diff --git a/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md b/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
index 632618f3e27f..bce60e18850d 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/angular/build/index.api.md
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export type UnitTestBuilderOptions = {
     runner?: Runner;
     setupFiles?: string[];
     tsConfig?: string;
+    ui?: boolean;
     watch?: boolean;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/options.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/options.ts
index 95e4afb5305c..47db08e52d17 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/options.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
   const buildTargetSpecifier = options.buildTarget ?? `::development`;
   const buildTarget = targetFromTargetString(buildTargetSpecifier, projectName, 'build');
 
-  const { runner, browsers, progress, filter, browserViewport } = options;
+  const { runner, browsers, progress, filter, browserViewport, ui } = options;
+
+  if (ui && runner !== 'vitest') {
+    throw new Error('The "ui" option is only available for the "vitest" runner.');
+  }
+
   const [width, height] = browserViewport?.split('x').map(Number) ?? [];
 
   let tsConfig = options.tsConfig;
@@ -71,6 +76,14 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     }
   }
 
+  let watch = options.watch ?? isTTY();
+  if (options.ui && options.watch === false) {
+    context.logger.warn(
+      `The '--ui' option requires watch mode. The '--no-watch' flag will be ignored.`,
+    );
+    watch = true;
+  }
+
   return {
     // Project/workspace information
     workspaceRoot,
@@ -105,8 +118,9 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
     outputFile: options.outputFile,
     browsers,
     browserViewport: width && height ? { width, height } : undefined,
-    watch: options.watch ?? isTTY(),
+    watch,
     debug: options.debug ?? false,
+    ui: options.ui ?? false,
     providersFile: options.providersFile && path.join(workspaceRoot, options.providersFile),
     setupFiles: options.setupFiles
       ? options.setupFiles.map((setupFile) => path.join(workspaceRoot, setupFile))
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/executor.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/executor.ts
index e665c54290df..520e8c461201 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/executor.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/executor.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export class VitestExecutor implements TestExecutor {
       debug,
       watch,
       browserViewport,
+      ui,
     } = this.options;
     let vitestNodeModule;
     try {
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ export class VitestExecutor implements TestExecutor {
         reporters: reporters ?? ['default'],
         outputFile,
         watch,
+        ui,
         coverage: await generateCoverageOption(coverage, this.projectName),
         ...debugOptions,
       },
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/schema.json b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/schema.json
index d3ae766d05b6..7ab96760a20a 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/schema.json
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
       "description": "Enables debugging mode for tests, allowing the use of the Node Inspector.",
       "default": false
     },
+    "ui": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Enables the Vitest UI for interactive test execution. This option is only available for the Vitest runner.",
+      "default": false
+    },
     "coverage": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Enables coverage reporting for tests.",