diff --git a/packages/app/src/sandbox/eval/presets/vue-cli/index.ts b/packages/app/src/sandbox/eval/presets/vue-cli/index.ts
index e048690b241..38b195a839e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/sandbox/eval/presets/vue-cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/sandbox/eval/presets/vue-cli/index.ts
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ export default function initialize() {
         try {
           const vueModule = await manager.resolveTranspiledModule('vue', '/');
 
-          if (!vueModule.source) {
-            await vueModule.transpile(manager);
-          }
+          await vueModule.transpileTree(manager);
+
           const Vue = vueModule.evaluate(manager);
 
           if (Vue) {
diff --git a/packages/sandpack-core/src/transpiled-module/transpiled-module.ts b/packages/sandpack-core/src/transpiled-module/transpiled-module.ts
index bdf04c9d7de..fb2bba79081 100644
--- a/packages/sandpack-core/src/transpiled-module/transpiled-module.ts
+++ b/packages/sandpack-core/src/transpiled-module/transpiled-module.ts
@@ -749,6 +749,13 @@ export class TranspiledModule {
     );
   }
 
+  /** Transpile current module and ensure the surrounding tree (dependencies and initiators) are also transpiled */
+  async transpileTree(manager: Manager): Promise<TranspiledModule> {
+    await this.transpile(manager);
+    await manager.verifyTreeTranspiled();
+    return this;
+  }
+
   logWarnings = () => {
     if (this.warnings.length) {
       this.warnings.forEach(warning => {