diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index fe5ab43f70..0df73cbb24 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
     srcDir: nuxt.options.serverDir,
     dev: nuxt.options.dev,
     buildDir: nuxt.options.buildDir,
+    imports: {
+      imports: [
+        {
+          as: '__buildAssetsURL',
+          name: 'buildAssetsURL',
+          from: resolve(distDir, 'core/runtime/nitro/paths')
+        },
+        {
+          as: '__publicAssetsURL',
+          name: 'publicAssetsURL',
+          from: resolve(distDir, 'core/runtime/nitro/paths')
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     esbuild: {
       options: {
         exclude: [
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/server.ts b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
index ce406d4fca..17f8cca341 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { writeManifest } from './manifest'
 
 export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
   const _resolve = (id: string) => resolveModule(id, { paths: ctx.nuxt.options.modulesDir })
+  const helper = ctx.nuxt.options.nitro.imports !== false ? '' : 'globalThis.'
   const serverConfig: vite.InlineConfig = vite.mergeConfig(ctx.config, {
     entry: ctx.entry,
     base: ctx.nuxt.options.dev
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
           return { relative: true }
         }
         if (type === 'public') {
-          return { runtime: `globalThis.__publicAssetsURL(${JSON.stringify(filename)})` }
+          return { runtime: `${helper}__publicAssetsURL(${JSON.stringify(filename)})` }
         }
         if (type === 'asset') {
           const relativeFilename = filename.replace(withTrailingSlash(withoutLeadingSlash(ctx.nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir)), '')
-          return { runtime: `globalThis.__buildAssetsURL(${JSON.stringify(relativeFilename)})` }
+          return { runtime: `${helper}__buildAssetsURL(${JSON.stringify(relativeFilename)})` }
         }
       }
     },