diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
index ede5f47956..4ed83962a8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { readdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { basename, dirname, extname, join, relative } from 'pathe'
 import { globby } from 'globby'
 import { pascalCase, splitByCase } from 'scule'
-import { isIgnored } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { isIgnored, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 // eslint-disable-next-line vue/prefer-import-from-vue
 import { hyphenate } from '@vue/shared'
 import { withTrailingSlash } from 'ufo'
@@ -30,6 +31,24 @@ export async function scanComponents (dirs: ComponentsDir[], srcDir: string): Pr
     const resolvedNames = new Map<string, string>()
 
     const files = (await globby(dir.pattern!, { cwd: dir.path, ignore: dir.ignore })).sort()
+
+    // Check if the directory exists (globby will otherwise read it case insensitively on MacOS)
+    if (files.length) {
+      const siblings = await readdir(dirname(dir.path)).catch(() => [] as string[])
+
+      const directory = basename(dir.path)
+      if (!siblings.includes(directory)) {
+        const caseCorrected = siblings.find(sibling => sibling.toLowerCase() === directory.toLowerCase())
+        if (caseCorrected) {
+          const nuxt = useNuxt()
+          const original = relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, dir.path)
+          const corrected = relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, join(dirname(dir.path), caseCorrected))
+          console.warn(`[nuxt] Components not scanned from \`~/${corrected}\`. Did you mean to name the directory \`~/${original}\` instead?`)
+          continue
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     for (const _file of files) {
       const filePath = join(dir.path, _file)