diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/__tests__/resolveVirtualModules.test.ts b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/__tests__/resolveVirtualModules.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00806c984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/__tests__/resolveVirtualModules.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import { mkdtemp, mkdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { resolveVirtualModules } from '../resolveVirtualModules';
+import { fakeResolvedConfig } from '../../../../utils/testing/fake-objects';
+
+const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(
+    tempDirs.splice(0).map((dir) => rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })),
+  );
+});
+
+describe('resolveVirtualModules', () => {
+  it.each([
+    `import definition from 'virtual:user-background-entrypoint';`,
+    `import definition from "virtual:user-background-entrypoint";`,
+  ])(
+    'should escape input paths with apostrophes when encountering: %s',
+    async (template) => {
+      const wxtModuleDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'wxt-test-'));
+      tempDirs.push(wxtModuleDir);
+
+      const filePath = join(
+        wxtModuleDir,
+        'dist/virtual/background-entrypoint.mjs',
+      );
+      await mkdir(join(wxtModuleDir, 'dist/virtual'), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(filePath, template);
+
+      const plugin = resolveVirtualModules(
+        fakeResolvedConfig({ wxtModuleDir }),
+      ).find(
+        (plugin) => plugin.name === 'wxt:resolve-virtual-background-entrypoint',
+      );
+
+      expect(plugin).toBeDefined();
+
+      const inputPath = `/tmp/foo'bar/background.ts`;
+      const code = await plugin!.load!.handler!(
+        '\0virtual:wxt-background-entrypoint?' + inputPath,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).toBe(
+        `import definition from "file:///tmp/foo'bar/background.ts";`,
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each([
+    `import definition from 'virtual:user-background-entrypoint';`,
+    `import definition from "virtual:user-background-entrypoint";`,
+  ])(
+    'should escape input paths with double quotes when encountering: %s',
+    async (template) => {
+      const wxtModuleDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'wxt-test-'));
+      tempDirs.push(wxtModuleDir);
+
+      const filePath = join(
+        wxtModuleDir,
+        'dist/virtual/background-entrypoint.mjs',
+      );
+      await mkdir(join(wxtModuleDir, 'dist/virtual'), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(filePath, template);
+
+      const plugin = resolveVirtualModules(
+        fakeResolvedConfig({ wxtModuleDir }),
+      ).find(
+        (plugin) => plugin.name === 'wxt:resolve-virtual-background-entrypoint',
+      );
+
+      expect(plugin).toBeDefined();
+
+      const inputPath = `/tmp/foo"bar/background.ts`;
+      const code = await plugin!.load!.handler!(
+        '\0virtual:wxt-background-entrypoint?' + inputPath,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).toBe(
+        `import definition from "file:///tmp/foo%22bar/background.ts";`,
+      );
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/resolveVirtualModules.ts b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/resolveVirtualModules.ts
index 12c2b9ce2..d465a7ea6 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/resolveVirtualModules.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/resolveVirtualModules.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
 import { ResolvedConfig } from '../../../../types';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 export function resolveVirtualModules(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin[] {
   return virtualModuleNames.map((name) => {
     const virtualId: `${VirtualModuleId}?` = `virtual:wxt-${name}?`;
+    const userVirtualId = `virtual:user-${name}`;
     const resolvedVirtualId = '\0' + virtualId;
 
     return {
@@ -40,7 +42,16 @@ export function resolveVirtualModules(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin[] {
             resolve(config.wxtModuleDir, `dist/virtual/${name}.mjs`),
             'utf-8',
           );
-          return template.replace(`virtual:user-${name}`, inputPath);
+          const escapedPath = pathToFileURL(inputPath).href;
+          const code = template
+            .replace(`'${userVirtualId}'`, `"${escapedPath}"`)
+            .replace(`"${userVirtualId}"`, `"${escapedPath}"`);
+          if (code === template) {
+            throw Error(
+              `Failed to resolve virtual module "${name}": expected template import "${userVirtualId}"`,
+            );
+          }
+          return code;
         },
       },
     };