diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/typecheck.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/typecheck.ts
index 19f811c1f596..e9a173f8f4a8 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/typecheck.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/typecheck.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function createTypecheckPool(ctx: Vitest): ProcessPool {
     if (!project.config.typecheck.ignoreSourceErrors)
       sourceErrors.forEach(error => ctx.state.catchError(error, 'Unhandled Source Error'))
 
-    const processError = !hasFailed(files) && checker.getExitCode()
+    const processError = !hasFailed(files) && !sourceErrors.length && checker.getExitCode()
     if (processError) {
       const error = new Error(checker.getOutput())
       error.stack = ''
diff --git a/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/src/not-ok.ts b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/src/not-ok.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..588f1015a51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/src/not-ok.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+thisIsSourceError
diff --git a/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/test/ok.test-d.ts b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/test/ok.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1b5e2c51c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/test/ok.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { expectTypeOf, test } from 'vitest'
+
+test('ok', () => {
+  expectTypeOf(1).toEqualTypeOf(2)
+})
diff --git a/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/tsconfig.json b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce6d85859d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "target": "es2020",
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
+    "strict": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "test"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/vite.config.ts b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/vite.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4428598a2299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typescript/fixtures/source-error/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    typecheck: {
+      enabled: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
diff --git a/test/typescript/test/runner.test.ts b/test/typescript/test/runner.test.ts
index 518a23fc1728..096c18c8bf64 100644
--- a/test/typescript/test/runner.test.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/test/runner.test.ts
@@ -97,3 +97,30 @@ describe('should fail', async () => {
     expect(stderr.replace(resolve(__dirname, '..'), '<root>')).toMatchSnapshot()
   })
 })
+
+describe('ignoreSourceErrors', () => {
+  it('disabled', async () => {
+    const vitest = await runVitestCli(
+      {
+        cwd: resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures/source-error'),
+      },
+      '--run',
+    )
+    expect(vitest.stdout).toContain('Unhandled Errors')
+    expect(vitest.stderr).toContain('Unhandled Source Error')
+    expect(vitest.stderr).toContain('TypeCheckError: Cannot find name \'thisIsSourceError\'')
+  })
+
+  it('enabled', async () => {
+    const vitest = await runVitestCli(
+      {
+        cwd: resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures/source-error'),
+      },
+      '--run',
+      '--typecheck.ignoreSourceErrors',
+    )
+    expect(vitest.stdout).not.toContain('Unhandled Errors')
+    expect(vitest.stderr).not.toContain('Unhandled Source Error')
+    expect(vitest.stderr).not.toContain('TypeCheckError: Cannot find name \'thisIsSourceError\'')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/typescript/tsconfig.json b/test/typescript/tsconfig.json
index 824464b4032e..403b1ee01c57 100644
--- a/test/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "exclude": [
-    "**/dist/**"
+    "**/dist/**",
+    "**/fixtures/**"
   ]
 }