diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index 7974ab754301da..f60ccf35443344 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -592,6 +592,26 @@ describe('processSrcSetSync', () => {
     ).toBe('"/base/nested/asset.png" 1x, "/base/nested/asset.png" 2x')
   })
 
+  test('keep the url when a density descriptor omits its leading zero', async () => {
+    const devBase = '/base/'
+    expect(
+      processSrcSetSync(
+        './nested/asset.png .5x, ./nested/asset.png 1x',
+        ({ url }) => path.posix.join(devBase, url),
+      ),
+    ).toBe('/base/nested/asset.png .5x, /base/nested/asset.png 1x')
+  })
+
+  test('keep the quoted url when a density descriptor omits its leading zero', async () => {
+    const devBase = '/base/'
+    expect(
+      processSrcSetSync(
+        '"./nested/asset.png" .75x,"./nested/asset.png" 1x',
+        ({ url }) => `"${path.posix.join(devBase, url.slice(1, -1))}"`,
+      ),
+    ).toBe('"/base/nested/asset.png" .75x, "/base/nested/asset.png" 1x')
+  })
+
   test('should not split the comma inside base64 value', async () => {
     const base64 =
       'data:image/avif;base64,aA+/0= 400w, data:image/avif;base64,bB+/9= 800w'
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index a501e50eda397b..b283d53b5491e3 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ function joinSrcset(ret: ImageCandidate[]) {
   The `descriptor` is anything after the space and before the comma.
  */
 const imageCandidateRegex =
-  /(?:^|\s|(?<=,))(?<url>[\w-]+\([^)]*\)|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^,]\S*[^,])\s*(?:\s(?<descriptor>\w[^,]+))?(?:,|$)/g
+  /(?:^|\s|(?<=,))(?<url>[\w-]+\([^)]*\)|"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^,]\S*[^,])\s*(?:\s(?<descriptor>[\w.][^,]+))?(?:,|$)/g
 const escapedSpaceCharacters = /(?: |\\t|\\n|\\f|\\r)+/g
 
 export function parseSrcset(string: string): ImageCandidate[] {