diff --git a/src/core/moduleConstants.ts b/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
index 7c20875ae..babdae8ce 100644
--- a/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
+++ b/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,13 @@ export const routeBlockQueryRE = /\?vue&type=route/
 export function asVirtualId(id: string) {
   return VIRTUAL_PREFIX + id
 }
+
+// from https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-vue/pull/582/files#diff-6e789a0a69ac40966dc0c6cf31b4603231ed60412915af87f0b0b8611765efa1R1
+export function exactRegex(input: string): RegExp {
+  return new RegExp(`^${escapeRegex(input)}$`)
+}
+
+const escapeRegexRE = /[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g
+function escapeRegex(str: string): string {
+  return str.replace(escapeRegexRE, '\\$&')
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d51df9472..9a00c4d72 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
   routeBlockQueryRE,
   ROUTE_BLOCK_ID,
   ROUTES_LAST_LOAD_TIME,
+  VIRTUAL_PREFIX,
+  exactRegex,
 } from './core/moduleConstants'
 import {
   Options,
@@ -50,15 +52,18 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
     mergeAllExtensions(options)
   )
 
+  const IDS_TO_INCLUDE = options.routesFolder.flatMap((routeOption) =>
+    pageFilePattern.map((pattern) => join(routeOption.src, pattern))
+  )
+  const DEFINE_PAGE_QUERY_RE = /\?.*\bdefinePage\&vue\b/
+
   // this is a larger filter that includes a bit too many files
   // the RouteFolderWatcher will filter it down to the actual files
   const filterPageComponents = createFilter(
     [
-      ...options.routesFolder.flatMap((routeOption) =>
-        pageFilePattern.map((pattern) => join(routeOption.src, pattern))
-      ),
+      ...IDS_TO_INCLUDE,
       // importing the definePage block
-      /\?.*\bdefinePage\&vue\b/,
+      DEFINE_PAGE_QUERY_RE,
     ],
     options.exclude
   )
@@ -68,25 +73,36 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
       name: 'unplugin-vue-router',
       enforce: 'pre',
 
-      resolveId(id) {
-        if (
-          // vue-router/auto-routes
-          id === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH ||
-          // NOTE: it wasn't possible to override or add new exports to vue-router
-          // so we need to override it with a different package name
-          id === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO
-        ) {
-          // virtual module
-          return asVirtualId(id)
-        }
-
-        // this allows us to skip the route block module as a whole since we already parse it
-        if (routeBlockQueryRE.test(id)) {
-          return ROUTE_BLOCK_ID
-        }
-
-        // nothing to do, just for TS
-        return
+      resolveId: {
+        filter: {
+          id: {
+            include: [
+              exactRegex(MODULE_ROUTES_PATH),
+              exactRegex(MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO),
+              routeBlockQueryRE,
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+        handler(id) {
+          if (
+            // vue-router/auto-routes
+            id === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH ||
+            // NOTE: it wasn't possible to override or add new exports to vue-router
+            // so we need to override it with a different package name
+            id === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO
+          ) {
+            // virtual module
+            return asVirtualId(id)
+          }
+
+          // this allows us to skip the route block module as a whole since we already parse it
+          if (routeBlockQueryRE.test(id)) {
+            return ROUTE_BLOCK_ID
+          }
+
+          // nothing to do, just for TS
+          return
+        },
       },
 
       buildStart() {
@@ -103,10 +119,17 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
         return filterPageComponents(id)
       },
 
-      transform(code, id) {
-        // console.log('👋  Transforming', id)
-        // remove the `definePage()` from the file or isolate it
-        return ctx.definePageTransform(code, id)
+      transform: {
+        filter: {
+          id: {
+            include: [...IDS_TO_INCLUDE, DEFINE_PAGE_QUERY_RE],
+          },
+        },
+        handler(code, id) {
+          // console.log('👋  Transforming', id)
+          // remove the `definePage()` from the file or isolate it
+          return ctx.definePageTransform(code, id)
+        },
       },
 
       // loadInclude is necessary for webpack
@@ -119,32 +142,45 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
         )
       },
 
-      load(id) {
-        // remove the <route> block as it's parsed by the plugin
-        // stub it with an empty module
-        if (id === ROUTE_BLOCK_ID) {
-          return {
-            code: `export default {}`,
-            map: null,
+      load: {
+        filter: {
+          id: {
+            include: [
+              exactRegex(ROUTE_BLOCK_ID),
+              exactRegex(MODULE_ROUTES_PATH),
+              exactRegex(MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO),
+              exactRegex(`${VIRTUAL_PREFIX}${MODULE_ROUTES_PATH}`),
+              exactRegex(`${VIRTUAL_PREFIX}${MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO}`),
+            ],
+          },
+        },
+        handler(id) {
+          // remove the <route> block as it's parsed by the plugin
+          // stub it with an empty module
+          if (id === ROUTE_BLOCK_ID) {
+            return {
+              code: `export default {}`,
+              map: null,
+            }
           }
-        }
 
-        // we need to use a virtual module so that vite resolves the vue-router/auto-routes
-        // dependency correctly
-        const resolvedId = getVirtualId(id)
+          // we need to use a virtual module so that vite resolves the vue-router/auto-routes
+          // dependency correctly
+          const resolvedId = getVirtualId(id)
 
-        // vue-router/auto-routes
-        if (resolvedId === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH) {
-          ROUTES_LAST_LOAD_TIME.update()
-          return ctx.generateRoutes()
-        }
+          // vue-router/auto-routes
+          if (resolvedId === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH) {
+            ROUTES_LAST_LOAD_TIME.update()
+            return ctx.generateRoutes()
+          }
 
-        // vue-router/auto
-        if (resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO) {
-          return ctx.generateVueRouterProxy()
-        }
+          // vue-router/auto
+          if (resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO) {
+            return ctx.generateVueRouterProxy()
+          }
 
-        return // ok TS...
+          return // ok TS...
+        },
       },
 
       // improves DX