diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
index 3c592cec499de5..c762b6b584cf8f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
@@ -205,8 +205,11 @@ async function prepareEsbuildScanner(
 
   const plugin = esbuildScanPlugin(config, container, deps, missing, entries)
 
-  const { plugins = [], ...esbuildOptions } =
-    config.optimizeDeps?.esbuildOptions ?? {}
+  const {
+    plugins = [],
+    tsconfigRaw,
+    ...esbuildOptions
+  } = config.optimizeDeps?.esbuildOptions ?? {}
 
   return await esbuild.context({
     absWorkingDir: process.cwd(),
@@ -219,6 +222,16 @@ async function prepareEsbuildScanner(
     format: 'esm',
     logLevel: 'silent',
     plugins: [...plugins, plugin],
+    tsconfigRaw:
+      typeof tsconfigRaw === 'string'
+        ? tsconfigRaw
+        : {
+            ...tsconfigRaw,
+            compilerOptions: {
+              experimentalDecorators: true,
+              ...tsconfigRaw?.compilerOptions,
+            },
+          },
     ...esbuildOptions,
   })
 }
diff --git a/playground/tsconfig-json/src/decorator.ts b/playground/tsconfig-json/src/decorator.ts
index 27a5027cb23f17..2dc056ec09c809 100644
--- a/playground/tsconfig-json/src/decorator.ts
+++ b/playground/tsconfig-json/src/decorator.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ function first() {
 
 export class Foo {
   @first()
-  method() {}
+  // @ts-expect-error we intentionally not enable `experimentalDecorators` to test esbuild compat
+  method(@first test: string) {
+    return test
+  }
 }
diff --git a/playground/tsconfig-json/src/main.ts b/playground/tsconfig-json/src/main.ts
index 6ae1fe03b7d023..bec5c6bcc2729d 100644
--- a/playground/tsconfig-json/src/main.ts
+++ b/playground/tsconfig-json/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 import '../nested/main'
 import '../nested-with-extends/main'
+import './decorator'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports
 import { MainTypeOnlyClass } from './not-used-type'