diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/transform.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/transform.ts
index 22cb736909dc6b..5c7ec55bd8fb55 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/middlewares/transform.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils'
 import { send } from '../send'
 import { ERR_LOAD_URL, transformRequest } from '../transformRequest'
-import { applySourcemapIgnoreList } from '../sourcemap'
+import { applySourcemapIgnoreList, getOriginalContent } from '../sourcemap'
 import { isHTMLProxy } from '../../plugins/html'
 import {
   DEP_VERSION_RE,
@@ -205,12 +205,21 @@ export function transformMiddleware(
           const type = isDirectCSSRequest(url) ? 'css' : 'js'
           const isDep =
             DEP_VERSION_RE.test(url) || depsOptimizer?.isOptimizedDepUrl(url)
+          let originalContent: string | undefined
+          if (type === 'js' && result.map == null) {
+            const filepath = (
+              await server.moduleGraph.getModuleByUrl(url, false)
+            )?.file
+            originalContent =
+              filepath != null ? await getOriginalContent(filepath) : undefined
+          }
           return send(req, res, result.code, type, {
             etag: result.etag,
             // allow browser to cache npm deps!
             cacheControl: isDep ? 'max-age=31536000,immutable' : 'no-cache',
             headers: server.config.server.headers,
             map: result.map,
+            originalContent,
           })
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/send.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/send.ts
index 033b9f317a60d3..414fa4fe998175 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/send.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/send.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export interface SendOptions {
   cacheControl?: string
   headers?: OutgoingHttpHeaders
   map?: SourceMap | { mappings: '' } | null
+  /** only used when type === 'js' && map == null (when the fallback sourcemap is used) */
+  originalContent?: string
 }
 
 export function send(
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ export function send(
   }
   // inject fallback sourcemap for js for improved debugging
   // https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/13514#issuecomment-1592431496
-  else if (type === 'js' && (!map || map.mappings !== '')) {
+  // for { mappings: "" }, we don't inject fallback sourcemap
+  // because it indicates generating a sourcemap is meaningless
+  else if (type === 'js' && map == null) {
     const code = content.toString()
     // if the code has existing inline sourcemap, assume it's correct and skip
     if (convertSourceMap.mapFileCommentRegex.test(code)) {
@@ -79,15 +83,15 @@ export function send(
     } else {
       const urlWithoutTimestamp = removeTimestampQuery(req.url!)
       const ms = new MagicString(code)
-      content = getCodeWithSourcemap(
-        type,
-        code,
-        ms.generateMap({
-          source: path.basename(urlWithoutTimestamp),
-          hires: 'boundary',
-          includeContent: true,
-        }),
-      )
+      const map = ms.generateMap({
+        source: path.basename(urlWithoutTimestamp),
+        hires: 'boundary',
+        includeContent: !options.originalContent,
+      })
+      if (options.originalContent != null) {
+        map.sourcesContent = [options.originalContent]
+      }
+      content = getCodeWithSourcemap(type, code, map)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
index c8f2c8d88fdacd..650d380a7ffc44 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ export async function injectSourcesContent(
   }
 }
 
+export async function getOriginalContent(
+  filepath: string,
+): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  if (virtualSourceRE.test(filepath)) return undefined
+  return await fsp.readFile(filepath, 'utf-8').catch(() => undefined)
+}
+
 export function genSourceMapUrl(map: SourceMap | string): string {
   if (typeof map !== 'string') {
     map = JSON.stringify(map)