diff --git a/docs/guide/api-javascript.md b/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
index 33ff9a194343dc..fbfba3b7d9e2c8 100644
--- a/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
+++ b/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ async function loadConfigFromFile(
   configFile?: string,
   configRoot: string = process.cwd(),
   logLevel?: LogLevel,
+  customLogger?: Logger,
 ): Promise<{
   path: string
   config: UserConfig
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index 882129c3893d53..e236c97541a3f5 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
       configFile,
       config.root,
       config.logLevel,
+      config.customLogger,
     )
     if (loadResult) {
       config = mergeConfig(loadResult.config, config)
@@ -963,6 +964,7 @@ export async function loadConfigFromFile(
   configFile?: string,
   configRoot: string = process.cwd(),
   logLevel?: LogLevel,
+  customLogger?: Logger,
 ): Promise<{
   path: string
   config: UserConfig
@@ -1016,9 +1018,11 @@ export async function loadConfigFromFile(
       dependencies: bundled.dependencies,
     }
   } catch (e) {
-    createLogger(logLevel).error(
+    createLogger(logLevel, { customLogger }).error(
       colors.red(`failed to load config from ${resolvedPath}`),
-      { error: e },
+      {
+        error: e,
+      },
     )
     throw e
   }