diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/chai.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/chai.ts
index 4f86d0b0668f..6ee0b0e62d6e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/chai.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/chai.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ export const SnapshotPlugin: ChaiPlugin = (chai, utils) => {
       const promise = utils.flag(this, 'promise') as string | undefined
       const errorMessage = utils.flag(this, 'message')
 
+      if (inlineSnapshot)
+        inlineSnapshot = stripSnapshotIndentation(inlineSnapshot)
+
       getSnapshotClient().assert({
         received: getError(expected, promise),
         message,
diff --git a/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts b/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
index 657e7a243940..fa91f4f74873 100644
--- a/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ test('throwing inline snapshots', async () => {
     newlines"
   `)
 
+  expect(() => {
+    throw new Error(['Inline', 'snapshot', 'with', 'newlines'].join('\n'))
+  }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    [Error: Inline
+    snapshot
+    with
+    newlines]
+  `)
+
+  expect(new Error(['Inline', 'snapshot', 'with', 'newlines'].join('\n'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [Error: Inline
+    snapshot
+    with
+    newlines]
+  `)
+
   await expect(async () => {
     throw new Error('omega')
   }).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`[Error: omega]`)