diff --git a/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ExternalVitePlugin.kt b/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ExternalVitePlugin.kt
index 9aa3eaa..58894c7 100644
--- a/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ExternalVitePlugin.kt
+++ b/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ExternalVitePlugin.kt
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ data class ExternalVitePlugin(
 	 * configuration will be generated as `import name from 'foo'`.
 	 */
 	val isNamedExport: Boolean = false,
+
+	/**
+	 * If `true`, the plugin dependency will not be added to the `package.json` file.
+	 * In this case, it is assumed that the [packageName] contains a local path.
+	 */
+	val isLocal: Boolean = false,
 ) : Serializable {
 
 	override fun toString() = "$packageName $version"
diff --git a/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ViteConfig.kt b/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ViteConfig.kt
index 1e88c54..e4232ad 100644
--- a/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ViteConfig.kt
+++ b/vite-base/src/main/kotlin/config/ViteConfig.kt
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ interface ViteConfig {
 		@Language("JavaScript", prefix = "const a = ") configuration: String? = null,
 		/** Whether the package uses default or named exports. See [ExternalVitePlugin.isNamedExport]. */
 		isNamedExport: Boolean = false,
+		/** Whether the packageName points to a local file. See [ExternalVitePlugin.isLocal]. */
+		isLocal: Boolean = false
 	) {
 		plugins.add(
 			ExternalVitePlugin(
@@ -171,7 +173,8 @@ interface ViteConfig {
 				packageName = packageName,
 				version = version,
 				configuration = configuration,
-				isNamedExport = isNamedExport
+				isNamedExport = isNamedExport,
+				isLocal = isLocal
 			)
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/Dependencies.kt b/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/Dependencies.kt
index 8176425..f905ca8 100644
--- a/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/Dependencies.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ internal fun configureDependencies(project: Project, config: ViteConfig, targetN
 			dependencies {
 				implementation(devNpm("vite", config.version.get()))
 
-				for (plugin in config.plugins.get()) {
+				for (plugin in config.plugins.get().filterNot { it.isLocal }) {
 					implementation(devNpm(plugin.packageName, plugin.version))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/ViteExecTask.kt b/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/ViteExecTask.kt
index 02bdd0e..5fb0f85 100644
--- a/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/ViteExecTask.kt
+++ b/vite-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/tasks/ViteExecTask.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ abstract class KotlinViteExec @Inject constructor(
 	@get:Internal
 	override val requiredNpmDependencies: Set<RequiredKotlinJsDependency>
 		get() = setOf(NpmPackageVersion("vite", config.version.get()))
-			.plus(config.plugins.get().map { NpmPackageVersion(it.packageName, it.version) })
+			.plus(config.plugins.get().filterNot { it.isLocal }.map {
+				NpmPackageVersion(it.packageName, it.version)
+			})
 
 	init {
 		val kotlinNodeJsSetup = if (targetType == "js") "kotlinNodeJsSetup" else "kotlinWasmNodeJsSetup"