diff --git a/docs/guide/cli-generated.md b/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
index db20e2726..93cb69c96 100644
--- a/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
+++ b/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
@@ -791,6 +791,13 @@ Allow JavaScript files to be typechecked. By default takes the value from tsconf
 
 Ignore type errors from source files
 
+### typecheck.build
+
+- **CLI:** `--typecheck.build`
+- **Config:** [typecheck.build](/config/typecheck#typecheck-build)
+
+Use TypeScript build mode
+
 ### typecheck.tsconfig
 
 - **CLI:** `--typecheck.tsconfig <path>`
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
index ccd6f76cb..9878b64e3 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
@@ -726,6 +726,9 @@ export const cliOptionsConfig: VitestCLIOptions = {
       ignoreSourceErrors: {
         description: 'Ignore type errors from source files',
       },
+      build: {
+        description: 'Use TypeScript build mode',
+      },
       tsconfig: {
         description: 'Path to a custom tsconfig file',
         argument: '<path>',
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/config.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/config.ts
index fe77fb756..020384634 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/config.ts
@@ -1014,6 +1014,10 @@ export interface TypecheckConfig {
    * Do not fail, if Vitest found errors outside the test files.
    */
   ignoreSourceErrors?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Use TypeScript build mode.
+   */
+  build?: boolean
   /**
    * Path to tsconfig, relative to the project root.
    */
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/typecheck/typechecker.ts b/packages/vitest/src/typecheck/typechecker.ts
index 55340f10e..a7a180f60 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/typecheck/typechecker.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/typecheck/typechecker.ts
@@ -294,16 +294,25 @@ export class Typechecker {
     const { root, watch, typecheck } = this.project.config
 
     const args = [
-      '--noEmit',
       '--pretty',
       'false',
-      '--incremental',
-      '--tsBuildInfoFile',
-      join(
-        process.versions.pnp ? join(os.tmpdir(), this.project.hash) : distDir,
-        'tsconfig.tmp.tsbuildinfo',
-      ),
     ]
+
+    if (typecheck.build) {
+      args.unshift('--build')
+    }
+    else {
+      args.push(
+        '--noEmit',
+        '--incremental',
+        '--tsBuildInfoFile',
+        join(
+          process.versions.pnp ? join(os.tmpdir(), this.project.hash) : distDir,
+          'tsconfig.tmp.tsbuildinfo',
+        ),
+      )
+    }
+
     // use builtin watcher because it's faster
     if (watch) {
       args.push('--watch')
@@ -312,7 +321,11 @@ export class Typechecker {
       args.push('--allowJs', '--checkJs')
     }
     if (typecheck.tsconfig) {
-      args.push('-p', resolve(root, typecheck.tsconfig))
+      if (!typecheck.build) {
+        args.push('-p')
+      }
+
+      args.push(resolve(root, typecheck.tsconfig))
     }
     this._output = ''
     this._startTime = performance.now()
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/.gitignore b/test/e2e/project-references/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c832a6518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!/packages/project-b/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/package.json b/test/e2e/project-references/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e97df9fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "@vitest/test-integration-project-references",
+  "type": "module",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "(rm -rf packages/*/dist || true) && vitest run"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "vitest": "workspace:*"
+  },
+  "workspaces": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/package.json b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0662b8584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "project-a",
+  "type": "module",
+  "private": true,
+  "exports": "./src/index.ts"
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/src/index.ts b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..322d9b3ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export type A = number
+export const a: A = 1
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/tsconfig.json b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c275baf43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-a/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "lib": ["DOM", "ESNext"],
+    "module": "nodenext",
+    "types": [],
+    "strict": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": false
+  },
+  "files": ["src/index.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/node_modules/project-a b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/node_modules/project-a
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..c4bb4d086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/node_modules/project-a
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../project-a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/package.json b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31aaefa05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "project-b",
+  "type": "module",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "project-a": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/src/b.test-d.ts b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/src/b.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..107b57da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/src/b.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { A } from 'project-a'
+import { a } from 'project-a'
+import { describe, expectTypeOf, it } from 'vitest'
+
+describe('Import types from project references', () => {
+  it('should import value and type from project references', () => {
+    expectTypeOf(a).toEqualTypeOf<A>()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/tsconfig.json b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9848638b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/packages/project-b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "lib": ["DOM", "ESNext"],
+    "module": "nodenext",
+    "types": [],
+    "strict": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": false
+  },
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../project-a" }
+  ],
+  "files": ["src/b.test-d.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/tsconfig.json b/test/e2e/project-references/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b91001e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./packages/project-a" },
+    { "path": "./packages/project-b" }
+  ],
+  "include": []
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/project-references/vitest.config.ts b/test/e2e/project-references/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..276c63a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/project-references/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    projects: [{
+      test: {
+        name: 'project-b',
+        dir: 'packages/project-b',
+        typecheck: {
+          enabled: true,
+          build: true,
+        },
+      },
+    }],
+  },
+})