diff --git a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
index ba29a35b6080..75752e681700 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class IstanbulCoverageProvider implements CoverageProvider {
 
     this.testExclude = new _TestExclude({
       cwd: ctx.config.root,
+      include: typeof this.options.include === 'undefined' ? undefined : [...this.options.include],
       exclude: [...defaultExclude, ...defaultInclude, ...this.options.exclude],
       excludeNodeModules: true,
       extension: configDefaults.coverage.extension,
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts b/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
index d2c14d7e66b7..d1adf01b48d2 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/types/coverage.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ export interface BaseCoverageOptions {
    */
   reporter?: Arrayable<CoverageReporter>
 
+  /**
+   * List of files included in coverage as glob patterns
+   */
+  include?: string[]
+
   /**
    * List of files excluded from coverage as glob patterns
    */
@@ -160,7 +165,6 @@ export interface CoverageC8Options extends BaseCoverageOptions {
    * @default true
    */
   excludeNodeModules?: boolean
-  include?: string[]
 
   all?: boolean
   src?: string[]