diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
index 7a4acb7a00d1..0977257ad782 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import type { DevServerBuilderOutput } from './output';
 interface OutputFileRecord {
   contents: Uint8Array;
   size: number;
-  hash?: string;
+  hash: string;
   updated: boolean;
   servable: boolean;
   type: BuildOutputFileType;
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ function analyzeResultFiles(
         contents: file.contents,
         servable,
         size: file.contents.byteLength,
+        hash: file.hash,
         type: file.type,
         updated: false,
       });
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/middlewares/assets-middleware.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/middlewares/assets-middleware.ts
index a2633c21af27..0fd95baeea30 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/middlewares/assets-middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/middlewares/assets-middleware.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ export function createAngularAssetsMiddleware(
           // Inject component ID for view encapsulation if requested
           const componentId = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost').searchParams.get('ngcomp');
           if (componentId !== null) {
+            const etag = `W/"${outputFile.contents.byteLength}-${outputFile.hash}-${componentId}"`;
+            if (req.headers['if-none-match'] === etag) {
+              res.statusCode = 304;
+              res.end();
+
+              return;
+            }
             // Record the component style usage for HMR updates
             const usedIds = usedComponentStyles.get(pathname);
             if (usedIds === undefined) {
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ export function createAngularAssetsMiddleware(
 
                     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/css');
                     res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache');
+                    res.setHeader('ETag', etag);
                     res.end(encapsulatedData);
                   })
                   .catch((e) => next(e));
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
index 4e922ee1d458..ae2cd59ec693 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 import { lookup as lookupMimeType } from 'mrmime';
 import { extname } from 'node:path';
 
-export type AngularMemoryOutputFiles = Map<string, { contents: Uint8Array; servable: boolean }>;
+export type AngularMemoryOutputFiles = Map<
+  string,
+  { contents: Uint8Array; hash: string; servable: boolean }
+>;
 
 export function pathnameWithoutBasePath(url: string, basePath: string): string {
   const parsedUrl = new URL(url, 'http://localhost');