diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
index 472e09baf2..29a01f8642 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ The directory for each test can be accessed by [`property: TestInfo.snapshotDir`
 
 This path will serve as the base directory for each test file snapshot directory. Setting `snapshotDir` to `'snapshots'`, the [`property: TestInfo.snapshotDir`] would resolve to `snapshots/a.spec.js-snapshots`.
 
+## property: TestConfig.plugins
+- type: ?<[Array]<[TestPlugin]>>
+
 ## property: TestConfig.preserveOutput
 - type: ?<[PreserveOutput]<"always"|"never"|"failures-only">>
 
diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testplugin.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testplugin.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f94de5b1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testplugin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# class: TestPlugin
+* langs: js
+
+## optional async method: TestPlugin.configure
+### param: TestPlugin.configure.config
+- `config` <[TestConfig]>
+
+### param: TestPlugin.configure.configDir
+- `configDir` <[string]>
+
+## optional async method: TestPlugin.setup
+
+## optional async method: TestPlugin.teardown
+
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/package.json b/packages/html-reporter/package.json
index 50d48ccfbf..b11334c5b1 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/package.json
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
     "build": "vite build && tsc",
-    "preview": "vite preview",
-    "playwright-build": "vite --config playwright.vite.config.ts build",
-    "playwright-dev": "vite --config playwright.vite.config.ts"
+    "preview": "vite preview"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/playwright.config.ts b/packages/html-reporter/playwright.config.ts
index f06fece59e..c79ad6e22a 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/playwright.config.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 import path from 'path';
 import { devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import vite from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: 'src',
@@ -27,14 +28,10 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   ] : [
     ['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]
   ],
-  webServer: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:3101/playwright/index.html',
-    command: 'npm run playwright-dev',
-    cwd: __dirname,
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-  },
+  plugins: [
+    vite({ port: 3101 })
+  ],
   use: {
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3101/playwright/index.html',
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
   },
   projects: [ ],
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/playwright.vite.config.ts b/packages/html-reporter/playwright.vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 25d883b5b7..0000000000
--- a/packages/html-reporter/playwright.vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
-import playwright from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
-import path from 'path';
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    react(),
-    playwright(),
-  ],
-  resolve: {
-    alias: {
-      '@web': path.resolve(__dirname, '../web/src'),
-      '@playwright-core': path.resolve(__dirname, '../playwright-core/src'),
-    },
-  },
-  server: {
-    port: 3101,
-  },
-});
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.d.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.d.ts
index 7e7d635c28..afba441940 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.d.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export default function(options?: { include?: string }): any;
+import { TestPlugin } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite';
+
+export default function(options?: {
+  config?: InlineConfig,
+  include?: string
+  port?: number,
+}): TestPlugin;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.js b/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.js
index d1c92f4472..2e60d9d5d3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.js
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-react/vitePlugin.js
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-const { createVitePlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/vitePlugin');
-module.exports = createVitePlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-react/register');
+const { createPlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/plugins/vitePlugin');
+
+module.exports = (options = {}) => {
+  return createPlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-react/register', options);
+};
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.d.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.d.ts
index 7e7d635c28..afba441940 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.d.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export default function(options?: { include?: string }): any;
+import { TestPlugin } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite';
+
+export default function(options?: {
+  config?: InlineConfig,
+  include?: string
+  port?: number,
+}): TestPlugin;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.js b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.js
index 1ea068e3a9..8b18a0fea7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.js
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-svelte/vitePlugin.js
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-const { createVitePlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/vitePlugin');
-module.exports = createVitePlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte/register');
+const { createPlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/plugins/vitePlugin');
+
+module.exports = (options = {}) => {
+  return createPlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte/register', options);
+};
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.d.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.d.ts
index 7e7d635c28..3d8f50b042 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.d.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export default function(options?: { include?: string }): any;
+import { TestPlugin } from '@playwright/test';
+import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite';
+
+export default function(options?: {
+  config?: InlineConfig,
+  include?: string,
+  port?: number,
+}): TestPlugin;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.js b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.js
index 2293958f86..5c172456d9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.js
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-vue/vitePlugin.js
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-const { createVitePlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/vitePlugin');
-module.exports = createVitePlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-vue/register');
+const { createPlugin } = require('@playwright/test/lib/plugins/vitePlugin');
+
+module.exports = (options = {}) => {
+  return createPlugin('@playwright/experimental-ct-vue/register', options);
+};
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/package.json b/packages/playwright-test/package.json
index f5292d4f10..e5c637a3b7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "./lib/cli": "./lib/cli.js",
     "./lib/experimentalLoader": "./lib/experimentalLoader.js",
     "./lib/mount": "./lib/mount.js",
-    "./lib/vitePlugin": "./lib/vitePlugin.js",
+    "./lib/plugins/vitePlugin": "./lib/plugins/vitePlugin.js",
     "./reporter": "./reporter.js"
   },
   "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/loader.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/loader.ts
index 7a5a70943a..ccbfc9faf2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/loader.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export class Loader {
   }
 
   private _processConfigObject(config: Config, configDir: string) {
+    for (const plugin of config.plugins || [])
+      plugin.configure?.(config, configDir);
+
     this._configDir = configDir;
     const packageJsonPath = getPackageJsonPath(configDir);
     const packageJsonDir = packageJsonPath ? path.dirname(packageJsonPath) : undefined;
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ export class Loader {
     this._fullConfig.updateSnapshots = takeFirst(this._configOverrides.updateSnapshots, config.updateSnapshots, baseFullConfig.updateSnapshots);
     this._fullConfig.workers = takeFirst(this._configOverrides.workers, config.workers, baseFullConfig.workers);
     this._fullConfig.webServer = takeFirst(this._configOverrides.webServer, config.webServer, baseFullConfig.webServer);
+    this._fullConfig._plugins = takeFirst(this._configOverrides.plugins, config.plugins, baseFullConfig._plugins);
 
     const projects: Project[] = ('projects' in config) && config.projects !== undefined ? config.projects : [config];
     for (const project of projects)
@@ -480,6 +484,7 @@ const baseFullConfig: FullConfigInternal = {
   _globalOutputDir: path.resolve(process.cwd()),
   _configDir: '',
   _testGroupsCount: 0,
+  _plugins: [],
 };
 
 function resolveReporters(reporters: Config['reporter'], rootDir: string): ReporterDescription[]|undefined {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/DEPS.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77c0cb3cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/DEPS.list
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[*]
+../
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/vitePlugin.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/vitePlugin.ts
similarity index 60%
rename from packages/playwright-test/src/vitePlugin.ts
rename to packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/vitePlugin.ts
index 202012a48d..ad9af28ec4 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/vitePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/plugins/vitePlugin.ts
@@ -14,29 +14,63 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import type { PlaywrightTestConfig, TestPlugin } from '@playwright/test';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { glob } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
-import { parse, types as t, traverse } from './babelBundle';
-import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
-import { componentInfo, collectComponentUsages } from './tsxTransform';
-import type { ComponentInfo } from './tsxTransform';
+import type { InlineConfig, Plugin, ViteDevServer } from 'vite';
+import { parse, traverse, types as t } from '../babelBundle';
+import type { ComponentInfo } from '../tsxTransform';
+import { collectComponentUsages, componentInfo } from '../tsxTransform';
 
-const imports: Map<string, ComponentInfo> = new Map();
+let viteDevServer: ViteDevServer;
 
-export function createVitePlugin(registerFunction: string) {
-  return (options?: { include: string }) => {
-    return vitePlugin({ ...(options || {}), registerFunction });
+export function createPlugin(
+  registerFunction: string,
+  options: {
+    include?: string,
+    port?: number,
+    config?: InlineConfig
+  } = {}): TestPlugin {
+  const viteConfig = options.config || {};
+  const port = options.port || 3100;
+  let configDir: string;
+  return {
+    configure: async (config: PlaywrightTestConfig, configDirectory: string) => {
+      configDir = configDirectory;
+      const url = `http://localhost:${port}/playwright/index.html`;
+      if (!config.use)
+        config.use = {};
+      config.use!.baseURL = url;
+    },
+
+    setup: async () => {
+      viteConfig.root = viteConfig.root || configDir;
+      viteConfig.plugins = viteConfig.plugins || [];
+      viteConfig.plugins.push(vitePlugin(registerFunction, options.include));
+      viteConfig.configFile = viteConfig.configFile || false;
+      viteConfig.server = viteConfig.server || {};
+      viteConfig.server.port = port;
+      const { createServer } = require('vite');
+      viteDevServer = await createServer(viteConfig);
+      await viteDevServer.listen(port);
+    },
+
+    teardown: async () => {
+      await viteDevServer.close();
+    },
   };
 }
 
-function vitePlugin(options: { include?: string, registerFunction: string }): Plugin {
+const imports: Map<string, ComponentInfo> = new Map();
+
+function vitePlugin(registerFunction: string, include: string | undefined): Plugin {
   return {
-    name: 'playwright-gallery',
+    name: 'playwright:component-index',
 
     configResolved: async config => {
       const files = await new Promise<string[]>((f, r) => {
-        glob(options.include || config.root + '/**/*.{test,spec}.[tj]s{x,}', {}, function(err, files) {
+        glob(include || config.root + '/**/*.{test,spec}.[tj]s{x,}', {}, function(err, files) {
           if (err)
             r(err);
           else
@@ -76,7 +110,7 @@ function vitePlugin(options: { include?: string, registerFunction: string }): Pl
 
       const folder = path.dirname(id);
       const lines = [content, ''];
-      lines.push(`import register from '${options.registerFunction}';`);
+      lines.push(`import register from '${registerFunction}';`);
 
       for (const [alias, value] of imports) {
         const importPath = value.isModuleOrAlias ? value.importPath : './' + path.relative(folder, value.importPath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
index 0176de5800..ce575440b8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/runner.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ const readDirAsync = promisify(fs.readdir);
 const readFileAsync = promisify(fs.readFile);
 export const kDefaultConfigFiles = ['playwright.config.ts', 'playwright.config.js', 'playwright.config.mjs'];
 
-type InternalGlobalSetupFunction = () => Promise<() => Promise<void>>;
-
 type RunOptions = {
   listOnly?: boolean;
   filePatternFilter?: FilePatternFilter[];
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ type RunOptions = {
 export class Runner {
   private _loader: Loader;
   private _reporter!: Reporter;
-  private _internalGlobalSetups: Array<InternalGlobalSetupFunction> = [];
   private _globalInfo: GlobalInfoImpl;
 
   constructor(configOverrides: Config, options: { defaultConfig?: Config } = {}) {
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ export class Runner {
   }
 
   async loadConfigFromResolvedFile(resolvedConfigFile: string): Promise<Config> {
-    return this._loader.loadConfigFile(resolvedConfigFile);
+    return await this._loader.loadConfigFile(resolvedConfigFile);
   }
 
   loadEmptyConfig(configFileOrDirectory: string): Config {
@@ -148,10 +145,6 @@ export class Runner {
     return new Multiplexer(reporters);
   }
 
-  addInternalGlobalSetup(internalGlobalSetup: InternalGlobalSetupFunction) {
-    this._internalGlobalSetups.push(internalGlobalSetup);
-  }
-
   async runAllTests(options: RunOptions = {}): Promise<FullResult> {
     this._reporter = await this._createReporter(!!options.listOnly);
     const config = this._loader.fullConfig();
@@ -430,11 +423,12 @@ export class Runner {
 
   private async _performGlobalSetup(config: FullConfigInternal): Promise<(() => Promise<void>) | undefined> {
     const result: FullResult = { status: 'passed' };
-    const internalGlobalTeardowns: (() => Promise<void>)[] = [];
+    const pluginTeardowns: (() => Promise<void>)[] = [];
     let globalSetupResult: any;
     let webServer: WebServer | undefined;
 
     const tearDown = async () => {
+      // Reverse to setup.
       await this._runAndReportError(async () => {
         if (globalSetupResult && typeof globalSetupResult === 'function')
           await globalSetupResult(this._loader.fullConfig());
@@ -449,16 +443,26 @@ export class Runner {
         await webServer?.kill();
       }, result);
 
-      await this._runAndReportError(async () => {
-        for (const internalGlobalTeardown of internalGlobalTeardowns)
-          await internalGlobalTeardown();
-      }, result);
+      for (const teardown of pluginTeardowns) {
+        await this._runAndReportError(async () => {
+          await teardown();
+        }, result);
+      }
     };
 
     await this._runAndReportError(async () => {
-      for (const internalGlobalSetup of this._internalGlobalSetups)
-        internalGlobalTeardowns.push(await internalGlobalSetup());
+      // First run the plugins, if plugin is a web server we want it to run before the
+      // config's global setup.
+      for (const plugin of config._plugins) {
+        await plugin.setup?.();
+        if (plugin.teardown)
+          pluginTeardowns.unshift(plugin.teardown);
+      }
+
+      // Then do legacy web server.
       webServer = config.webServer ? await WebServer.create(config.webServer, this._reporter) : undefined;
+
+      // The do global setup.
       if (config.globalSetup)
         globalSetupResult = await (await this._loader.loadGlobalHook(config.globalSetup, 'globalSetup'))(this._loader.fullConfig(), this._globalInfo);
     }, result);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/types.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/types.ts
index bb85b30e25..c5583805b9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type { Fixtures, TestError, Project } from '../types/test';
+import type { Fixtures, TestError, Project, TestPlugin } from '../types/test';
 import type { Location } from '../types/testReporter';
 import type { FullConfig as FullConfigPublic, FullProject as FullProjectPublic } from './types';
 export * from '../types/test';
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export interface FullConfigInternal extends FullConfigPublic {
   _globalOutputDir: string;
   _configDir: string;
   _testGroupsCount: number;
+  _plugins: TestPlugin[];
 
   // Overrides the public field.
   projects: FullProjectInternal[];
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
index 8c2f482f7f..5ae5425570 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/types/test.d.ts
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ interface TestConfig {
    */
   snapshotDir?: string;
 
+  plugins?: Array<TestPlugin>;
+
   /**
    * Whether to preserve test output in the
    * [testConfig.outputDir](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-output-dir). Defaults to `'always'`.
@@ -3723,6 +3725,18 @@ export interface TestError {
   value?: string;
 }
 
+export interface TestPlugin {
+  /**
+   * @param config
+   * @param configDir
+   */
+  configure?(config: TestConfig, configDir: string): Promise<void>;
+
+  setup?(): Promise<void>;
+
+  teardown?(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Playwright Test supports running multiple test projects at the same time. This is useful for running tests in multiple
  * configurations. For example, consider running tests against multiple browsers.
diff --git a/packages/web/playwright.config.ts b/packages/web/playwright.config.ts
index 3d89da498c..96dd9f7d70 100644
--- a/packages/web/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/web/playwright.config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 import { devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import vite from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: 'src',
@@ -26,14 +27,10 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   ] : [
     ['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]
   ],
-  webServer: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:3102/playwright/index.html',
-    command: 'npx vite --config playwright.vite.config.ts dev',
-    cwd: __dirname,
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-  },
+  plugins: [
+    vite({ port: 3101 })
+  ],
   use: {
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3102/playwright/index.html',
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
   },
   projects: [
diff --git a/packages/web/playwright.vite.config.ts b/packages/web/playwright.vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fc576a0ede..0000000000
--- a/packages/web/playwright.vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
-import playwright from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    react(),
-    playwright(),
-  ],
-  server: {
-    port: 3102,
-  },
-});
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.config.ts
index d02b5fb0e5..0a5a6162a0 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.config.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { PlaywrightTestConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import vite from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: 'src',
@@ -25,13 +26,10 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   ] : [
     ['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]
   ],
-  webServer: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
-    command: 'npm run playwright-dev',
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-  },
+  plugins: [
+    vite(),
+  ],
   use: {
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
   },
   projects: [
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c9fd0014a..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
-import playwright from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react/vitePlugin';
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    react(),
-    playwright(),
-  ]
-});
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/App.tsx b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/App.tsx
index 3d9bd71e51..78b8518c54 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/App.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import React from 'react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import logo from './logo.svg'
 import './App.css'
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.config.ts
index b56cbe175a..8c3beb0e6c 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
 import { devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import vite from '@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte/vitePlugin';
+import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: 'src',
@@ -26,13 +28,12 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   ] : [
     ['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]
   ],
-  webServer: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
-    command: 'npm run playwright-dev',
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-  },
+  plugins: [
+    vite({
+      config: { plugins: [ svelte() ] }
+    }),
+  ],
   use: {
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
   },
   projects: [
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 46e99c1b4b..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/playwright.vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
-import playwright from '@playwright/experimental-ct-svelte/vitePlugin';
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    svelte(),
-    playwright(),
-  ]
-})
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/vite.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/vite.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 401b4d4bd6..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/ct-svelte-vite/vite.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [svelte()]
-})
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.config.ts b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.config.ts
index d02b5fb0e5..98569d2d3c 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.config.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import { PlaywrightTestConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
+import vite from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue/vitePlugin';
+import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   testDir: 'src',
@@ -25,13 +27,14 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   ] : [
     ['html', { open: 'on-failure' }]
   ],
-  webServer: {
-    url: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
-    command: 'npm run playwright-dev',
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-  },
+  plugins: [
+    vite({
+      config: {
+        plugins: [ vue() ]
+      }
+    }),
+  ],
   use: {
-    baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/playwright/index.html',
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
   },
   projects: [
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.vite.config.js b/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.vite.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b77c81fdd..0000000000
--- a/tests/components/ct-vue-vite/playwright.vite.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
-import playwright from '@playwright/experimental-ct-vue/vitePlugin';
-
-// https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [
-    vue(),
-    playwright(),
-  ]
-})
diff --git a/tests/config/experimental.d.ts b/tests/config/experimental.d.ts
index d9766b419f..16faefe788 100644
--- a/tests/config/experimental.d.ts
+++ b/tests/config/experimental.d.ts
@@ -16893,6 +16893,8 @@ interface TestConfig {
    */
   snapshotDir?: string;
 
+  plugins?: Array<TestPlugin>;
+
   /**
    * Whether to preserve test output in the
    * [testConfig.outputDir](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-output-dir). Defaults to `'always'`.
@@ -20155,6 +20157,18 @@ export interface TestError {
   value?: string;
 }
 
+export interface TestPlugin {
+  /**
+   * @param config
+   * @param configDir
+   */
+  configure?(config: TestConfig, configDir: string): Promise<void>;
+
+  setup?(): Promise<void>;
+
+  teardown?(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Playwright Test supports running multiple test projects at the same time. This is useful for running tests in multiple
  * configurations. For example, consider running tests against multiple browsers.