diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/package.json b/packages/nuxt3/package.json
index 5ba4e7880b..c44a05f897 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "hash-sum": "^2.0.0",
     "hookable": "^5.1.1",
     "knitwork": "^0.1.0",
+    "magic-string-extra": "^0.1.2",
     "mlly": "^0.4.3",
     "murmurhash-es": "^0.1.1",
     "nitropack": "npm:nitropack-edge@latest",
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/loader.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/loader.ts
index 02f6d84e18..4a7e1af859 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/loader.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { parseQuery, parseURL } from 'ufo'
 import { Component } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { genImport } from 'knitwork'
+import MagicString from 'magic-string-extra'
 
 interface LoaderOptions {
   getComponents(): Component[]
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ export const loaderPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions) => ({
     // from `type=template` (in Webpack) and bare `.vue` file (in Vite)
     return pathname.endsWith('.vue') && (query.type === 'template' || !search)
   },
-  transform (code) {
-    return transform(code, options.getComponents())
+  transform (code, id) {
+    return transform(code, id, options.getComponents())
   }
 }))
 
@@ -26,13 +27,14 @@ function findComponent (components: Component[], name:string) {
   return components.find(({ pascalName, kebabName }) => [pascalName, kebabName].includes(name))
 }
 
-function transform (content: string, components: Component[]) {
+function transform (code: string, id: string, components: Component[]) {
   let num = 0
   let imports = ''
   const map = new Map<Component, string>()
+  const s = new MagicString(code)
 
   // replace `_resolveComponent("...")` to direct import
-  const newContent = content.replace(/ _resolveComponent\("(.*?)"\)/g, (full, name) => {
+  s.replace(/ _resolveComponent\("(.*?)"\)/g, (full, name) => {
     const component = findComponent(components, name)
     if (component) {
       const identifier = map.get(component) || `__nuxt_component_${num++}`
@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ function transform (content: string, components: Component[]) {
     return full
   })
 
-  if (!imports || newContent === content) { return }
+  if (imports) {
+    s.prepend(imports + '\n')
+  }
 
-  return `${imports}\n${newContent}`
+  return s.toRollupResult(true, { source: id, includeContent: true })
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6353c81a52..e67c663c0f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13761,6 +13761,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"magic-string-extra@npm:^0.1.2":
+  version: 0.1.2
+  resolution: "magic-string-extra@npm:0.1.2"
+  dependencies:
+    magic-string: ^0.25.7
+  checksum: 196dec128985162ff559752dd28f358bacd203e9e9e2bcb7d3eb8a1cdacc8a60ce1d49709f31de16f594adb60566959dbb04750560c3cbc872f520d062dba0ee
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "magic-string@npm:^0.25.7":
   version: 0.25.7
   resolution: "magic-string@npm:0.25.7"
@@ -15418,6 +15427,7 @@ __metadata:
     hash-sum: ^2.0.0
     hookable: ^5.1.1
     knitwork: ^0.1.0
+    magic-string-extra: ^0.1.2
     mlly: ^0.4.3
     murmurhash-es: ^0.1.1
     nitropack: "npm:nitropack-edge@latest"