diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 16d5e159a22756..ace3aa5fbbf80a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -440,6 +440,12 @@ export interface UserConfig extends DefaultEnvironmentOptions {
    * @default 'spa'
    */
   appType?: AppType
+  /**
+   * Specifies the number of times to recurse while formatting object.
+   *
+   * https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#utilinspectobject-options
+   */
+  debugDepth?: string | undefined
 }
 
 export interface HTMLOptions {
@@ -846,6 +852,10 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
       configFile = loadResult.path
       configFileDependencies = loadResult.dependencies
     }
+
+    if (config.debugDepth && process.env.DEBUG) {
+      process.env.DEBUG_DEPTH = config.debugDepth
+    }
   }
 
   // user config may provide an alternative mode. But --mode has a higher priority
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index efe90935dbba68..a0cd140b18fc52 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ export function createDebugger(
   if (enabled) {
     return (...args: [string, ...any[]]) => {
       if (!filter || args.some((a) => a?.includes?.(filter))) {
+        if (process.env.DEBUG_DEPTH) {
+          const depth = parseInt(process.env.DEBUG_DEPTH)
+          // @ts-expect-error - The log function is bound to inspectOpts, but the type is not reflected
+          log.inspectOpts.depth = depth
+        }
         log(...args)
       }
     }