diff --git a/packages/vue/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/vue/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index aab1a17a2300c5..d52eb53c323ed7 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('application generator', () => {
       ...options,
       unitTestRunner: 'vitest',
       e2eTestRunner: 'playwright',
+      addPlugin: true,
     });
     expect(tree.read('.eslintrc.json', 'utf-8')).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(tree.read('test/vite.config.ts', 'utf-8')).toMatchSnapshot();
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ describe('application generator', () => {
       tree.read('test-e2e/playwright.config.ts', 'utf-8')
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(listFiles(tree)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(readNxJson(tree).targetDefaults['e2e-ci--**/*'])
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      {
+        "dependsOn": [
+          "^build",
+        ],
+      }
+    `);
   });
 
   it('should set up project correctly for cypress', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts b/packages/vue/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
index 9268da0e2bd16f..ae2578e334e9c1 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { webStaticServeGenerator } from '@nx/web';
 
 import { nxVersion } from '../../../utils/versions';
 import { NormalizedSchema } from '../schema';
+import { findPluginForConfigFile } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/find-plugin-for-config-file';
+import { addE2eCiTargetDefaults } from '@nx/devkit/src/generators/target-defaults-utils';
 
 export async function addE2e(
   tree: Tree,
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export async function addE2e(
         tags: [],
         implicitDependencies: [options.projectName],
       });
-      return await configurationGenerator(tree, {
+      const e2eTask = await configurationGenerator(tree, {
         ...options,
         project: options.e2eProjectName,
         directory: 'src',
@@ -70,6 +72,43 @@ export async function addE2e(
         ciWebServerCommand: `nx run ${options.projectName}:${e2eCiWebServerTarget}`,
         ciBaseUrl: 'http://localhost:4300',
       });
+
+      if (
+        options.addPlugin ||
+        readNxJson(tree).plugins?.find((p) =>
+          typeof p === 'string'
+            ? p === '@nx/cypress/plugin'
+            : p.plugin === '@nx/cypress/plugin'
+        )
+      ) {
+        let buildTarget = '^build';
+        if (hasPlugin) {
+          const matchingPlugin = await findPluginForConfigFile(
+            tree,
+            `@nx/vite/plugin`,
+            joinPathFragments(
+              options.appProjectRoot,
+              `vite.config.${options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'}`
+            )
+          );
+          if (matchingPlugin && typeof matchingPlugin !== 'string') {
+            buildTarget = `^${
+              (matchingPlugin.options as any)?.buildTargetName ?? 'build'
+            }`;
+          }
+        }
+        await addE2eCiTargetDefaults(
+          tree,
+          '@nx/cypress/plugin',
+          buildTarget,
+          joinPathFragments(
+            options.e2eProjectRoot,
+            `cypress.config.${options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'}`
+          )
+        );
+      }
+
+      return e2eTask;
     }
     case 'playwright': {
       const { configurationGenerator } = ensurePackage<
@@ -82,7 +121,7 @@ export async function addE2e(
         targets: {},
         implicitDependencies: [options.projectName],
       });
-      return configurationGenerator(tree, {
+      const e2eTask = await configurationGenerator(tree, {
         ...options,
         project: options.e2eProjectName,
         skipFormat: true,
@@ -96,6 +135,40 @@ export async function addE2e(
         }:${e2eCiWebServerTarget}`,
         webServerAddress: 'http://localhost:4300',
       });
+
+      if (
+        options.addPlugin ||
+        readNxJson(tree).plugins?.find((p) =>
+          typeof p === 'string'
+            ? p === '@nx/playwright/plugin'
+            : p.plugin === '@nx/playwright/plugin'
+        )
+      ) {
+        let buildTarget = '^build';
+        if (hasPlugin) {
+          const matchingPlugin = await findPluginForConfigFile(
+            tree,
+            `@nx/vite/plugin`,
+            joinPathFragments(
+              options.appProjectRoot,
+              `vite.config.${options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'}`
+            )
+          );
+          if (matchingPlugin && typeof matchingPlugin !== 'string') {
+            buildTarget = `^${
+              (matchingPlugin.options as any)?.buildTargetName ?? 'build'
+            }`;
+          }
+        }
+        await addE2eCiTargetDefaults(
+          tree,
+          '@nx/playwright/plugin',
+          buildTarget,
+          joinPathFragments(options.e2eProjectRoot, `playwright.config.ts`)
+        );
+      }
+
+      return e2eTask;
     }
     case 'none':
     default: