diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
index f7a3c05fff39..d2ff520cf620 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ export async function setupServer(
           const relativeFile = normalizePath(path.relative(virtualProjectRoot, file));
           const codeContents = outputFiles.get(relativeFile)?.contents;
           if (codeContents === undefined) {
+            if (relativeFile.endsWith('/node_modules/vite/dist/client/client.mjs')) {
+              return loadViteClientCode(file);
+            }
+
             return;
           }
 
@@ -683,6 +687,28 @@ export async function setupServer(
   return configuration;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Reads the resolved Vite client code from disk and updates the content to remove
+ * an unactionable suggestion to update the Vite configuration file to disable the
+ * error overlay. The Vite configuration file is not present when used in the Angular
+ * CLI.
+ * @param file The absolute path to the Vite client code.
+ * @returns
+ */
+async function loadViteClientCode(file: string) {
+  const originalContents = await readFile(file, 'utf-8');
+  let contents = originalContents.replace('You can also disable this overlay by setting', '');
+  contents = contents.replace(
+    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+    '<code part="config-option-name">server.hmr.overlay</code> to <code part="config-option-value">false</code> in <code part="config-file-name">vite.config.js.</code>',
+    '',
+  );
+
+  assert(originalContents !== contents, 'Failed to update Vite client error overlay text.');
+
+  return contents;
+}
+
 function pathnameWithoutServePath(url: string, serverOptions: NormalizedDevServerOptions): string {
   const parsedUrl = new URL(url, 'http://localhost');
   let pathname = decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.pathname);