diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index.test.ts b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60a24d39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@rstest/core';
+
+describe('Index', () => {
+  it('should add two numbers correctly', () => {
+    expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index1.test.ts b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index1.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fca44ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/index1.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@rstest/core';
+
+describe('Index1', () => {
+  it('should add two numbers correctly', () => {
+    expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/rstest.config.ts b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/rstest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11fe56892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/rstest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { defineConfig } from '@rstest/core';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  include: ['<rootDir>/**/*.test.ts'],
+  exclude: ['<rootDir>/tests/index1.test.ts'],
+});
diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index.test.ts b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60a24d39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@rstest/core';
+
+describe('Index', () => {
+  it('should add two numbers correctly', () => {
+    expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index1.test.ts b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index1.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fca44ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/fixtures/tests/index1.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@rstest/core';
+
+describe('Index1', () => {
+  it('should add two numbers correctly', () => {
+    expect(1 + 1).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/rootDir/index.test.ts b/e2e/rootDir/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7b6b7754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/rootDir/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { describe, it } from '@rstest/core';
+import { runRstestCli } from '../scripts/';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+
+describe('test <rootDir>', () => {
+  it('should match files correctly with <rootDir>', async ({
+    onTestFinished,
+  }) => {
+    const { expectExecSuccess, expectLog } = await runRstestCli({
+      command: 'rstest',
+      args: ['run'],
+      onTestFinished,
+      options: {
+        nodeOptions: {
+          cwd: join(__dirname, 'fixtures'),
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await expectExecSuccess();
+
+    expectLog('Test Files 3 passed');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/helper.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/helper.ts
index 9950e05b0..fe6cb13a2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/helper.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { isAbsolute, join, parse, sep } from 'pathe';
+import { isAbsolute, join, normalize, parse, sep } from 'pathe';
 import color from 'picocolors';
 import type { RuntimeConfig, TestResult } from '../types';
 import { TEST_DELIMITER } from './constants';
 
 export const formatRootStr = (rootStr: string, root: string): string => {
-  return rootStr.replace('<rootDir>', root);
+  return rootStr.replace('<rootDir>', normalize(root));
 };
 
 export function getAbsolutePath(base: string, filepath: string): string {