diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
index c42ab16aae..9ed4127c7a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import fs, { statSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { addPluginTemplate, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, logger, resolveAlias, updateTemplates } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addPluginTemplate, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, logger, resolveAlias, resolvePath, updateTemplates } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { Component, ComponentsDir, ComponentsOptions } from 'nuxt/schema'
 
 import { distDir } from '../dirs'
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
       await nuxt.callHook('components:extend', newComponents)
       // add server placeholder for .client components server side. issue: #7085
       for (const component of newComponents) {
+        if (!(component as any /* untyped internal property */)._scanned && !(component.filePath in nuxt.vfs) && !existsSync(component.filePath)) {
+          // attempt to resolve component path
+          component.filePath = await resolvePath(component.filePath)
+        }
         if (component.mode === 'client' && !newComponents.some(c => c.pascalName === component.pascalName && c.mode === 'server')) {
           newComponents.push({
             ...component,
@@ -236,17 +240,17 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
         const selectiveClient = typeof nuxt.options.experimental.componentIslands === 'object' && nuxt.options.experimental.componentIslands.selectiveClient
 
         if (isClient && selectiveClient) {
-          fs.writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), 'export const paths = {}')
+          writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), 'export const paths = {}')
           if (!nuxt.options.dev) {
             config.plugins.push(componentsChunkPlugin.vite({
               getComponents,
               buildDir: nuxt.options.buildDir,
             }))
           } else {
-            fs.writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), `export const paths = ${JSON.stringify(
+            writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), `export const paths = ${JSON.stringify(
               getComponents().filter(c => c.mode === 'client' || c.mode === 'all').reduce((acc, c) => {
                 if (c.filePath.endsWith('.vue') || c.filePath.endsWith('.js') || c.filePath.endsWith('.ts')) { return Object.assign(acc, { [c.pascalName]: `/@fs/${c.filePath}` }) }
-                const filePath = fs.existsSync(`${c.filePath}.vue`) ? `${c.filePath}.vue` : fs.existsSync(`${c.filePath}.js`) ? `${c.filePath}.js` : `${c.filePath}.ts`
+                const filePath = existsSync(`${c.filePath}.vue`) ? `${c.filePath}.vue` : existsSync(`${c.filePath}.js`) ? `${c.filePath}.js` : `${c.filePath}.ts`
                 return Object.assign(acc, { [c.pascalName]: `/@fs/${filePath}` })
               }, {} as Record<string, string>),
             )}`)
@@ -307,7 +311,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
               getComponents,
             }))
           } else {
-            fs.writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), 'export const paths = {}')
+            writeFileSync(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components-chunk.mjs'), 'export const paths = {}')
           }
         }
       })
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
index f37bea63bb..01d8331cb3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/scan.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ export async function scanComponents (dirs: ComponentsDir[], srcDir: string): Pr
         export: 'default',
         // by default, give priority to scanned components
         priority: dir.priority ?? 1,
+        // @ts-expect-error untyped property
+        _scanned: true,
       }
 
       if (typeof dir.extendComponent === 'function') {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/scan-components.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/scan-components.test.ts
index 17d26f03dd..65cc86aff0 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/scan-components.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/scan-components.test.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ it('components:scanComponents', async () => {
   for (const c of scannedComponents) {
     // @ts-expect-error filePath is not optional but we don't want it to be in the snapshot
     delete c.filePath
+    // @ts-expect-error _scanned is added internally but we don't want it to be in the snapshot
+    delete c._scanned
   }
   expect(scannedComponents).deep.eq(expectedComponents)
 })