diff --git a/.changeset/rare-balloons-add.md b/.changeset/rare-balloons-add.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e636ffe73b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-balloons-add.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": minor
+---
+
+Vite Runtime API
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-assets.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-assets.ts
index b985eb9a73fb..2270f68b27c2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-assets.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-assets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { extname } from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
-import type { Plugin, Rollup } from 'vite';
+import { createViteRuntime, type Plugin, type Rollup } from 'vite';
 import type { AstroSettings } from '../@types/astro.js';
 import { moduleIsTopLevelPage, walkParentInfos } from '../core/build/graph.js';
 import { getPageDataByViteID, type BuildInternals } from '../core/build/internal.js';
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function astroContentAssetPropagationPlugin({
 	settings: AstroSettings;
 }): Plugin {
 	let devModuleLoader: ModuleLoader;
+	let teardown: (() => void | Promise<void>) | undefined;
 	return {
 		name: 'astro:content-asset-propagation',
 		enforce: 'pre',
@@ -48,9 +49,12 @@ export function astroContentAssetPropagationPlugin({
 				return this.resolve(base, importer, { skipSelf: true, ...opts });
 			}
 		},
-		configureServer(server) {
+		async configureServer(server) {
 			if (mode === 'dev') {
-				devModuleLoader = createViteLoader(server);
+				const runtime = await createViteRuntime(server);
+				// @ts-ignore
+				teardown = 'teardown' in runtime ? runtime.teardown : undefined;
+				devModuleLoader = createViteLoader(server, runtime);
 			}
 		},
 		async transform(_, id, options) {
@@ -115,6 +119,9 @@ export function astroContentAssetPropagationPlugin({
 				return { code, map: { mappings: '' } };
 			}
 		},
+		async buildEnd() {
+			await teardown?.();
+		},
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/module-loader/vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/module-loader/vite.ts
index 1b2a4423cfee..a23c5cb646c5 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/module-loader/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/module-loader/vite.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import type { ViteRuntime } from 'vite/runtime';
 import type * as vite from 'vite';
 import type { ModuleLoader, ModuleLoaderEventEmitter } from './loader.js';
 
-export function createViteLoader(viteServer: vite.ViteDevServer): ModuleLoader {
+export function createViteLoader(
+	viteServer: vite.ViteDevServer,
+	viteRuntime: ViteRuntime
+): ModuleLoader {
 	const events = new EventEmitter() as ModuleLoaderEventEmitter;
 
 	let isTsconfigUpdated = false;
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ export function createViteLoader(viteServer: vite.ViteDevServer): ModuleLoader {
 
 	return {
 		import(src) {
-			return viteServer.ssrLoadModule(src);
+			return viteRuntime.executeUrl(src);
 		},
 		async resolveId(spec, parent) {
 			const ret = await viteServer.pluginContainer.resolveId(spec, parent);
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
index bea6d75ef0e4..9bc4a9a81cc3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { IncomingMessage } from 'node:http';
 import { setRouteError } from './server-state.js';
 import { recordServerError } from './error.js';
 import { toRoutingStrategy } from '../i18n/utils.js';
+import { createViteRuntime } from 'vite';
 
 export interface AstroPluginOptions {
 	settings: AstroSettings;
@@ -29,12 +30,22 @@ export default function createVitePluginAstroServer({
 	logger,
 	fs: fsMod,
 }: AstroPluginOptions): vite.Plugin {
+	let teardown: (() => void | Promise<void>) | undefined;
 	return {
 		name: 'astro:server',
-		configureServer(viteServer) {
-			const loader = createViteLoader(viteServer);
+		async configureServer(viteServer) {
+			const viteRuntime = await createViteRuntime(viteServer);
+			// @ts-ignore
+			teardown = 'teardown' in viteRuntime ? viteRuntime.teardown : undefined;
+
+			const loader = createViteLoader(viteServer, viteRuntime);
 			const manifest = createDevelopmentManifest(settings);
-			const pipeline = DevPipeline.create({ loader, logger, manifest, settings });
+			const pipeline = DevPipeline.create({
+				loader,
+				logger,
+				manifest,
+				settings,
+			});
 			let manifestData: ManifestData = createRouteManifest({ settings, fsMod }, logger);
 			const controller = createController({ loader });
 			const localStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage();
@@ -103,6 +114,9 @@ export default function createVitePluginAstroServer({
 			// Replace the Vite overlay with ours
 			return patchOverlay(code);
 		},
+		async buildEnd() {
+			await teardown?.();
+		},
 	};
 }