diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Vite.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Vite.php
index 249ac0ceddd0..9c0a24d04f98 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Vite.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Vite.php
@@ -655,6 +655,30 @@ public function asset($asset, $buildDirectory = null)
         return $this->assetPath($buildDirectory.'/'.$chunk['file']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the content of a given asset.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $asset
+     * @param  string|null  $buildDirectory
+     * @return string
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    public function content($asset, $buildDirectory = null)
+    {
+        $buildDirectory ??= $this->buildDirectory;
+
+        $chunk = $this->chunk($this->manifest($buildDirectory), $asset);
+
+        $path = public_path($buildDirectory.'/'.$chunk['file']);
+
+        if (! is_file($path) || ! file_exists($path)) {
+            throw new Exception("Unable to locate file from Vite manifest: {$path}.");
+        }
+
+        return file_get_contents($path);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generate an asset path for the application.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Vite.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Vite.php
index f7b4f02b67d1..4ebda1a3ae2d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Vite.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Vite.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * @method static \Illuminate\Foundation\Vite usePreloadTagAttributes(callable|array|false $attributes)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Support\HtmlString|void reactRefresh()
  * @method static string asset(string $asset, string|null $buildDirectory = null)
+ * @method static string content(string $asset, string|null $buildDirectory = null)
  * @method static string|null manifestHash(string|null $buildDirectory = null)
  * @method static bool isRunningHot()
  * @method static string toHtml()
diff --git a/tests/Foundation/FoundationViteTest.php b/tests/Foundation/FoundationViteTest.php
index 4c0319a6afb8..dc7defb288d3 100644
--- a/tests/Foundation/FoundationViteTest.php
+++ b/tests/Foundation/FoundationViteTest.php
@@ -1184,6 +1184,31 @@ public function testItOnlyOutputsUniquePreloadTags()
         $this->cleanViteManifest($buildDir);
     }
 
+    public function testItRetrievesAssetContent()
+    {
+        $this->makeViteManifest();
+
+        $this->makeAsset('/app.versioned.js', 'some content');
+
+        $content = ViteFacade::content('resources/js/app.js');
+
+        $this->assertSame('some content', $content);
+
+        $this->cleanAsset('/app.versioned.js');
+
+        $this->cleanViteManifest();
+    }
+
+    public function testItThrowsWhenUnableToFindFileToRetrieveContent()
+    {
+        $this->makeViteManifest();
+
+        $this->expectException(Exception::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Unable to locate file from Vite manifest: '.public_path('build/assets/app.versioned.js'));
+
+        ViteFacade::content('resources/js/app.js');
+    }
+
     protected function makeViteManifest($contents = null, $path = 'build')
     {
         app()->usePublicPath(__DIR__);
@@ -1245,6 +1270,26 @@ protected function cleanViteManifest($path = 'build')
         }
     }
 
+    protected function makeAsset($asset, $content)
+    {
+        $path = public_path('build/assets');
+
+        if (! file_exists($path)) {
+            mkdir($path, recursive: true);
+        }
+
+        file_put_contents($path.'/'.$asset, $content);
+    }
+
+    protected function cleanAsset($asset)
+    {
+        $path = public_path('build/assets');
+
+        unlink($path.$asset);
+
+        rmdir($path);
+    }
+
     protected function makeViteHotFile($path = null)
     {
         app()->usePublicPath(__DIR__);