diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 80b96abd8e..a8b7591e04 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function createGranularWatcher () {
 
   let pending = 0
 
-  const ignoredDirs = new Set([...nuxt.options.modulesDir, nuxt.options.buildDir])
+  const ignoredDirs = new Set(nuxt.options.modulesDir)
   const pathsToWatch = nuxt.options._layers.map(layer => layer.config.srcDir || layer.cwd).filter(d => d && !isIgnored(d))
   for (const pattern of nuxt.options.watch) {
     if (typeof pattern !== 'string') { continue }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
index 013a1da6fb..22669a0067 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
       '**/*.d.{cts,mts,ts}', // ignore type declarations
       '**/.{pnpm-store,vercel,netlify,output,git,cache,data}',
       relative(await get('rootDir'), await get('analyzeDir')),
-      relative(await get('rootDir'), await get('buildDir')),
+      relative(await get('rootDir'), join(await get('buildDir'), '**/*')),
       await get('ignorePrefix') && `**/${await get('ignorePrefix')}*.*`
     ].concat(val).filter(Boolean)
   },