diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index 7151d1c3b311..eac8c6c1004d 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@ Clean coverage report on watch rerun
 
 Directory to write coverage report to.
 
+To preview the coverage report in the output of [HTML reporter](/guide/reporters.html#html-reporter), this option must be set as a sub-directory of the html report directory (for example `./html/coverage`).
+
 #### coverage.reporter
 
 - **Type:** `string | string[] | [string, {}][]`
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts b/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
index d4229407efb9..1054c1790abc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/client/composables/navigation.ts
@@ -7,19 +7,16 @@ export const dashboardVisible = ref(true)
 export const coverageVisible = ref(false)
 export const disableCoverage = ref(true)
 export const coverage = computed(() => config.value?.coverage)
-export const coverageConfigured = computed(() => {
-  if (!config.value?.api?.port)
-    return false
-
-  return coverage.value?.enabled
-})
+export const coverageConfigured = computed(() => coverage.value?.enabled)
 export const coverageEnabled = computed(() => {
   return coverageConfigured.value
     && coverage.value.reporter.map(([reporterName]) => reporterName).includes('html')
 })
+// TODO
+// For html report preview, "coverage.reportsDirectory" must be explicitly set as a subdirectory of html report.
+// Handling other cases seems difficult, so this limitation is mentioned in the documentation for now.
 export const coverageUrl = computed(() => {
   if (coverageEnabled.value) {
-    const url = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.hostname}:${config.value!.api!.port!}`
     const idx = coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.lastIndexOf('/')
     const htmlReporter = coverage.value!.reporter.find((reporter) => {
       if (reporter[0] !== 'html')
@@ -28,8 +25,8 @@ export const coverageUrl = computed(() => {
       return reporter
     })
     return htmlReporter && 'subdir' in htmlReporter[1]
-      ? `${url}/${coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.slice(idx + 1)}/${htmlReporter[1].subdir}/index.html`
-      : `${url}/${coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.slice(idx + 1)}/index.html`
+      ? `/${coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.slice(idx + 1)}/${htmlReporter[1].subdir}/index.html`
+      : `/${coverage.value!.reportsDirectory.slice(idx + 1)}/index.html`
   }
 
   return undefined
diff --git a/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.test.ts b/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..802168139d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { multiply } from './coverage'
+
+it(multiply, () => {
+  expect(multiply(2, 3)).toEqual(6)
+})
diff --git a/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.ts b/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f2e9649ed2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ui/fixtures/coverage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function multiply(n: number, m: number) {
+  return n * m;
+}
diff --git a/test/ui/test/html-report.spec.ts b/test/ui/test/html-report.spec.ts
index 062dd1f98796..8c2e094d6525 100644
--- a/test/ui/test/html-report.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ui/test/html-report.spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test.describe('html report', () => {
 
   test.beforeAll(async () => {
     // generate vitest html report
-    await startVitest('test', [], { run: true, reporters: 'html' })
+    await startVitest('test', [], { run: true, reporters: 'html', coverage: { enabled: true, reportsDirectory: 'html/coverage' } })
 
     // run vite preview server
     previewServer = await preview({ build: { outDir: 'html' }, preview: { port, strictPort: true } })
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test.describe('html report', () => {
     await page.goto(pageUrl)
 
     // dashbaord
-    await expect(page.locator('[aria-labelledby=tests]')).toContainText('4 Pass 0 Fail 4 Total')
+    await expect(page.locator('[aria-labelledby=tests]')).toContainText('5 Pass 0 Fail 5 Total')
 
     // report
     await page.getByText('sample.test.ts').click()
@@ -49,4 +49,10 @@ test.describe('html report', () => {
 
     expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
   })
+
+  test('coverage', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(pageUrl)
+    await page.getByLabel('Show coverage').click()
+    await page.frameLocator('#vitest-ui-coverage').getByRole('heading', { name: 'All files' }).click()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts b/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
index 69a3bdb73bb1..440009312135 100644
--- a/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ui/test/ui.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test.describe('ui', () => {
   let vitest: Vitest | undefined
 
   test.beforeAll(async () => {
-    vitest = await startVitest('test', [], { watch: true, ui: true, open: false, api: { port } })
+    vitest = await startVitest('test', [], { watch: true, ui: true, open: false, api: { port }, coverage: { enabled: true } })
     expect(vitest).toBeDefined()
   })
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test.describe('ui', () => {
     await page.goto(pageUrl)
 
     // dashbaord
-    await expect(page.locator('[aria-labelledby=tests]')).toContainText('4 Pass 0 Fail 4 Total')
+    await expect(page.locator('[aria-labelledby=tests]')).toContainText('5 Pass 0 Fail 5 Total')
 
     // report
     await page.getByText('sample.test.ts').click()
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ test.describe('ui', () => {
     expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
   })
 
+  test('coverage', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(pageUrl)
+    await page.getByLabel('Show coverage').click()
+    await page.frameLocator('#vitest-ui-coverage').getByRole('heading', { name: 'All files' }).click()
+  })
+
   test('console', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto(pageUrl)
     await page.getByText('fixtures/console.test.ts').click()