diff --git a/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.spec.ts b/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.spec.ts
index 924cff4f996..2c2455575c7 100644
--- a/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.spec.ts
@@ -9,16 +9,20 @@ describe('transformPointerImports()', () => {
   it('basics', () => {
     expect(t('bla')).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`null`)
     expect(t("import { something } from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      `"const something = '​import:./bla.js:something';"`,
+      `"const something = '​import:./bla.js:something';
+"`,
     )
-    expect(t("import def from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const def = '​import:./bla.js:default';"`)
+    expect(t("import def from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const def = '​import:./bla.js:default';
+"`)
   })
   it('removes unused imports', () => {
     expect(t("import './style.css'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`""`)
     expect(t("import './script.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`""`)
   })
   it('import as', () => {
-    expect(t("import { bla as blu } from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const blu = '​import:./bla.js:bla';"`)
-    expect(t("import * as blo from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const blo = '​import:./bla.js:*';"`)
+    expect(t("import { bla as blu } from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const blu = '​import:./bla.js:bla';
+"`)
+    expect(t("import * as blo from './bla.js'")).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"const blo = '​import:./bla.js:*';
+"`)
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.ts b/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.ts
index 26ac1597fc6..d40f07a883d 100644
--- a/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.ts
+++ b/packages/vike/src/node/vite/shared/resolveVikeConfigInternal/pointerImports.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ function transformPointerImports(
   skipWarnings?: true,
 ): string | null {
   const spliceOperations: SpliceOperation[] = []
+  // Collect all const declarations to prepend at the top, so that they are
+  // available before any code runs (import declarations are hoisted but const
+  // is not, so we must place them at the top to avoid TDZ errors).
+  const constDeclarations: string[] = []
 
   // Performance trick
   if (!code.includes('import')) return null
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ function transformPointerImports(
       }
     }
 
-    let replacement = ''
+    let constDeclaration = ''
     node.specifiers.forEach((specifier) => {
       assert(
         specifier.type === 'ImportSpecifier' ||
@@ -111,18 +115,22 @@ function transformPointerImports(
         return importLocalName
       })()
       const importString = serializePointerImportData({ importPath, exportName, importStringWasGenerated: true })
-      replacement += `const ${importLocalName} = '${importString}';`
+      constDeclaration += `const ${importLocalName} = '${importString}';`
     })
 
+    if (constDeclaration) constDeclarations.push(constDeclaration)
+    // Replace the import with blank lines to preserve source map line numbers.
     spliceOperations.push({
       start,
       end,
-      replacement,
+      replacement: '\n'.repeat(importStatementCode.split('\n').length - 1),
     })
   })
 
-  const codeMod = spliceMany(code, spliceOperations)
-  return codeMod
+  if (constDeclarations.length === 0 && spliceOperations.length === 0) return null
+  const codeWithImportsRemoved = spliceMany(code, spliceOperations)
+  if (constDeclarations.length === 0) return codeWithImportsRemoved
+  return constDeclarations.join('') + '\n' + codeWithImportsRemoved
 }
 function getImports(code: string): ImportDeclaration[] {
   const result = parseSync(code, {