diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/tsxTransform.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/tsxTransform.ts
index 6ef051a6b4..0a61d4e3d9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/tsxTransform.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/tsxTransform.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import type { T, BabelAPI, PluginObj } from 'playwright/src/transform/babelBundle';
 import { types, declare, traverse } from 'playwright/lib/transform/babelBundle';
-import { resolveImportSpecifierExtension } from 'playwright/lib/util';
 import { setTransformData } from 'playwright/lib/transform/transform';
 const t: typeof T = types;
 
@@ -144,25 +143,19 @@ function collectJsxComponentUsages(node: T.Node): Set<string> {
 
 export type ImportInfo = {
   id: string;
-  isModuleOrAlias: boolean;
-  importPath: string;
+  filename: string;
+  importSource: string;
   remoteName: string | undefined;
 };
 
 export function importInfo(importNode: T.ImportDeclaration, specifier: T.ImportSpecifier | T.ImportDefaultSpecifier, filename: string): { localName: string, info: ImportInfo } {
   const importSource = importNode.source.value;
-  const isModuleOrAlias = !importSource.startsWith('.');
-  const unresolvedImportPath = path.resolve(path.dirname(filename), importSource);
-  // Support following notations for Button.tsx:
-  // - import { Button } from './Button.js' - via resolveImportSpecifierExtension
-  // - import { Button } from './Button' - via require.resolve
-  const importPath = isModuleOrAlias ? importSource : resolveImportSpecifierExtension(unresolvedImportPath) || require.resolve(unresolvedImportPath);
-  const idPrefix = importPath.replace(/[^\w_\d]/g, '_');
+  const idPrefix = importSource.replace(/[^\w_\d]/g, '_');
 
   const result: ImportInfo = {
     id: idPrefix,
-    importPath,
-    isModuleOrAlias,
+    filename,
+    importSource,
     remoteName: undefined,
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
index afe3fff9e9..9e2f96bfa7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/vitePlugin.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { source as injectedSource } from './generated/indexSource';
 import type { ImportInfo } from './tsxTransform';
 import type { ComponentRegistry } from './viteUtils';
 import { createConfig, hasJSComponents, populateComponentsFromTests, resolveDirs, resolveEndpoint, transformIndexFile } from './viteUtils';
+import { resolveHook } from 'playwright/lib/transform/transform';
 
 const log = debug('pw:vite');
 
@@ -239,12 +240,15 @@ function vitePlugin(registerSource: string, templateDir: string, buildInfo: Buil
 
     async writeBundle(this: PluginContext) {
       for (const importInfo of importInfos.values()) {
+        const importPath = resolveHook(importInfo.filename, importInfo.importSource);
+        if (!importPath)
+          continue;
         const deps = new Set<string>();
-        const id = await moduleResolver(importInfo.importPath);
+        const id = await moduleResolver(importPath);
         if (!id)
           continue;
         collectViteModuleDependencies(this, id, deps);
-        depsCollector.set(importInfo.importPath, [...deps]);
+        depsCollector.set(importPath, [...deps]);
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/viteUtils.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/viteUtils.ts
index 249537b4a7..25e6060e65 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/viteUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/viteUtils.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { getUserData } from 'playwright/lib/transform/compilationCache';
 import type { PlaywrightTestConfig as BasePlaywrightTestConfig, FullConfig } from 'playwright/test';
 import type { InlineConfig, Plugin, TransformResult, UserConfig } from 'vite';
 import type { ImportInfo } from './tsxTransform';
+import { resolveHook } from 'playwright/lib/transform/transform';
 
 const log = debug('pw:vite');
 
@@ -143,14 +144,15 @@ export async function populateComponentsFromTests(componentRegistry: ComponentRe
     for (const importInfo of importList)
       componentRegistry.set(importInfo.id, importInfo);
     if (componentsByImportingFile)
-      componentsByImportingFile.set(file, importList.filter(i => !i.isModuleOrAlias).map(i => i.importPath));
+      componentsByImportingFile.set(file, importList.map(i => resolveHook(i.filename, i.importSource)).filter(Boolean) as string[]);
   }
 }
 
 export function hasJSComponents(components: ImportInfo[]): boolean {
   for (const component of components) {
-    const extname = path.extname(component.importPath);
-    if (extname === '.js' || !extname && fs.existsSync(component.importPath + '.js'))
+    const importPath = resolveHook(component.filename, component.importSource);
+    const extname = importPath ? path.extname(importPath) : '';
+    if (extname === '.js' || (importPath && !extname && fs.existsSync(importPath + '.js')))
       return true;
   }
   return false;
@@ -174,13 +176,12 @@ export function transformIndexFile(id: string, content: string, templateDir: str
   if (!idResolved.endsWith(indexTs) && !idResolved.endsWith(indexTsx) && !idResolved.endsWith(indexJs) && !idResolved.endsWith(indexJsx))
     return null;
 
-  const folder = path.dirname(id);
   const lines = [content, ''];
   lines.push(registerSource);
 
   for (const value of importInfos.values()) {
-    const importPath = value.isModuleOrAlias ? value.importPath : './' + path.relative(folder, value.importPath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
-    lines.push(`const ${value.id} = () => import('${importPath}').then((mod) => mod.${value.remoteName || 'default'});`);
+    const importPath = resolveHook(value.filename, value.importSource);
+    lines.push(`const ${value.id} = () => import('${importPath?.replaceAll(path.sep, '/')}').then((mod) => mod.${value.remoteName || 'default'});`);
   }
 
   lines.push(`__pwRegistry.initialize({ ${[...importInfos.keys()].join(',\n  ')} });`);
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/third_party/tsconfig-loader.ts b/packages/playwright/src/third_party/tsconfig-loader.ts
index 668f3650f6..ffe8af1a00 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/third_party/tsconfig-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/third_party/tsconfig-loader.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function loadTsConfig(
       const extendsDir = path.dirname(extendedConfig);
       base.baseUrl = path.join(extendsDir, base.baseUrl);
     }
-    result = { ...result, ...base };
+    result = { ...result, ...base, tsConfigPath: configFilePath };
   }
 
   const loadedConfig = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries({
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/transform/transform.ts b/packages/playwright/src/transform/transform.ts
index 801bf0c0f9..e53adf4494 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/transform/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/transform/transform.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function resolveHook(filename: string, specifier: string): string | undef
         let candidate = value;
         if (value.includes('*'))
           candidate = candidate.replace('*', matchedPartOfSpecifier);
-        candidate = path.resolve(tsconfig.absoluteBaseUrl, candidate.replace(/\//g, path.sep));
+        candidate = path.resolve(tsconfig.absoluteBaseUrl, candidate);
         const existing = resolveImportSpecifierExtension(candidate);
         if (existing) {
           longestPrefixLength = keyPrefix.length;
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
index d518bcccac..38bae33604 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright.ct-build.spec.ts
@@ -126,38 +126,38 @@ test('should extract component list', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
 
   const metainfo = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(testInfo.outputPath('playwright/.cache/metainfo.json'), 'utf-8'));
   metainfo.components.sort((a, b) => {
-    return (a.importPath + '/' + a.importedName).localeCompare(b.importPath + '/' + b.importedName);
+    return (a.importSource + '/' + a.importedName).localeCompare(b.importSource + '/' + b.importedName);
   });
 
   expect(metainfo.components).toEqual([{
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_button_tsx_Button'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('button_Button'),
     remoteName: 'Button',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('button.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./button'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('one-import.spec.tsx'),
   }, {
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_clashingNames1_tsx_ClashingName'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('clashingNames1_ClashingName'),
     remoteName: 'ClashingName',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('clashingNames1.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./clashingNames1'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('clashing-imports.spec.tsx'),
   }, {
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_clashingNames2_tsx_ClashingName'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('clashingNames2_ClashingName'),
     remoteName: 'ClashingName',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('clashingNames2.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./clashingNames2'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('clashing-imports.spec.tsx'),
   }, {
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_components_tsx_Component1'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('components_Component1'),
     remoteName: 'Component1',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('components.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./components'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('named-imports.spec.tsx'),
   }, {
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_components_tsx_Component2'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('components_Component2'),
     remoteName: 'Component2',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('components.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./components'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('named-imports.spec.tsx'),
   }, {
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_defaultExport_tsx'),
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('defaultExport.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    id: expect.stringContaining('defaultExport'),
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('./defaultExport'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('default-import.spec.tsx'),
   }]);
 
   for (const [, value] of Object.entries(metainfo.deps))
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ test('should retain deps when test changes', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo)
   const metainfo = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(testInfo.outputPath('playwright/.cache/metainfo.json'), 'utf-8'));
 
   expect(metainfo.components).toEqual([{
-    id: expect.stringContaining('playwright_test_src_button_tsx_Button'),
+    id: expect.stringContaining('button_tsx_Button'),
     remoteName: 'Button',
-    importPath: expect.stringContaining('button.tsx'),
-    isModuleOrAlias: false,
+    importSource: expect.stringContaining('button.tsx'),
+    filename: expect.stringContaining('button.test.tsx'),
   }]);
 
   for (const [, value] of Object.entries(metainfo.deps))