diff --git a/e2e/vite/src/vite-legacy.test.ts b/e2e/vite/src/vite-legacy.test.ts
index 9711662ab3..25bcfb47c0 100644
--- a/e2e/vite/src/vite-legacy.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/vite/src/vite-legacy.test.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ describe('Vite Plugin', () => {
           const result = runCLI(`test ${myApp}`);
           expect(result).toContain('Successfully ran target test');
         }, 200_000);
+
+        it('should generate a coverage file specified by the executor', async () => {
+          updateJson(`${myApp}/project.json`, (json) => {
+            json.targets.test.options.reportsDirectory = '../coverage/test-dir';
+            return json;
+          });
+
+          const result = runCLI(`test ${myApp} --coverage`);
+
+          checkFilesExist(`coverage/test-dir/index.html`);
+          expect(result).toContain('Coverage report');
+        }, 200_000);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/executors/test/lib/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/executors/test/lib/utils.ts
index 3b36c1f113..9cd94b6547 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/executors/test/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/executors/test/lib/utils.ts
@@ -67,15 +67,22 @@ export async function getOptions(
     options: { watch, ...normalizedExtraArgs },
   } = parseCLI(['vitest', ...getOptionsAsArgv(options)]);
 
+  const { reportsDirectory, coverage, ...restNormalizedArgs } =
+    normalizedExtraArgs as Record<string, any>;
+
   const settings = {
     // Explicitly set watch mode to false if not provided otherwise vitest
     // will enable watch mode by default for non CI environments
     watch: watch ?? false,
-    ...normalizedExtraArgs,
+    ...restNormalizedArgs,
     // This should not be needed as it's going to be set in vite.config.ts
     // but leaving it here in case someone did not migrate correctly
     root: resolved.config.root ?? root,
     config: viteConfigPath,
+    coverage: {
+      ...(coverage ?? {}),
+      ...(reportsDirectory && { reportsDirectory }),
+    },
   };
 
   return mergeConfig(resolved?.config?.['test'] ?? {}, settings);