diff --git a/packages/module-react/modules/react.ts b/packages/module-react/modules/react.ts
index 0d2b5951..d01aa993 100644
--- a/packages/module-react/modules/react.ts
+++ b/packages/module-react/modules/react.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import 'wxt';
 import { addImportPreset, addViteConfig, defineWxtModule } from 'wxt/modules';
 import react, { Options as PluginOptions } from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
+import type { PluginOption } from 'vite';
 
 export default defineWxtModule<ReactModuleOptions>({
   name: '@wxt-dev/module-react',
   configKey: 'react',
   setup(wxt, options) {
-    const { vite } = options ?? {};
+    const { vite, vitePluginsBefore } = options ?? {};
 
     addViteConfig(wxt, () => ({
-      plugins: [react(vite)],
+      plugins: [...(vitePluginsBefore ?? []), react(vite)],
     }));
 
     addImportPreset(wxt, 'react');
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ export default defineWxtModule<ReactModuleOptions>({
 
 export interface ReactModuleOptions {
   vite?: PluginOptions;
+  /**
+   * Vite plugins to add before the `react()` plugin. Some plugins like the
+   * `@tanstack/router-plugin` need to be added before `react()` to work
+   * correctly.
+   */
+  vitePluginsBefore?: PluginOption[];
 }
 
 declare module 'wxt' {
diff --git a/packages/module-react/package.json b/packages/module-react/package.json
index 738d9ef0..23dc7110 100644
--- a/packages/module-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/module-react/package.json
@@ -45,18 +45,20 @@
     "prepare": "buildc --deps-only -- wxt prepare"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
+    "vite": "^5.4.19 || ^6.3.4 || ^7.0.0",
     "wxt": ">=0.19.16"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.4.1 || ^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/react": "^19.2.13",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.13",
     "publint": "^0.3.17",
-    "react": "^19.2.4",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.4",
+    "react": "^19.2.4",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
+    "vite": "^7.0.0",
     "wxt": "workspace:*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c26b4476..41826d2a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ importers:
       typescript:
         specifier: ^5.9.3
         version: 5.9.3
+      vite:
+        specifier: ^7.0.0
+        version: 7.3.1(@types/node@20.19.32)(jiti@2.6.1)(sass@1.97.3)(tsx@4.21.0)(yaml@2.8.2)
       wxt:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../wxt