diff --git a/packages/plugin/vite/src/VitePlugin.ts b/packages/plugin/vite/src/VitePlugin.ts
index 4290a697f8..39e83b197d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/vite/src/VitePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/vite/src/VitePlugin.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { RollupWatcher } from 'rollup';
 import { default as vite } from 'vite';
 
 import { VitePluginConfig } from './Config';
+import { externalBuiltins } from './util/plugins';
 import ViteConfigGenerator from './ViteConfig';
 
 const d = debug('electron-forge:plugin:vite');
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export default class VitePlugin extends PluginBase<VitePluginConfig> {
         outDir: path.join(this.baseDir, 'main'),
       },
       define: (await this.configGenerator).getDefines(),
+      plugins: [externalBuiltins()],
     });
 
     if (watch) {
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ export default class VitePlugin extends PluginBase<VitePluginConfig> {
               watch: watch ? {} : null,
               outDir: path.join(this.baseDir, 'renderer', entry.name),
             },
+            plugins: [externalBuiltins()],
           });
 
           if (watch) {
@@ -210,3 +213,5 @@ export default class VitePlugin extends PluginBase<VitePluginConfig> {
     if (options.exit) process.exit();
   };
 }
+
+export { VitePlugin };
diff --git a/packages/plugin/vite/src/util/plugins.ts b/packages/plugin/vite/src/util/plugins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ae710369d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin/vite/src/util/plugins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { builtinModules } from 'node:module';
+
+import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
+
+/**
+ * `electron` and Node.js built-in modules should always be externalize.
+ */
+export function externalBuiltins() {
+  return <Plugin>{
+    name: '@electron-forge/plugin-vite:external-builtins',
+    config(config) {
+      const builtins = [
+        'electron',
+        ...builtinModules.filter((e) => !e.startsWith('_')),
+        ...builtinModules.filter((e) => !e.startsWith('_')).map((m) => `node:${m}`),
+      ];
+
+      config.build ??= {};
+      config.build.rollupOptions ??= {};
+
+      let external = config.build.rollupOptions.external;
+      if (Array.isArray(external) || typeof external === 'string' || external instanceof RegExp) {
+        external = builtins.concat(external as string[]);
+      } else if (typeof external === 'function') {
+        const original = external;
+        external = function (source, importer, isResolved) {
+          if (builtins.includes(source)) {
+            return true;
+          }
+          return original(source, importer, isResolved);
+        };
+      } else {
+        external = builtins;
+      }
+      config.build.rollupOptions.external = external;
+    },
+  };
+}