diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/index.ts
index 111a8ab3f00c81..5b611983dbd004 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export * from './config'
-export { createServer } from './server'
+export { createServer, searchForWorkspaceRoot } from './server'
 export { build } from './build'
 export { optimizeDeps } from './optimizer'
 export { send } from './server/send'
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 027430fd90df8b..fe4e19dc1c9725 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ import { searchForWorkspaceRoot } from './searchRoot'
 import { CLIENT_DIR } from '../constants'
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks'
 
+export { searchForWorkspaceRoot } from './searchRoot'
+
 export interface ServerOptions {
   host?: string | boolean
   port?: number