diff --git a/.changeset/fair-wasps-hunt.md b/.changeset/fair-wasps-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..174ce02f8fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-wasps-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a case where the virtual module `astro:container` wasn't resolved
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/container/vite-plugin-container.ts b/packages/astro/src/container/vite-plugin-container.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2098ff0866e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/container/vite-plugin-container.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type * as vite from 'vite';
+
+const virtualModuleId = 'astro:container';
+
+export default function astroContainer(): vite.Plugin {
+	return {
+		name: 'astro:container',
+		enforce: 'pre',
+		resolveId(id) {
+			if (id === virtualModuleId) {
+				return this.resolve('astro/virtual-modules/container.js');
+			}
+		},
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
index 163c16482f6b..c875860f5952 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { createViteLogger } from './logger/vite.js';
 import { vitePluginMiddleware } from './middleware/vite-plugin.js';
 import { joinPaths } from './path.js';
 import { isObject } from './util.js';
+import astroContainer from "../container/vite-plugin-container.js";
 
 interface CreateViteOptions {
 	settings: AstroSettings;
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ export async function createVite(
 			astroDevToolbar({ settings, logger }),
 			vitePluginFileURL({}),
 			astroInternationalization({ settings }),
+			astroContainer()
 		],
 		publicDir: fileURLToPath(settings.config.publicDir),
 		root: fileURLToPath(settings.config.root),
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b8a8f8471758..439dfd84216d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9575,7 +9575,6 @@ packages:
 
   libsql@0.3.12:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-to30hj8O3DjS97wpbKN6ERZ8k66MN1IaOfFLR6oHqd25GMiPJ/ZX0VaZ7w+TsPmxcFS3p71qArj/hiedCyvXCg==}
-    cpu: [x64, arm64, wasm32]
     os: [darwin, linux, win32]
 
   lilconfig@2.1.0: