diff --git a/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs b/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
index 77b3eee894..16955d26c0 100644
--- a/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
+++ b/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ export default function webpackBaseConfig({ name, isServer }) {
   // Hide warnings about plugins without a default export (#1179)
   config.plugins.push(new WarnFixPlugin())
 
+  const shouldClearConsole =
+    this.options.build.stats !== false &&
+    this.options.build.stats !== 'errors-only'
+
+  // Add friendly error plugin
+  config.plugins.push(
+    new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin({ clearConsole: shouldClearConsole })
+  )
+
   // Clone deep avoid leaking config between Client and Server
   return _.cloneDeep(config)
 }
diff --git a/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.mjs b/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.mjs
index b880224bb1..5219023d1a 100644
--- a/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.mjs
+++ b/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import path from 'path'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import webpack from 'webpack'
 import HTMLPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin'
-import FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin from '@nuxtjs/friendly-errors-webpack-plugin'
 import ExtractTextPlugin from 'extract-text-webpack-plugin'
 import StylishPlugin from 'webpack-stylish'
 import BundleAnalyzer from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer'
@@ -79,15 +78,6 @@ export default function webpackClientConfig() {
     )
   )
 
-  const shouldClearConsole =
-    this.options.build.stats !== false &&
-    this.options.build.stats !== 'errors-only'
-
-  // Add friendly error plugin
-  config.plugins.push(
-    new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin({ clearConsole: shouldClearConsole })
-  )
-
   // Optimization
   config.optimization.splitChunks = {
     chunks: 'all',