diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index c5f888c90c6a..45fe17789f58 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ List of files included in coverage as glob patterns
   'cypress/**',
   'test?(s)/**',
   'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
-  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}.?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
+  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/__tests__/**',
   '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*',
   '**/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)',
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
index ae678886bf75..a07b50cd3d6f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const defaultCoverageExcludes = [
   'cypress/**',
   'test?(s)/**',
   'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
-  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}.?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
+  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/__tests__/**',
   '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*',
   '**/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)',
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts b/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
index beddea8f79c8..1f84a86bb96e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export interface BaseCoverageOptions {
   /**
    * List of files excluded from coverage as glob patterns
    *
-   * @default ['coverage/**', 'dist/**', '**\/[.]**', 'packages/*\/test?(s)/**', '**\/*.d.ts', '**\/virtual:*', '**\/__x00__*', '**\/\x00*', 'cypress/**', 'test?(s)/**', 'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)', '**\/*{.,-}{test,spec}.?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)', '**\/__tests__/**', '**\/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*', '**\/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)', '**\/.{eslint,mocha,prettier}rc.{?(c|m)js,yml}']
+   * @default ['coverage/**', 'dist/**', '**\/[.]**', 'packages/*\/test?(s)/**', '**\/*.d.ts', '**\/virtual:*', '**\/__x00__*', '**\/\x00*', 'cypress/**', 'test?(s)/**', 'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)', '**\/*{.,-}{test,spec}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)', '**\/__tests__/**', '**\/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*', '**\/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)', '**\/.{eslint,mocha,prettier}rc.{?(c|m)js,yml}']
    */
   exclude?: string[]
 
diff --git a/test/coverage-test/src/should-be-excluded-from-report.test-d.ts b/test/coverage-test/src/should-be-excluded-from-report.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64bda3a2b8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/coverage-test/src/should-be-excluded-from-report.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// This file should be excluded from coverage report
+
+export function uncoveredFile() {
+  return 0
+}