diff --git a/packages/vue/package.json b/packages/vue/package.json
index 61a895ae8..1c175bd3a 100644
--- a/packages/vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/vue/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@
         "default": "./dist/extractor/index.mjs"
       }
     },
+    "./vite-plugin": {
+      "require": {
+        "types": "./dist/vite-plugin/index.d.cts",
+        "default": "./dist/vite-plugin/index.cjs"
+      },
+      "import": {
+        "types": "./dist/vite-plugin/index.d.mts",
+        "default": "./dist/vite-plugin/index.mjs"
+      }
+    },
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "files": [
@@ -87,13 +97,20 @@
     "@lingui/cli": "4.8.0-next.1",
     "@lingui/core": "4.8.0-next.1",
     "@lingui/message-utils": "4.8.0-next.1",
+    "@lingui/vite-plugin": "4.8.0-next.1",
     "@vue/compiler-core": "^3.3.4",
     "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.3.4",
     "vue": "^3.3.4"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "*",
+    "vite": "^3 || ^4 || ^5.0.9"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@lingui/conf": "4.8.0-next.1",
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.20.5",
-    "unbuild": "2.0.0"
+    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^5.0.5",
+    "unbuild": "2.0.0",
+    "vite": "4.1.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/compiler/index.ts b/packages/vue/src/compiler/index.ts
index c68e1aa95..6f1f27660 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/compiler/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/compiler/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-export { babelMacros } from "./babel-macros"
 export { transformer } from "./transformer"
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformTrans.ts b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformTrans.ts
index ab15d36e6..c1f53149d 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformTrans.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformTrans.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   createSimpleExpression,
   type ElementNode,
-  type TransformContext,
   NodeTypes,
   ConstantTypes,
   ElementTypes,
@@ -133,7 +132,9 @@ function convertLoc(
 
 export function transformTrans(
   node: ElementNode,
-  transformContext: TransformContext
+  options: {
+    stripNonEssentialProps?: boolean
+  }
 ) {
   const loc = node.loc
   const tokens = tokenizeTrans(
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ export function transformTrans(
       }
 
       return identifier.name === macro
-    }, false)
+    }, !!options.stripNonEssentialProps)
   )
 
   const messageFormat = new ICUMessageFormat()
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformVt.ts b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformVt.ts
index ab1e07a25..b225aee48 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformVt.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformVt.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ function createLinguiSimpleExpression(
   )
 }
 
-function createVueMacroContext() {
+function createVueMacroContext(options: { stripNonEssentialProps?: boolean }) {
   return createMacroJsContext((identifier, macro) => {
     if (macro === JsMacroName.t) {
       return identifier.name === "vt"
     }
 
     return identifier.name === macro
-  }, false)
+  }, !!options?.stripNonEssentialProps)
 }
 
 export function tokenizeAsChoiceComponentOrUndefined(
@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@ export function tokenizeAsLinguiTemplateLiteralOrUndefined(
 
 export function transformVt(
   vueNode: ExpressionNode,
-  ctx = createVueMacroContext()
+  options: {
+    stripNonEssentialProps?: boolean
+  }
 ) {
+  const ctx = createVueMacroContext(options)
   if (!vueNode.ast) {
     return vueNode
   }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformer.ts b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformer.ts
index 9d33ba3cb..4789916ce 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/compiler/transformer.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import {
 import { transformVt } from "./transformVt"
 import { transformTrans } from "./transformTrans"
 
+export type LinguiTransformerOptions = {
+  stripNonEssentialProps?: boolean
+}
+
 /**
  * Here is an entry point transformer.
  * We need our template transformer to operate on user authored code
@@ -17,32 +21,43 @@ import { transformTrans } from "./transformTrans"
  * So this transformer unshifts a real transformer to the transformers array.
  *
  */
-export const transformer: NodeTransform = (node, context) => {
-  if (
-    node.type === NodeTypes.ROOT &&
-    !context.nodeTransforms.includes(templateTransformer)
-  ) {
-    context.nodeTransforms.unshift(templateTransformer)
+export const transformer =
+  (options: LinguiTransformerOptions): NodeTransform =>
+  (node, context) => {
+    if (
+      node.type === NodeTypes.ROOT &&
+      !context.nodeTransforms.find(
+        (t) => (t as any).__name === "linguiTransform"
+      )
+    ) {
+      context.nodeTransforms.unshift(templateTransformer(options))
+    }
   }
-}
 
 /**
  * Actual transformer expanding macro calls.
  */
-const templateTransformer: NodeTransform = (node, context) => {
-  if (isElementNode(node)) {
-    if (isTrans(node)) {
-      transformTrans(node, context)
-    }
+const templateTransformer = (
+  options: LinguiTransformerOptions
+): NodeTransform => {
+  const transformer: NodeTransform = (node) => {
+    if (isElementNode(node)) {
+      if (isTrans(node)) {
+        transformTrans(node, options)
+      }
 
-    for (const prop of node.props) {
-      if (isDirectiveNode(prop) && prop.exp) {
-        prop.exp = transformVt(prop.exp)
+      for (const prop of node.props) {
+        if (isDirectiveNode(prop) && prop.exp) {
+          prop.exp = transformVt(prop.exp, options)
+        }
       }
     }
-  }
 
-  if (isInterpolationNode(node)) {
-    node.content = transformVt(node.content)
+    if (isInterpolationNode(node)) {
+      node.content = transformVt(node.content, options)
+    }
   }
+
+  ;(transformer as any).__name = "linguiTransform"
+  return transformer
 }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/plugins/lingui.ts b/packages/vue/src/plugins/lingui.ts
index 25b977d50..f2a03911d 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/plugins/lingui.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/plugins/lingui.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { type I18n } from "@lingui/core"
 import { inject, type Plugin } from "vue"
 
-//
-
 type LinguiPluginOptions = {
   i18n: I18n
 }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/compiler/babel-macros.ts b/packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/core-macros-plugin.ts
similarity index 52%
rename from packages/vue/src/compiler/babel-macros.ts
rename to packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/core-macros-plugin.ts
index 66a3f0bef..2b48e13fd 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/compiler/babel-macros.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/core-macros-plugin.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-// TODO: need to go full ESM to be able to use those types
-// import { type Plugin, type TransformResult } from 'vite'
+import { type Plugin, type TransformResult } from "vite"
 import * as babel from "@babel/core"
 
 const sourceRegex = /\.(:?[j|t]sx?|vue)$/u
 
 // make babel macros works in vite
-export function babelMacros() {
+export function linguiCoreMacros(): Plugin {
   return {
-    name: "vite-plugin-babel-macros",
-    async transform(source: string, filename: string) {
+    name: "vite-plugin-vue-lingui-babel-macro",
+    async transform(
+      source: string,
+      filename: string
+    ): Promise<string | undefined | TransformResult> {
       if (filename.includes("node_modules")) {
         return undefined
       }
@@ -19,13 +21,16 @@ export function babelMacros() {
 
       const result = await babel.transformAsync(source, {
         filename,
-        plugins: ["macros"],
+        plugins: ["@lingui/babel-plugin-lingui-macro"],
         babelrc: false,
         configFile: false,
         sourceMaps: true,
       })
 
-      return result
+      return {
+        code: result?.code,
+        map: result?.map,
+      } as TransformResult
     },
   } as const
 }
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/index.ts b/packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee2c25731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue/src/vite-plugin/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { PluginOption } from "vite"
+import { lingui } from "@lingui/vite-plugin"
+import { linguiCoreMacros } from "./core-macros-plugin"
+import type { Api } from "@vitejs/plugin-vue"
+import { transformer } from "../compiler"
+
+type LinguiConfigOpts = {
+  cwd?: string
+  configPath?: string
+  skipValidation?: boolean
+}
+
+type Options = {
+  suppressRegisteringBabelMacro?: boolean
+  linguiConfigOptions?: LinguiConfigOpts
+  isProduction?: boolean
+}
+
+export function vueLingui(options: Options = {}): PluginOption[] {
+  options = {
+    suppressRegisteringBabelMacro: false,
+    isProduction: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
+    ...options,
+  }
+
+  return [
+    lingui(options.linguiConfigOptions),
+    !options.suppressRegisteringBabelMacro ? linguiCoreMacros() : false,
+    {
+      name: "vite-plugin-lingui-vue-transform",
+      enforce: "pre",
+      configResolved(config) {
+        const vitePlugin = config.plugins.find(
+          (plugin) => plugin.name === "vite:vue"
+        )
+
+        if (!vitePlugin) {
+          throw new Error(
+            "Lingui Vue Plugin: Vite plugin is not found in your configuration. Please install it and to your Vite config"
+          )
+        }
+
+        const api = vitePlugin.api as Api
+
+        // register Lingui template transformer
+        api.options.template = {
+          ...api.options.template,
+          compilerOptions: {
+            ...api.options.template?.compilerOptions,
+            nodeTransforms: [
+              transformer({ stripNonEssentialProps: options.isProduction }),
+              ...(api.options.template?.compilerOptions?.nodeTransforms || []),
+            ],
+          },
+        }
+      },
+    },
+  ]
+}
+
+export default lingui
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 562f12f8a..4295c824e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@lingui/vite-plugin@workspace:packages/vite-plugin":
+"@lingui/vite-plugin@4.8.0-next.1, @lingui/vite-plugin@workspace:packages/vite-plugin":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@lingui/vite-plugin@workspace:packages/vite-plugin"
   dependencies:
@@ -3017,11 +3017,17 @@ __metadata:
     "@lingui/conf": 4.8.0-next.1
     "@lingui/core": 4.8.0-next.1
     "@lingui/message-utils": 4.8.0-next.1
+    "@lingui/vite-plugin": 4.8.0-next.1
     "@types/babel__core": ^7.20.5
+    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": ^5.0.5
     "@vue/compiler-core": ^3.3.4
     "@vue/compiler-sfc": ^3.3.4
     unbuild: 2.0.0
+    vite: 4.1.4
     vue: ^3.3.4
+  peerDependencies:
+    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "*"
+    vite: ^3 || ^4 || ^5.0.9
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -4487,6 +4493,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@vitejs/plugin-vue@npm:^5.0.5":
+  version: 5.0.5
+  resolution: "@vitejs/plugin-vue@npm:5.0.5"
+  peerDependencies:
+    vite: ^5.0.0
+    vue: ^3.2.25
+  checksum: 96077539da0c6d0d19f68ca112466d804e374a9e18cdb97b5396793a7eecaff433c109bac82ff0d130d39c48963f658158f2f44696fd0a50df2eb5080fafbdcc
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@vue/compiler-core@npm:3.2.47":
   version: 3.2.47
   resolution: "@vue/compiler-core@npm:3.2.47"