diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
index 76faba2173450c..61318a58cf3279 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {
   emptyCssComments,
   generateCodeFrame,
   getHash,
+  getPackageManagerCommand,
   isDataUrl,
   isExternalUrl,
   isObject,
@@ -1694,8 +1695,9 @@ function loadPreprocessor(
     return (loadedPreprocessors[lang] = _require(resolved))
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
+      const installCommand = getPackageManagerCommand('install')
       throw new Error(
-        `Preprocessor dependency "${lang}" not found. Did you install it?`,
+        `Preprocessor dependency "${lang}" not found. Did you install it? Try \`${installCommand} -D ${lang}\`.`,
       )
     } else {
       const message = new Error(
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 9ddc8c3a1f7791..82e83d9a95989b 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -1257,3 +1257,25 @@ const escapeRegexRE = /[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g
 export function escapeRegex(str: string): string {
   return str.replace(escapeRegexRE, '\\$&')
 }
+
+type CommandType = 'install' | 'uninstall' | 'update'
+export function getPackageManagerCommand(
+  type: CommandType = 'install',
+): string {
+  const packageManager =
+    process.env.npm_config_user_agent?.split(' ')[0].split('/')[0] || 'npm'
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'install':
+      return packageManager === 'npm' ? 'npm install' : `${packageManager} add`
+    case 'uninstall':
+      return packageManager === 'npm'
+        ? 'npm uninstall'
+        : `${packageManager} remove`
+    case 'update':
+      return packageManager === 'yarn'
+        ? 'yarn upgrade'
+        : `${packageManager} update`
+    default:
+      throw new TypeError(`Unknown command type: ${type}`)
+  }
+}