diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
index 7500ad289a74f7..7954ddf817e4e4 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/scan.ts
@@ -288,9 +288,11 @@ function esbuildScanPlugin(
               }
               return externalUnlessEntry({ path: id })
             } else {
+              const namespace = htmlTypesRE.test(resolved) ? 'html' : undefined
               // linked package, keep crawling
               return {
-                path: path.resolve(resolved)
+                path: path.resolve(resolved),
+                namespace
               }
             }
           } else {