diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts b/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
index bdb846ab..5d76256f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ export async function transformMain(
     const { code, map } = await transformWithEsbuild(
       resolvedCode,
       filename,
-      { loader: 'ts', sourcemap: options.sourceMap },
+      {
+        loader: 'ts',
+        target: 'esnext',
+        sourcemap: options.sourceMap
+      },
       resolvedMap
     )
     resolvedCode = code
diff --git a/playground/vue/tsconfig.json b/playground/vue/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f90cb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/vue/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    // esbuild transpile should ignore this
+    "target": "ES5"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}