diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
index 66997c121c..c90e890883 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ export async function augmentPages (routes: NuxtPage[], vfs: Record<string, stri
   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))
+      const routeMeta = await getRouteMeta(fileContent, route.file)
+      if (route.meta) {
+        routeMeta.meta = { ...routeMeta.meta, ...route.meta }
+      }
+
+      Object.assign(route, routeMeta)
       augmentedPages.add(route.file)
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-disabled.test.ts.snap b/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-disabled.test.ts.snap
index 11885f3625..8ab4d0263f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-disabled.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-disabled.test.ts.snap
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
       "path": ""/"",
     },
   ],
+  "route.meta generated from file": [
+    {
+      "alias": "mockMeta?.alias || []",
+      "component": "() => import("pages/page-with-meta.vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
+      "meta": "{ ...(mockMeta || {}), ...{"test":1} }",
+      "name": "mockMeta?.name ?? "page-with-meta"",
+      "path": "mockMeta?.path ?? "/page-with-meta"",
+      "redirect": "mockMeta?.redirect",
+    },
+  ],
   "should allow pages with `:` in their path": [
     {
       "alias": "mockMeta?.alias || []",
@@ -349,6 +359,16 @@
       "redirect": "mockMeta?.redirect",
     },
   ],
+  "should merge route.meta with meta from file": [
+    {
+      "alias": "mockMeta?.alias || []",
+      "component": "() => import("pages/page-with-meta.vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
+      "meta": "{ ...(mockMeta || {}), ...{"test":1} }",
+      "name": "mockMeta?.name ?? "page-with-meta"",
+      "path": "mockMeta?.path ?? "/page-with-meta"",
+      "redirect": "mockMeta?.redirect",
+    },
+  ],
   "should not generate colliding route names when hyphens are in file name": [
     {
       "alias": "mockMeta?.alias || []",
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-enabled.test.ts.snap b/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-enabled.test.ts.snap
index 9fb308e7c1..42c8e219f6 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-enabled.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/__snapshots__/pages-override-meta-enabled.test.ts.snap
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
       "path": ""/"",
     },
   ],
+  "route.meta generated from file": [
+    {
+      "component": "() => import("pages/page-with-meta.vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
+      "meta": "{"test":1}",
+      "name": ""page-with-meta"",
+      "path": ""/page-with-meta"",
+    },
+  ],
   "should allow pages with `:` in their path": [
     {
       "component": "() => import("pages/test:name.vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
@@ -240,6 +248,14 @@
       "path": ""/"",
     },
   ],
+  "should merge route.meta with meta from file": [
+    {
+      "component": "() => import("pages/page-with-meta.vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
+      "meta": "{ ...(mockMeta || {}), ...{"test":1} }",
+      "name": ""page-with-meta"",
+      "path": ""/page-with-meta"",
+    },
+  ],
   "should not generate colliding route names when hyphens are in file name": [
     {
       "component": "() => import("pages/parent/[child].vue").then(m => m.default || m)",
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
index 3babb4cf11..9bd89de9ad 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
 
   const tests: Array<{
     description: string
-    files?: Array<{ path: string, template?: string }>
+    files?: Array<{ path: string, template?: string, meta?: Record<string, any> }>
     output?: NuxtPage[]
     normalized?: Record<string, any>[]
     error?: string
@@ -554,6 +554,53 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      description: 'route.meta generated from file',
+      files: [
+        {
+          path: `${pagesDir}/page-with-meta.vue`,
+          meta: {
+            test: 1,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      output: [
+        {
+          name: 'page-with-meta',
+          path: '/page-with-meta',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/page-with-meta.vue`,
+          children: [],
+          meta: { test: 1 },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      description: 'should merge route.meta with meta from file',
+      files: [
+        {
+          path: `${pagesDir}/page-with-meta.vue`,
+          meta: {
+            test: 1,
+          },
+          template: `
+            <script setup lang="ts">
+            definePageMeta({
+              hello: 'world'
+            })
+            </script>
+          `,
+        },
+      ],
+      output: [
+        {
+          name: 'page-with-meta',
+          path: '/page-with-meta',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/page-with-meta.vue`,
+          children: [],
+          meta: { [DYNAMIC_META_KEY]: new Set(['meta']), test: 1 },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ]
 
   const normalizedResults: Record<string, any> = {}
@@ -572,7 +619,13 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
             shouldUseServerComponents: true,
             absolutePath: file.path,
             relativePath: file.path.replace(/^(pages|layer\/pages)\//, ''),
-          })))
+          }))).map((route, index) => {
+            return {
+              ...route,
+              meta: test.files![index].meta,
+            }
+          })
+
           await augmentPages(result, vfs)
         } catch (error: any) {
           expect(error.message).toEqual(test.error)