diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index 1a88fce65969..4732871830b5 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ export class Vitest {
 
       const matchingProjects: WorkspaceProject[] = []
       await Promise.all(this.projects.map(async (project) => {
-        if (await project.isTargetFile(id))
+        if (await project.isTargetFile(id)) {
           matchingProjects.push(project)
+          project.testFilesList?.push(id)
+        }
       }))
 
       if (matchingProjects.length > 0) {