diff --git a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
index 39deea5f..81de65d7 100644
--- a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
+++ b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export function devHtmlPrerender(
 ): vite.PluginOption {
   const htmlReloadId = '@wxt/reload-html';
   const resolvedHtmlReloadId = resolve(
-    config.root,
-    'node_modules/wxt/dist/virtual/reload-html.js',
+    config.wxtModuleDir,
+    'dist/virtual/reload-html.js',
   );
   const virtualReactRefreshId = '@wxt/virtual-react-refresh';
   const resolvedVirtualReactRefreshId = '\0' + virtualReactRefreshId;
diff --git a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/virtualEntrypoint.ts b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/virtualEntrypoint.ts
index f0b64595..12a9ab5a 100644
--- a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/virtualEntrypoint.ts
+++ b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/virtualEntrypoint.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ export function virtualEntrypoint(
 
       const inputPath = id.replace(resolvedVirtualId, '');
       const template = await fs.readFile(
-        resolve(
-          config.root,
-          `node_modules/wxt/dist/virtual/${type}-entrypoint.js`,
-        ),
+        resolve(config.wxtModuleDir, `dist/virtual/${type}-entrypoint.js`),
         'utf-8',
       );
       return template.replace(`virtual:user-${type}`, inputPath);
diff --git a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/webextensionPolyfillMock.ts b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/webextensionPolyfillMock.ts
index 1d6103a3..8ef41e9e 100644
--- a/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/webextensionPolyfillMock.ts
+++ b/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/webextensionPolyfillMock.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export function webextensionPolyfillMock(
           alias: {
             // Alias to use a mocked version of the polyfill
             'webextension-polyfill': path.resolve(
-              config.root,
-              'node_modules/wxt/dist/virtual/mock-browser',
+              config.wxtModuleDir,
+              'dist/virtual/mock-browser',
             ),
           },
         },
diff --git a/src/core/utils/building/import-entrypoint.ts b/src/core/utils/building/import-entrypoint.ts
index 5ffec7e5..0426a7f5 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/building/import-entrypoint.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/building/import-entrypoint.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export async function importEntrypointFile<T>(path: string): Promise<T> {
       esmResolve: true,
       alias: {
         'webextension-polyfill': resolve(
-          wxt.config.root,
-          'node_modules/wxt/dist/virtual/mock-browser.js',
+          wxt.config.wxtModuleDir,
+          'dist/virtual/mock-browser.js',
         ),
       },
       // Continue using node to load TS files even if `bun run --bun` is detected. Jiti does not
diff --git a/src/core/utils/building/resolve-config.ts b/src/core/utils/building/resolve-config.ts
index 9400e82a..d78611ee 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/building/resolve-config.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/building/resolve-config.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     inlineConfig.root ?? userConfig.root ?? process.cwd(),
   );
   const wxtDir = path.resolve(root, '.wxt');
+  const wxtModuleDir = path.resolve(root, 'node_modules/wxt');
   const srcDir = path.resolve(root, mergedConfig.srcDir ?? root);
   const entrypointsDir = path.resolve(
     srcDir,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     outBaseDir,
     outDir,
     publicDir,
+    wxtModuleDir,
     root,
     runnerConfig,
     srcDir,
diff --git a/src/core/utils/testing/fake-objects.ts b/src/core/utils/testing/fake-objects.ts
index e64d9161..54eba779 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/testing/fake-objects.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/testing/fake-objects.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ export const fakeResolvedConfig = fakeObjectCreator<ResolvedConfig>(() => {
     outDir: fakeDir(),
     publicDir: fakeDir(),
     root: fakeDir(),
+    wxtModuleDir: fakeDir(),
     runnerConfig: {
       config: {},
     },
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 8a0fef42..63675390 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -963,6 +963,10 @@ export interface ResolvedConfig {
   outBaseDir: string;
   outDir: string;
   debug: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Directory pointing to `node_modules/wxt`, wherever WXT is installed.
+   */
+  wxtModuleDir: string;
   mode: string;
   command: 'build' | 'serve';
   browser: TargetBrowser;