diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index a5da7560f..17a7de933 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.5",
     "path-to-regexp": "^6.2.0",
     "remark-slug": "^7.0.0",
+    "resolve": "^1.20.0",
     "sass": "^1.43.3",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
     "send": "^0.17.1",
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@
     "@types/mime": "^2.0.3",
     "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.12",
+    "@types/resolve": "^1.20.1",
     "@types/rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "@types/send": "^0.17.1",
     "@types/yargs-parser": "^20.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
index dc0633f53..b35922f64 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import astroPostprocessVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-astro-postprocess/index.j
 import markdownVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-markdown/index.js';
 import jsxVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-jsx/index.js';
 import fetchVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-fetch/index.js';
-import { getPackageJSON, parseNpmName } from './util.js';
+import { getPackageJSON, parseNpmName, resolveDependency } from './util.js';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function createVite(inlineConfig: ViteConfigWithSSR, { astroConfig,
   // Add in Astro renderers, which will extend the base config
   for (const name of astroConfig.renderers) {
     try {
-      const { default: renderer } = await import(name);
+      const { default: renderer } = await import(resolveDependency(name, astroConfig));
       if (!renderer) continue;
       // if a renderer provides viteConfig(), call it and pass in results
       if (renderer.viteConfig) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
index 07755d79a..4407db834 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/ssr/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { renderPage, renderSlot } from '../../runtime/server/index.js';
-import { canonicalURL as getCanonicalURL, codeFrame } from '../util.js';
+import { canonicalURL as getCanonicalURL, codeFrame, resolveDependency } from '../util.js';
 import { addLinkTagsToHTML, getStylesForID } from './css.js';
 import { generatePaginateFunction } from './paginate.js';
 import { getParams, validateGetStaticPathsModule, validateGetStaticPathsResult } from './routing.js';
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ interface SSROptions {
 const cache = new Map<string, Promise<Renderer>>();
 
 // TODO: improve validation and error handling here.
-async function resolveRenderer(viteServer: ViteDevServer, renderer: string) {
+async function resolveRenderer(viteServer: ViteDevServer, renderer: string, astroConfig: AstroConfig) {
   const resolvedRenderer: any = {};
   // We can dynamically import the renderer by itself because it shouldn't have
   // any non-standard imports, the index is just meta info.
   // The other entrypoints need to be loaded through Vite.
   const {
     default: { name, client, polyfills, hydrationPolyfills, server },
-  } = await import(renderer);
+  } = await import(resolveDependency(renderer, astroConfig));
 
   resolvedRenderer.name = name;
   if (client) resolvedRenderer.source = path.posix.join(renderer, client);
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ async function resolveRenderer(viteServer: ViteDevServer, renderer: string) {
   return completedRenderer;
 }
 
-async function resolveRenderers(viteServer: ViteDevServer, ids: string[]): Promise<Renderer[]> {
+async function resolveRenderers(viteServer: ViteDevServer, astroConfig: AstroConfig): Promise<Renderer[]> {
+  const ids: string[] = astroConfig.renderers;
   const renderers = await Promise.all(
     ids.map((renderer) => {
       if (cache.has(renderer)) return cache.get(renderer)!;
-      let promise = resolveRenderer(viteServer, renderer);
+      let promise = resolveRenderer(viteServer, renderer, astroConfig);
       cache.set(renderer, promise);
       return promise;
     })
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ async function resolveRenderers(viteServer: ViteDevServer, ids: string[]): Promi
 export async function ssr({ astroConfig, filePath, logging, mode, origin, pathname, route, routeCache, viteServer }: SSROptions): Promise<string> {
   try {
     // Important: This needs to happen first, in case a renderer provides polyfills.
-    const renderers = await resolveRenderers(viteServer, astroConfig.renderers);
+    const renderers = await resolveRenderers(viteServer, astroConfig);
     // Load the module from the Vite SSR Runtime.
     const mod = (await viteServer.ssrLoadModule(fileURLToPath(filePath))) as ComponentInstance;
     // Handle dynamic routes
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/util.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/util.ts
index eeb061ae1..31d0e107e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/util.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import type { AstroConfig } from '../@types/astro-core';
 import type { ErrorPayload } from 'vite';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import resolve from 'resolve';
 
 /** Normalize URL to its canonical form */
 export function canonicalURL(url: string, base?: string): URL {
@@ -71,3 +74,9 @@ export function codeFrame(src: string, loc: ErrorPayload['err']['loc']): string
   }
   return output;
 }
+
+export function resolveDependency(dep: string, astroConfig: AstroConfig) {
+  return resolve.sync(dep, {
+    basedir: fileURLToPath(astroConfig.projectRoot)
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4a8c9b7d0..5d1daad1d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1975,6 +1975,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/resolve@^1.20.1":
+  version "1.20.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/resolve/-/resolve-1.20.1.tgz#3727e48042fda81e374f5d5cf2fa92288bf698f8"
+  integrity sha512-Ku5+GPFa12S3W26Uwtw+xyrtIpaZsGYHH6zxNbZlstmlvMYSZRzOwzwsXbxlVUbHyUucctSyuFtu6bNxwYomIw==
+
 "@types/rimraf@^3.0.2":
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz#a63d175b331748e5220ad48c901d7bbf1f44eef8"