diff --git a/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts b/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
index d0a9e029a352..b52032bddcf9 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/client/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createClient } from '@vitest/ws-client'
 import type { ResolvedConfig } from 'vitest'
 import type { CancelReason, VitestRunner } from '@vitest/runner'
+import { parseRegexp } from '@vitest/utils'
 import type { VitestExecutor } from '../../../vitest/src/runtime/execute'
 import { createBrowserRunner } from './runner'
 import { importId as _importId } from './utils'
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ async function loadConfig() {
     try {
       await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 150))
       config = await client.rpc.getConfig()
+      config = unwrapConfig(config)
       return
     }
     catch (_) {
@@ -62,6 +64,17 @@ async function loadConfig() {
   throw new Error('cannot load configuration after 5 retries')
 }
 
+function unwrapConfig(config: ResolvedConfig): ResolvedConfig {
+  return {
+    ...config,
+    // workaround RegExp serialization
+    testNamePattern:
+      config.testNamePattern
+        ? parseRegexp((config.testNamePattern as any as string))
+        : undefined,
+  }
+}
+
 function on(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void) {
   window.addEventListener(event, listener)
   return () => window.removeEventListener(event, listener)
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
index 7f21120f7382..62529c426811 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import type { ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 import type { StackTraceParserOptions } from '@vitest/utils/source-map'
 import { API_PATH } from '../constants'
 import type { Vitest } from '../node'
-import type { File, ModuleGraphData, Reporter, TaskResultPack, UserConsoleLog } from '../types'
+import type { File, ModuleGraphData, Reporter, ResolvedConfig, TaskResultPack, UserConsoleLog } from '../types'
 import { getModuleGraph, isPrimitive, stringifyReplace } from '../utils'
-import type { WorkspaceProject } from '../node/workspace'
+import { WorkspaceProject } from '../node/workspace'
 import { parseErrorStacktrace } from '../utils/source-map'
 import type { TransformResultWithSource, WebSocketEvents, WebSocketHandlers } from './types'
 
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ export function setup(vitestOrWorkspace: Vitest | WorkspaceProject, _server?: Vi
           await ctx.rerunFiles(files)
         },
         getConfig() {
+          if (vitestOrWorkspace instanceof WorkspaceProject)
+            return wrapConfig(vitestOrWorkspace.getSerializableConfig())
+
           return vitestOrWorkspace.config
         },
         async getTransformResult(id) {
@@ -215,3 +218,14 @@ class WebSocketReporter implements Reporter {
     })
   }
 }
+
+function wrapConfig(config: ResolvedConfig): ResolvedConfig {
+  return {
+    ...config,
+    // workaround RegExp serialization
+    testNamePattern:
+      config.testNamePattern
+        ? config.testNamePattern.toString() as any as RegExp
+        : undefined,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/browser/specs/filter.test.mjs b/test/browser/specs/filter.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5b421395083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/browser/specs/filter.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import test from 'node:test'
+import { execa } from 'execa'
+
+test('filter', async () => {
+  const result = await execa(
+    'npx',
+    [
+      'vitest',
+      'run',
+      'test/basic.test.ts',
+      '--testNamePattern',
+      'basic 2',
+      '--browser.headless',
+      '--reporter=verbose',
+    ],
+    {
+      env: {
+        CI: '1',
+        NO_COLOR: '1',
+      },
+    },
+  )
+  assert.match(result.stdout, /✓ test\/basic.test.ts > basic 2/)
+  assert.match(result.stdout, /Test Files {2}1 passed/)
+  assert.match(result.stdout, /Tests {2}1 passed | 3 skipped/)
+})
diff --git a/test/browser/vitest.config.mts b/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
index 0fcac15515be..87bc76d0eb45 100644
--- a/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
+++ b/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ const dir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
 function noop() {}
 
+const provider = process.env.PROVIDER || 'webdriverio'
+const browser = process.env.BROWSER || (provider === 'playwright' ? 'chromium' : 'chrome')
+
 export default defineConfig({
   server: {
     headers: {
@@ -19,9 +22,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     include: ['test/**.test.{ts,js}'],
     browser: {
       enabled: true,
-      name: process.env.BROWSER || 'chrome',
+      name: browser,
       headless: false,
-      provider: process.env.PROVIDER || 'webdriverio',
+      provider,
       isolate: false,
       slowHijackESM: true,
     },