diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-meals-complain.md b/.changeset/heavy-meals-complain.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2314150ffc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/heavy-meals-complain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/image': minor
+---
+
+Allow images from outside srcDir
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/package.json b/packages/integrations/image/package.json
index 521dcc4c50f9..1c82a2beb93f 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/package.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/package.json
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@
     "image-size": "^1.0.2",
     "kleur": "^4.1.5",
     "magic-string": "^0.27.0",
-    "mime": "^3.0.0",
-    "slash": "^4.0.0"
+    "mime": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/http-cache-semantics": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
index 04f2303414d7..410d9bbd78cd 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import type { AstroConfig } from 'astro';
 import MagicString from 'magic-string';
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
-import path, { basename, extname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { basename, extname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
-import slash from 'slash';
 import type { Plugin, ResolvedConfig } from 'vite';
 import type { IntegrationOptions } from './index.js';
 import type { InputFormat } from './loaders/index.js';
@@ -65,12 +64,7 @@ export function createPlugin(config: AstroConfig, options: Required<IntegrationO
 
 				meta.src = `__ASTRO_IMAGE_ASSET__${handle}__`;
 			} else {
-				const relId = path.relative(fileURLToPath(config.srcDir), id);
-
-				meta.src = join('/@astroimage', relId);
-
-				// Windows compat
-				meta.src = slash(meta.src);
+				meta.src = '/@astroimage' + url.pathname;
 			}
 
 			return `export default ${JSON.stringify(meta)}`;
@@ -78,9 +72,9 @@ export function createPlugin(config: AstroConfig, options: Required<IntegrationO
 		configureServer(server) {
 			server.middlewares.use(async (req, res, next) => {
 				if (req.url?.startsWith('/@astroimage/')) {
-					const [, id] = req.url.split('/@astroimage/');
+					// Reconstructing URL to get rid of query parameters in path
+					const url = new URL(req.url.slice('/@astroimage'.length), 'file:');
 
-					const url = new URL(id, config.srcDir);
 					const file = await fs.readFile(url);
 
 					const meta = await metadata(url);
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/social.png b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/social.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1399856f1f31
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/social.png differ
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
index 4a808e0acd70..ba492576cf96 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-image/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import socialJpg from '../assets/social.jpg';
 import introJpg from '../assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg';
+import outsideSrc from '../../social.png';
 import { Image } from '@astrojs/image/components';
 const publicImage = new URL('./hero.jpg', Astro.url);
 ---
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ const publicImage = new URL('./hero.jpg', Astro.url);
 		<br />
 		<Image id="no-transforms" src={socialJpg} alt="no-transforms" />
 		<br />
+		<Image id="outside-src" src={outsideSrc} alt="outside-src" />
+		<br />
 		<Image id="google" src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" width={544} height={184} format="webp" alt="Google" />
 		<br />
 		<Image id="inline" src={import('../assets/social.jpg')} width={506} alt="inline" />
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/social.png b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/social.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1399856f1f31
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/social.png differ
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/src/pages/index.astro
index 086cea3880d5..39e997ba8dbb 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/fixtures/basic-picture/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import socialJpg from '../assets/social.jpg';
 import introJpg from '../assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg';
+import outsideSrc from '../../social.png';
 import { Picture } from '@astrojs/image/components';
 const publicImage = new URL('./hero.jpg', Astro.url);
 ---
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ const publicImage = new URL('./hero.jpg', Astro.url);
 		<br />
 		<Picture id="spaces" src={introJpg} sizes="100vw" widths={[384, 768]} aspectRatio={768/414} alt="spaces" />
 		<br />
+		<Picture id="outside-src" src={outsideSrc} sizes="100vw" widths={[384, 768]} aspectRatio={768/414} alt="outside-src" />
+		<br />
 		<Picture id="social-jpg" src={socialJpg} sizes="(min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" widths={[253, 506]} alt="Social image" />
 		<br />
 		<Picture id="google" src="https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" sizes="(min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" widths={[272, 544]} aspectRatio={544/184} alt="Google logo" formats={["avif", "webp", "png"]} />
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssg.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssg.test.js
index ce91c00ea411..d342db05dc6f 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssg.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssg.test.js
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import sizeOf from 'image-size';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const toAstroImage = (relpath) => '/@astroimage' + pathToFileURL(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/basic-image', relpath)).pathname;
+
 describe('SSG images - dev', function () {
 	let fixture;
 	let devServer;
@@ -25,25 +29,32 @@ describe('SSG images - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Local image no transforms',
 			id: '#no-transforms',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: {},
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'webp', w: '768', h: '414' },
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '2024', h: '1012' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 		},
 		{
@@ -123,19 +134,32 @@ describe('SSG images with subpath - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'Local image no transforms',
+			id: '#no-transforms',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
+			query: {},
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'webp', w: '768', h: '414' },
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '2024', h: '1012' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 		},
 		{
@@ -210,8 +234,7 @@ describe('SSG images - build', function () {
 	});
 
 	function verifyImage(pathname, expected) {
-		const url = new URL('./fixtures/basic-image/dist/' + pathname, import.meta.url);
-		const dist = fileURLToPath(url);
+		const dist = join(fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url)), 'fixtures/basic-image/dist', pathname);
 		const result = sizeOf(dist);
 		expect(result).to.deep.equal(expected);
 	}
@@ -229,6 +252,12 @@ describe('SSG images - build', function () {
 			regex: /^\/_astro\/introducing astro.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.webp/,
 			size: { width: 768, height: 414, type: 'webp' },
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			regex: /^\/_astro\/social.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.png/,
+			size: { type: 'png', width: 2024, height: 1012 },
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
@@ -311,6 +340,12 @@ describe('SSG images with subpath - build', function () {
 			regex: /^\/docs\/_astro\/introducing astro.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.webp/,
 			size: { width: 768, height: 414, type: 'webp' },
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			regex: /^\/docs\/_astro\/social.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.png/,
+			size: { type: 'png', width: 2024, height: 1012 },
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssr-dev.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssr-dev.test.js
index e6883ce036e5..7f0e0229ef8c 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssr-dev.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/image-ssr-dev.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 import testAdapter from '../../../astro/test/test-adapter.js';
 
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const toAstroImage = (relpath) => '/@astroimage' + pathToFileURL(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/basic-image', relpath)).pathname;
+
 describe('SSR images - dev', function () {
 	let fixture;
 	let devServer;
@@ -28,28 +33,35 @@ describe('SSR images - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Local image no transforms',
 			id: '#no-transforms',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: {},
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'webp', w: '768', h: '414' },
 			contentType: 'image/webp',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '2024', h: '1012' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 		},
@@ -150,21 +162,28 @@ describe('SSR images with subpath - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'webp', w: '768', h: '414' },
 			contentType: 'image/webp',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '2024', h: '1012' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 		},
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssg.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssg.test.js
index e5da7ba1aa27..be6d05506f18 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssg.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssg.test.js
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import sizeOf from 'image-size';
 import path from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const toAstroImage = (relpath) => '/@astroimage' + pathToFileURL(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/basic-picture', relpath)).pathname;
+
 describe('SSG pictures - dev', function () {
 	let fixture;
 	let devServer;
@@ -26,21 +30,28 @@ describe('SSG pictures - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			alt: 'Social image',
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '768', h: '414' },
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '768', h: '414' },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			alt: 'Inline social image',
 		},
@@ -120,21 +131,28 @@ describe('SSG pictures with subpath - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			alt: 'Social image',
 		},
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '768', h: '414' },
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '768', h: '414' },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			alt: 'Inline social image',
 		},
@@ -222,6 +240,13 @@ describe('SSG pictures - build', function () {
 			size: { width: 768, height: 414, type: 'jpg' },
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			regex: /^\/_astro\/social.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.png/,
+			size: { type: 'png', width: 768, height: 414 },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline images',
 			id: '#inline',
@@ -322,6 +347,13 @@ describe('SSG pictures with subpath - build', function () {
 			size: { width: 506, height: 253, type: 'jpg' },
 			alt: 'Social image',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			regex: /^\/docs\/_astro\/social.\w{8}_\w{4,10}.png/,
+			size: { type: 'png', width: 768, height: 414 },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline images',
 			id: '#inline',
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-build.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-build.test.js
index 8da476166f13..5e760d0b4349 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-build.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-build.test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ describe('SSR pictures - build', function () {
 			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'jpg', href: /^\/_astro\/introducing astro.\w{8}.jpg/ },
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: '/_image',
+			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'png', href: /^\/_astro\/social.\w{8}.png/ },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
@@ -141,6 +148,13 @@ describe('SSR pictures with subpath - build', function () {
 			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'jpg', href: /^\/docs\/_astro\/introducing astro.\w{8}.jpg/ },
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: '/_image',
+			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'png', href: /^\/docs\/_astro\/social.\w{8}.png/ },
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-dev.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-dev.test.js
index 7ddae9424a55..e3e1d60b04fb 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-dev.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/picture-ssr-dev.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 import testAdapter from '../../../astro/test/test-adapter.js';
 
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const toAstroImage = (relpath) => '/@astroimage' + pathToFileURL(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/basic-picture', relpath)).pathname;
+
 describe('SSR pictures - dev', function () {
 	let fixture;
 	let devServer;
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ describe('SSR pictures - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'Social image',
@@ -36,15 +41,23 @@ describe('SSR pictures - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'jpg' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '768', h: '414' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'Inline social image',
@@ -157,7 +170,7 @@ describe('SSR pictures with subpath - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'Social image',
@@ -165,15 +178,23 @@ describe('SSR pictures with subpath - dev', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Filename with spaces',
 			id: '#spaces',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/blog/introducing astro.jpg'),
 			query: { w: '768', h: '414', f: 'jpg' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'spaces',
 		},
+		{
+			title: 'File outside src',
+			id: '#outside-src',
+			url: toAstroImage('social.png'),
+			query: { f: 'png', w: '768', h: '414' },
+			contentType: 'image/png',
+			alt: 'outside-src',
+		},
 		{
 			title: 'Inline imports',
 			id: '#inline',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 			contentType: 'image/jpeg',
 			alt: 'Inline social image',
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/test/squoosh-service.test.js b/packages/integrations/image/test/squoosh-service.test.js
index a067dd117ce7..2e7c6d10920d 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/test/squoosh-service.test.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/test/squoosh-service.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
 
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const toAstroImage = (relpath) => '/@astroimage' + pathToFileURL(join(__dirname, 'fixtures/squoosh-service', relpath)).pathname;
+
 describe('Squoosh service', function () {
 	let fixture;
 	let devServer;
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Squoosh service', function () {
 		{
 			title: 'Local images',
 			id: '#social-jpg',
-			url: '/@astroimage/assets/social.jpg',
+			url: toAstroImage('src/assets/social.jpg'),
 			query: { f: 'jpg', w: '506', h: '253' },
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2d39f3f79bd1..c800e4641627 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2706,7 +2706,6 @@ importers:
       mocha: ^9.2.2
       rollup-plugin-copy: ^3.4.0
       sharp: ^0.31.0
-      slash: ^4.0.0
       vite: ^4.0.3
     dependencies:
       '@altano/tiny-async-pool': 1.0.2
@@ -2715,7 +2714,6 @@ importers:
       kleur: 4.1.5
       magic-string: 0.27.0
       mime: 3.0.0
-      slash: 4.0.0
     devDependencies:
       '@types/http-cache-semantics': 4.0.1
       '@types/mime': 2.0.3