diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 2e18cc8b30ba10..21fe544497262a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export interface LegacyOptions {
 
 export interface ResolvedWorkerOptions {
   format: 'es' | 'iife'
-  plugins: () => Promise<Plugin[]>
+  plugins: (bundleChain: string[]) => Promise<Plugin[]>
   rollupOptions: RollupOptions
 }
 
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ export type ResolvedConfig = Readonly<
     // in nested worker bundle to find the main config
     /** @internal */
     mainConfig: ResolvedConfig | null
+    /** @internal list of bundle entry id. used to detect recursive worker bundle. */
+    bundleChain: string[]
     isProduction: boolean
     envDir: string
     env: Record<string, any>
@@ -689,7 +691,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     )
   }
 
-  const createWorkerPlugins = async function () {
+  const createWorkerPlugins = async function (bundleChain: string[]) {
     // Some plugins that aren't intended to work in the bundling of workers (doing post-processing at build time for example).
     // And Plugins may also have cached that could be corrupted by being used in these extra rollup calls.
     // So we need to separate the worker plugin from the plugin that vite needs to run.
@@ -719,6 +721,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
       ...resolved,
       isWorker: true,
       mainConfig: resolved,
+      bundleChain,
     }
     const resolvedWorkerPlugins = await resolvePlugins(
       workerResolved,
@@ -760,6 +763,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     ssr,
     isWorker: false,
     mainConfig: null,
+    bundleChain: [],
     isProduction,
     plugins: userPlugins,
     css: resolveCSSOptions(config.css),
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
index 89df47a69defd3..22201fa8816cf8 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { ResolvedConfig } from '../config'
 import type { Plugin } from '../plugin'
 import type { ViteDevServer } from '../server'
 import { ENV_ENTRY, ENV_PUBLIC_PATH } from '../constants'
-import { getHash, injectQuery, urlRE } from '../utils'
+import { getHash, injectQuery, prettifyUrl, urlRE } from '../utils'
 import {
   createToImportMetaURLBasedRelativeRuntime,
   onRollupWarning,
@@ -50,13 +50,22 @@ async function bundleWorkerEntry(
   config: ResolvedConfig,
   id: string,
 ): Promise<OutputChunk> {
+  const input = cleanUrl(id)
+  const newBundleChain = [...config.bundleChain, input]
+  if (config.bundleChain.includes(input)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Circular worker imports detected. Vite does not support it. ' +
+        `Import chain: ${newBundleChain.map((id) => prettifyUrl(id, config.root)).join(' -> ')}`,
+    )
+  }
+
   // bundle the file as entry to support imports
   const { rollup } = await import('rollup')
   const { plugins, rollupOptions, format } = config.worker
   const bundle = await rollup({
     ...rollupOptions,
-    input: cleanUrl(id),
-    plugins: await plugins(),
+    input,
+    plugins: await plugins(newBundleChain),
     onwarn(warning, warn) {
       onRollupWarning(warning, warn, config)
     },
@@ -262,8 +271,6 @@ export function webWorkerPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
       const workerMatch = workerOrSharedWorkerRE.exec(id)
       if (!workerMatch) return
 
-      // stringified url or `new URL(...)`
-      let url: string
       const { format } = config.worker
       const workerConstructor =
         workerMatch[1] === 'sharedworker' ? 'SharedWorker' : 'Worker'
@@ -277,8 +284,11 @@ export function webWorkerPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
         name: options?.name
       }`
 
+      let urlCode: string
       if (isBuild) {
-        if (inlineRE.test(id)) {
+        if (isWorker && this.getModuleInfo(cleanUrl(id))?.isEntry) {
+          urlCode = 'self.location.href'
+        } else if (inlineRE.test(id)) {
           const chunk = await bundleWorkerEntry(config, id)
           const encodedJs = `const encodedJs = "${Buffer.from(
             chunk.code,
@@ -335,16 +345,17 @@ export function webWorkerPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
             map: { mappings: '' },
           }
         } else {
-          url = await workerFileToUrl(config, id)
+          urlCode = JSON.stringify(await workerFileToUrl(config, id))
         }
       } else {
-        url = await fileToUrl(cleanUrl(id), config, this)
+        let url = await fileToUrl(cleanUrl(id), config, this)
         url = injectQuery(url, `${WORKER_FILE_ID}&type=${workerType}`)
+        urlCode = JSON.stringify(url)
       }
 
       if (urlRE.test(id)) {
         return {
-          code: `export default ${JSON.stringify(url)}`,
+          code: `export default ${urlCode}`,
           map: { mappings: '' }, // Empty sourcemap to suppress Rollup warning
         }
       }
@@ -352,7 +363,7 @@ export function webWorkerPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
       return {
         code: `export default function WorkerWrapper(options) {
           return new ${workerConstructor}(
-            ${JSON.stringify(url)},
+            ${urlCode},
             ${workerTypeOption}
           );
         }`,
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/workerImportMetaUrl.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/workerImportMetaUrl.ts
index 4460c71cf3e836..0a7b34d4ff3dc8 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/workerImportMetaUrl.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/workerImportMetaUrl.ts
@@ -165,22 +165,30 @@ export function workerImportMetaUrlPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
                 : slash(path.resolve(path.dirname(id), url))
           }
 
-          let builtUrl: string
-          if (isBuild) {
-            builtUrl = await workerFileToUrl(config, file)
+          if (
+            isBuild &&
+            config.isWorker &&
+            this.getModuleInfo(cleanUrl(file))?.isEntry
+          ) {
+            s.update(expStart, expEnd, 'self.location.href')
           } else {
-            builtUrl = await fileToUrl(cleanUrl(file), config, this)
-            builtUrl = injectQuery(
-              builtUrl,
-              `${WORKER_FILE_ID}&type=${workerType}`,
+            let builtUrl: string
+            if (isBuild) {
+              builtUrl = await workerFileToUrl(config, file)
+            } else {
+              builtUrl = await fileToUrl(cleanUrl(file), config, this)
+              builtUrl = injectQuery(
+                builtUrl,
+                `${WORKER_FILE_ID}&type=${workerType}`,
+              )
+            }
+            s.update(
+              expStart,
+              expEnd,
+              // add `'' +` to skip vite:asset-import-meta-url plugin
+              `new URL('' + ${JSON.stringify(builtUrl)}, import.meta.url)`,
             )
           }
-          s.update(
-            expStart,
-            expEnd,
-            // add `'' +` to skip vite:asset-import-meta-url plugin
-            `new URL('' + ${JSON.stringify(builtUrl)}, import.meta.url)`,
-          )
         }
 
         if (s) {
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/es/worker-es.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/es/worker-es.spec.ts
index 48462ad8bc8077..748cd2b0592bb2 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/es/worker-es.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/es/worker-es.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { isBuild, page, testDir, untilUpdated } from '~utils'
+import { expectWithRetry, isBuild, page, testDir, untilUpdated } from '~utils'
 
 test('normal', async () => {
   await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.pong'), 'pong', true)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe.runIf(isBuild)('build', () => {
   test('inlined code generation', async () => {
     const assetsDir = path.resolve(testDir, 'dist/es/assets')
     const files = fs.readdirSync(assetsDir)
-    expect(files.length).toBe(32)
+    expect(files.length).toBe(34)
     const index = files.find((f) => f.includes('main-module'))
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(assetsDir, index), 'utf-8')
     const worker = files.find((f) => f.includes('my-worker'))
@@ -228,3 +228,15 @@ test('import.meta.glob with eager in worker', async () => {
     true,
   )
 })
+
+test('self reference worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
+
+test('self reference url worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-url-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/iife/worker-iife.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/iife/worker-iife.spec.ts
index 3434fe756194da..77547e8426fbd1 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/iife/worker-iife.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/iife/worker-iife.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
 import {
+  expectWithRetry,
   isBuild,
   isServe,
   page,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ describe.runIf(isBuild)('build', () => {
   test('inlined code generation', async () => {
     const assetsDir = path.resolve(testDir, 'dist/iife/assets')
     const files = fs.readdirSync(assetsDir)
-    expect(files.length).toBe(20)
+    expect(files.length).toBe(22)
     const index = files.find((f) => f.includes('main-module'))
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(assetsDir, index), 'utf-8')
     const worker = files.find((f) => f.includes('worker_entry-my-worker'))
@@ -160,6 +161,18 @@ test('import.meta.glob eager in worker', async () => {
   )
 })
 
+test('self reference worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
+
+test('self reference url worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-url-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
+
 test.runIf(isServe)('sourcemap boundary', async () => {
   const response = page.waitForResponse(/my-worker.ts\?worker_file&type=module/)
   await page.goto(viteTestUrl)
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/relative-base/worker-relative-base.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/relative-base/worker-relative-base.spec.ts
index e05bf8aed72a0b..ae791ff7f36fe4 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/relative-base/worker-relative-base.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/relative-base/worker-relative-base.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { isBuild, page, testDir, untilUpdated } from '~utils'
+import { expectWithRetry, isBuild, page, testDir, untilUpdated } from '~utils'
 
 test('normal', async () => {
   await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.pong'), 'pong', true)
@@ -161,3 +161,15 @@ test('import.meta.glob with eager in worker', async () => {
     true,
   )
 })
+
+test('self reference worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
+
+test('self reference url worker', async () => {
+  expectWithRetry(() => page.textContent('.self-reference-url-worker')).toBe(
+    'pong: main\npong: nested\n',
+  )
+})
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-hidden/worker-sourcemap-hidden.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-hidden/worker-sourcemap-hidden.spec.ts
index 157d9f7d47b26a..f5034cbe6c0d05 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-hidden/worker-sourcemap-hidden.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-hidden/worker-sourcemap-hidden.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe.runIf(isBuild)('build', () => {
 
     const files = fs.readdirSync(assetsDir)
     // should have 2 worker chunk
-    expect(files.length).toBe(40)
+    expect(files.length).toBe(44)
     const index = files.find((f) => f.includes('main-module'))
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(assetsDir, index), 'utf-8')
     const indexSourcemap = getSourceMapUrl(content)
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-inline/worker-sourcemap-inline.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-inline/worker-sourcemap-inline.spec.ts
index 9a10908abdc1ec..3e7392b82d8a7b 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-inline/worker-sourcemap-inline.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap-inline/worker-sourcemap-inline.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe.runIf(isBuild)('build', () => {
 
     const files = fs.readdirSync(assetsDir)
     // should have 2 worker chunk
-    expect(files.length).toBe(20)
+    expect(files.length).toBe(22)
     const index = files.find((f) => f.includes('main-module'))
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(assetsDir, index), 'utf-8')
     const indexSourcemap = getSourceMapUrl(content)
diff --git a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap/worker-sourcemap.spec.ts b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap/worker-sourcemap.spec.ts
index 0dd723413e5a4c..e3e98c036852af 100644
--- a/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap/worker-sourcemap.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/worker/__tests__/sourcemap/worker-sourcemap.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe.runIf(isBuild)('build', () => {
     const assetsDir = path.resolve(testDir, 'dist/iife-sourcemap/assets')
     const files = fs.readdirSync(assetsDir)
     // should have 2 worker chunk
-    expect(files.length).toBe(40)
+    expect(files.length).toBe(44)
     const index = files.find((f) => f.includes('main-module'))
     const content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(assetsDir, index), 'utf-8')
     const indexSourcemap = getSourceMapUrl(content)
diff --git a/playground/worker/index.html b/playground/worker/index.html
index 3080bc7bfb5a1a..c1944046af6998 100644
--- a/playground/worker/index.html
+++ b/playground/worker/index.html
@@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ <h2 class="format-iife">format iife:</h2>
 </p>
 <code class="importMetaGlobEager-worker"></code>
 
+<p>
+  self reference worker
+  <span class="classname">.self-reference-worker</span>
+</p>
+<code class="self-reference-worker"></code>
+
+<p>
+  new Worker(new URL('../self-reference-url-worker.js', import.meta.url))
+  <span class="classname">.self-reference-url-worker</span>
+</p>
+<code class="self-reference-url-worker"></code>
+
 <p>
   new Worker(new URL('../deeply-nested-worker.js', import.meta.url), { type:
   'module' })
diff --git a/playground/worker/self-reference-url-worker.js b/playground/worker/self-reference-url-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..54b23f32169de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/worker/self-reference-url-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+self.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+  if (e.data === 'main') {
+    const selfWorker = new Worker(
+      new URL('./self-reference-url-worker.js', import.meta.url),
+    )
+    selfWorker.postMessage('nested')
+    selfWorker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+      self.postMessage(e.data)
+    })
+  }
+
+  self.postMessage(`pong: ${e.data}`)
+})
diff --git a/playground/worker/self-reference-worker.js b/playground/worker/self-reference-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..76f7608d9aa345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/worker/self-reference-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import SelfWorker from './self-reference-worker?worker'
+
+self.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+  if (e.data === 'main') {
+    const selfWorker = new SelfWorker()
+    selfWorker.postMessage('nested')
+    selfWorker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+      self.postMessage(e.data)
+    })
+  }
+
+  self.postMessage(`pong: ${e.data}`)
+})
diff --git a/playground/worker/worker/main-module.js b/playground/worker/worker/main-module.js
index 6a7a9c6f0471ea..e210654402ab84 100644
--- a/playground/worker/worker/main-module.js
+++ b/playground/worker/worker/main-module.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import mySharedWorker from '../my-shared-worker?sharedworker&name=shared'
 import TSOutputWorker from '../possible-ts-output-worker?worker'
 import NestedWorker from '../worker-nested-worker?worker'
 import { mode } from '../modules/workerImport'
+import SelfReferenceWorker from '../self-reference-worker?worker'
 
 function text(el, text) {
   document.querySelector(el).textContent = text
@@ -158,3 +159,18 @@ importMetaGlobEagerWorker.postMessage('1')
 importMetaGlobEagerWorker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
   text('.importMetaGlobEager-worker', JSON.stringify(e.data))
 })
+
+const selfReferenceWorker = new SelfReferenceWorker()
+selfReferenceWorker.postMessage('main')
+selfReferenceWorker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+  document.querySelector('.self-reference-worker').textContent += `${e.data}\n`
+})
+
+const selfReferenceUrlWorker = new Worker(
+  new URL('../self-reference-url-worker.js', import.meta.url),
+)
+selfReferenceUrlWorker.postMessage('main')
+selfReferenceUrlWorker.addEventListener('message', (e) => {
+  document.querySelector('.self-reference-url-worker').textContent +=
+    `${e.data}\n`
+})