diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/plugins/globalSetup.ts b/packages/vitest/src/plugins/globalSetup.ts
index c91c66aa8274..9f9a9ca305ef 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/plugins/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/plugins/globalSetup.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ export const GlobalSetupPlugin = (): Plugin => {
     },
 
     async buildStart() {
+      if (!server.config.test?.globalSetup)
+        return
+
       globalSetupFiles = await loadGlobalSetupFiles(server)
       for (const globalSetupFile of globalSetupFiles) {
         const teardown = await globalSetupFile.setup?.()
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/types/config.ts b/packages/vitest/src/types/config.ts
index ff3c0bc138fd..2b89c601ae22 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/types/config.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ export interface InlineConfig {
    * Path to global setup files
    */
   globalSetup?: string | string[]
+
   /**
    * Pattern of file paths to be ignore from triggering watch rerun
    *
diff --git a/test/global-setup/package.json b/test/global-setup/package.json
index be4b3091fe9b..397c4d324e1c 100644
--- a/test/global-setup/package.json
+++ b/test/global-setup/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "@vitest/test-globalSetup",
+  "name": "@vitest/test-global-setup",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {