diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/vite.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/vite.ts
index 663f6d9b8b..a8da7e0cd4 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/vite.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { consola } from 'consola'
+import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { isTest } from 'std-env'
 import { withoutLeadingSlash } from 'ufo'
 import { defineUntypedSchema } from 'untyped'
@@ -109,5 +110,8 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
         },
       },
     },
+    cacheDir: {
+      $resolve: async (val, get) => val ?? resolve(await get('rootDir') as string, 'node_modules/.cache/vite'),
+    },
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/client.ts b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
index 607666f933..5ff1679549 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
         'vue',
       ],
     },
-    cacheDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir, 'node_modules/.cache/vite', 'client'),
+    cacheDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir, ctx.config.cacheDir ?? 'node_modules/.cache/vite', 'client'),
     build: {
       sourcemap: ctx.nuxt.options.sourcemap.client ? ctx.config.build?.sourcemap ?? ctx.nuxt.options.sourcemap.client : false,
       manifest: 'manifest.json',
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/server.ts b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
index 67919c8b2f..af87239aa2 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
         /(nuxt|nuxt3|nuxt-nightly)\/(dist|src|app)/,
       ],
     },
-    cacheDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir, 'node_modules/.cache/vite', 'server'),
+    cacheDir: resolve(ctx.nuxt.options.rootDir, ctx.config.cacheDir ?? 'node_modules/.cache/vite', 'server'),
     build: {
       // we'll display this in nitro build output
       reportCompressedSize: false,