPages, nuxt.options.esbuild.options)
     augmentedPages.clear()
   } else {
     await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
@@ -140,16 +141,16 @@ export function generateRoutesFromFiles (files: ScannedFile[], options: Generate
   return prepareRoutes(routes)
 }
 
-export async function augmentPages (routes: NuxtPage[], vfs: Record<string, string>, augmentedPages = new Set<string>()) {
+export async function augmentPages (routes: NuxtPage[], vfs: Record<string, string>, augmentedPages = new Set<string>(), esbuildOptions?: TransformOptions) {
   for (const route of routes) {
     if (route.file && !augmentedPages.has(route.file)) {
       const fileContent = route.file in vfs ? vfs[route.file] : fs.readFileSync(await resolvePath(route.file), 'utf-8')
-      Object.assign(route, await getRouteMeta(fileContent, route.file))
+      Object.assign(route, await getRouteMeta(fileContent, route.file, esbuildOptions))
       augmentedPages.add(route.file)
     }
 
     if (route.children && route.children.length > 0) {
-      await augmentPages(route.children, vfs)
+      await augmentPages(route.children, vfs, augmentedPages, esbuildOptions)
     }
   }
   return augmentedPages
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ const DYNAMIC_META_KEY = '__nuxt_dynamic_meta_key' as const
 
 const pageContentsCache: Record<string, string> = {}
 const metaCache: Record<string, Partial<Record<keyof NuxtPage, any>>> = {}
-export async function getRouteMeta (contents: string, absolutePath: string): Promise<Partial<Record<keyof NuxtPage, any>>> {
+export async function getRouteMeta (contents: string, absolutePath: string, esbuildOptions?: TransformOptions): Promise<Partial<Record<keyof NuxtPage, any>>> {
   // set/update pageContentsCache, invalidate metaCache on cache mismatch
   if (!(absolutePath in pageContentsCache) || pageContentsCache[absolutePath] !== contents) {
     pageContentsCache[absolutePath] = contents
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ export async function getRouteMeta (contents: string, absolutePath: string): Pro
     return {}
   }
 
-  const js = await transform(script.code, { loader: script.loader })
+  const js = await transform(script.code, { loader: script.loader, ...esbuildOptions })
   const ast = parse(js.code, {
     sourceType: 'module',
     ecmaVersion: 'latest',