diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-vue/src/index.ts
index 7a294de1..55cc2cfe 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue/src/index.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export interface ResolvedOptions extends Options {
   cssDevSourcemap: boolean
   devServer?: ViteDevServer
   devToolsEnabled?: boolean
+  disableTemplateCache?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface Api {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts b/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
index 2f1288bf..ccbfe230 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue/src/main.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export async function transformMain(
         `__VUE_HMR_RUNTIME__.createRecord(_sfc_main.__hmrId, _sfc_main)`,
     )
     // check if the template is the only thing that changed
-    if (prevDescriptor && isOnlyTemplateChanged(prevDescriptor, descriptor)) {
+    if (!options.disableTemplateCache && prevDescriptor && isOnlyTemplateChanged(prevDescriptor, descriptor)) {
       output.push(`export const _rerender_only = true`)
     }
     output.push(