diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
index 8ae8312f7..9c9ca8c77 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { RenderedChunk } from 'rollup';
 
 import { rollupPluginAstroBuildHTML } from '../../vite-plugin-build-html/index.js';
 import { rollupPluginAstroBuildCSS } from '../../vite-plugin-build-css/index.js';
+import { rollupPluginAstroBuildLoadFallback } from '../../vite-plugin-build-load-fallback/index.js';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import * as colors from 'kleur/colors';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
@@ -200,6 +201,10 @@ class AstroBuilder {
           pureCSSChunks,
         }),
         ...(viteConfig.plugins || []),
+        rollupPluginAstroBuildLoadFallback({
+          astroConfig: this.config,
+          viteServer
+        }),
       ],
       publicDir: viteConfig.publicDir,
       root: viteConfig.root,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-html/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-html/index.ts
index 29005842a..139cc4051 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-html/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-html/index.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ interface PluginOptions {
   viteServer: ViteDevServer;
 }
 
-export function rollupPluginAstroBuildHTML(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin[] {
+export function rollupPluginAstroBuildHTML(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
   const { astroConfig, astroStyleMap, astroPageStyleMap, chunkToReferenceIdMap, pureCSSChunks, logging, origin, allPages, routeCache, viteServer, pageNames } = options;
 
   // The filepath root of the src folder
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function rollupPluginAstroBuildHTML(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin[]
 
   const cssChunkMap = new Map<string, string[]>();
 
-  return [{
+  return {
     name: PLUGIN_NAME,
 
     enforce: 'pre',
@@ -452,26 +452,5 @@ export function rollupPluginAstroBuildHTML(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin[]
         });
       }
     },
-  }, {
-    name: '@astro/rollup-plugin-build-load-fallback',
-    enforce: 'post',
-    resolveId(id) {
-      // If we got here, nothing picked up this module, so let's try
-      // and grab it from the viteServer used for SSR loading.
-      if(id[0] === '/') {
-        return id;
-      }
-      return null;
-    },
-    async load(id) {
-      try {
-        // This uses ssrLoadModule and not transformResult because
-        // transformResult is always giving JavaScript.
-        const mod = await viteServer.ssrLoadModule(id);
-        return mod.default;
-      } catch {
-        return null;
-      }
-    }
-  }];
+  };
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-load-fallback/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-load-fallback/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff1b287e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-build-load-fallback/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import type { Plugin as VitePlugin, ViteDevServer } from 'vite';
+import type { AstroConfig } from '../@types/astro';
+
+export interface PluginOptions {
+  astroConfig: AstroConfig;
+  viteServer: ViteDevServer;
+}
+
+export function rollupPluginAstroBuildLoadFallback({ astroConfig, viteServer }: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
+  let viteFallback: VitePlugin | undefined;
+
+  return {
+    name: '@astro/rollup-plugin-build-load-fallback',
+    enforce: 'post',
+    configResolved(resolvedConfig) {
+      resolvedConfig.plugins?.findIndex(p => p.name === '');
+
+      // Move this plugin right before the end. vite:load-fallback throws if nothing
+      // is found. But we want to try it and if it fails, try to get from SSR.
+      const plugins = resolvedConfig.plugins as VitePlugin[];
+      const ourIndex = plugins.findIndex((p) => p.name === '@astro/rollup-plugin-build-load-fallback');
+      if (ourIndex !== -1) {
+        const ourPlugin = plugins[ourIndex];
+        plugins.splice(ourIndex, 1);
+        plugins.splice(plugins.length - 1, 0, ourPlugin);
+        viteFallback = plugins.find(p => p.name === 'vite:load-fallback');
+      }
+    },
+    resolveId(id) {
+      // If we got here, nothing picked up this module, so let's try
+      // and grab it from the viteServer used for SSR loading.
+      if(id[0] === '/' && !id.startsWith(astroConfig.projectRoot.pathname)) {
+        return id;
+      }
+      return null;
+    },
+    async load(id) {
+      if(id[0] === '/' && !id.startsWith(astroConfig.projectRoot.pathname)) {
+        try {
+          if(viteFallback) {
+            // First try viteFallback. Assuming this is a filepath, it will pick it up.
+            return await viteFallback.load?.call(this, id);
+          }
+        } catch {
+          try {
+            // This uses ssrLoadModule and not transformResult because
+            // transformResult is always giving JavaScript.
+            const mod = await viteServer.ssrLoadModule(id);
+            return mod.default;
+          } catch {
+            return null;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    }
+  };
+}
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