diff --git a/docs/config/app-configs.md b/docs/config/app-configs.md
index 54657e3ff874..b9e3be6d498d 100644
--- a/docs/config/app-configs.md
+++ b/docs/config/app-configs.md
@@ -109,13 +109,18 @@ export default {
 }
 ```
 
-Below shows the the full option you may define within this object.
+Below are all the options that you can have in this object:
 
 ```ts
 interface MarkdownOptions extends MarkdownIt.Options {
-  // Syntax highlight theme for Shiki.
+  // Custom theme for syntax highlighting.
+  // You can use an existing theme.
   // See: https://github.com/shikijs/shiki/blob/main/docs/themes.md#all-themes
-  theme?: Shiki.Theme | { light: Shiki.Theme, dark: Shiki.Theme }
+  // Or add your own theme.
+  // See: https://github.com/shikijs/shiki/blob/main/docs/themes.md#loading-theme
+  theme?:
+    | Shiki.IThemeRegistration
+    | { light: Shiki.IThemeRegistration; dark: Shiki.IThemeRegistration }
 
   // Enable line numbers in code block.
   lineNumbers?: boolean
@@ -136,11 +141,10 @@ interface MarkdownOptions extends MarkdownIt.Options {
   }
 
   // markdown-it-toc-done-right plugin options
-  // https://github.com/nagaozen/markdown-it-toc-done-right
+  // See: https://github.com/nagaozen/markdown-it-toc-done-right
   toc?: any
 
-  // Configure the Markdown-it instance to fully customize
-  // how it works.
+  // Configure the Markdown-it instance.
   config?: (md: MarkdownIt) => void
 }
 ```
@@ -172,4 +176,3 @@ export default {
   titleTemplate: 'Vite & Vue powered static site generator'
 }
 ```
-
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
index 7582f47f99c1..4b43918d8c81 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
-import { Theme } from 'shiki'
+import { IThemeRegistration } from 'shiki'
 import { parseHeader } from '../utils/parseHeader'
 import { highlight } from './plugins/highlight'
 import { slugify } from './plugins/slugify'
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import attrs from 'markdown-it-attrs'
 import emoji from 'markdown-it-emoji'
 import toc from 'markdown-it-toc-done-right'
 
-export type ThemeOptions = Theme | { light: Theme; dark: Theme }
+export type ThemeOptions =
+  | IThemeRegistration
+  | { light: IThemeRegistration; dark: IThemeRegistration }
 
 export interface MarkdownOptions extends MarkdownIt.Options {
   lineNumbers?: boolean
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
index eb27b559edaa..5b1d0e144d69 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
-import { getHighlighter } from 'shiki'
+import { IThemeRegistration, getHighlighter } from 'shiki'
 import type { ThemeOptions } from '../markdown'
 
 export async function highlight(theme: ThemeOptions = 'material-palenight') {
-  const themes = typeof theme === 'string' ? [theme] : [theme.dark, theme.light]
-  const highlighter = await getHighlighter({ themes })
+  const hasSingleTheme = typeof theme === 'string' || 'name' in theme
+  const getThemeName = (themeValue: IThemeRegistration) =>
+    typeof themeValue === 'string' ? themeValue : themeValue.name
+
+  const highlighter = await getHighlighter({
+    themes: hasSingleTheme ? [theme] : [theme.dark, theme.light]
+  })
   const preRE = /^<pre.*?>/
 
   return (str: string, lang: string) => {
     lang = lang || 'text'
 
-    if (typeof theme === 'string') {
+    if (hasSingleTheme) {
       return highlighter
-        .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme })
+        .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme) })
         .replace(preRE, '<pre v-pre>')
     }
 
     const dark = highlighter
-      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: theme.dark })
+      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme.dark) })
       .replace(preRE, '<pre v-pre class="vp-code-dark">')
 
     const light = highlighter
-      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: theme.light })
+      .codeToHtml(str, { lang, theme: getThemeName(theme.light) })
       .replace(preRE, '<pre v-pre class="vp-code-light">')
 
     return dark + light