diff --git a/packages/vite/src/server.ts b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
index 05cdd1982a..b21c9e4637 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       external: [
         '#internal/nitro', '#internal/nitro/utils',
         // explicit dependencies we use in our ssr renderer - these can be inlined (if necessary) in the nitro build
-        'unhead', '@unhead/ssr', '@unhead/vue', 'unctx', 'h3', 'devalue', '@nuxt/devalue', 'radix3', 'unstorage',
+        'unhead', '@unhead/ssr', '@unhead/vue', 'unctx', 'h3', 'devalue', '@nuxt/devalue', 'radix3', 'unstorage', 'hookable',
         // dependencies we might share with nitro - these can be inlined (if necessary) in the nitro build
         ...nitroDependencies
       ],