diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
index e9a3345407d7..f1e557ba0555 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ export class TestRun {
 
     assert(task && entity, `Entity must be found for task ${task?.name || id}`)
 
+    if (event === 'suite-failed-early' && entity.type === 'module') {
+      // the file failed during import
+      await this.vitest.report('onTestModuleStart', entity)
+      await this.vitest.report('onTestModuleEnd', entity)
+      return
+    }
+
     if (event === 'suite-prepare' && entity.type === 'suite') {
       return await this.vitest.report('onTestSuiteReady', entity)
     }
diff --git a/test/cli/test/fails.test.ts b/test/cli/test/fails.test.ts
index 664c0a1c4072..f2f7c9a3e0a9 100644
--- a/test/cli/test/fails.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/test/fails.test.ts
@@ -129,3 +129,37 @@ it('prints a warning if the assertion is not awaited in the browser mode', async
   expect(stderr).toContain('Promise returned by \`expect(actual).resolves.toBe(expected)\` was not awaited')
   expect(stderr).toContain('base.test.js:5:33')
 })
+
+it('reports test file if it failed to load', async () => {
+  const hooks: string[] = []
+  await runInlineTests({
+    'basic.test.js': `throw new Error('fail')`,
+  }, {
+    reporters: [
+      'default',
+      {
+        onTestModuleQueued(testModule) {
+          hooks.push(`onTestModuleQueued:${testModule.relativeModuleId}`)
+        },
+        onTestModuleStart(testModule) {
+          hooks.push(`onTestModuleStart:${testModule.relativeModuleId}`)
+        },
+        onTestModuleCollected(testModule) {
+          hooks.push(`onTestModuleCollected:${testModule.relativeModuleId}`)
+        },
+        onTestModuleEnd(testModule) {
+          hooks.push(`onTestModuleEnd:${testModule.relativeModuleId}`)
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  })
+
+  expect(hooks).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "onTestModuleQueued:basic.test.js",
+      "onTestModuleCollected:basic.test.js",
+      "onTestModuleStart:basic.test.js",
+      "onTestModuleEnd:basic.test.js",
+    ]
+  `)
+})