diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/plugins/terser.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/plugins/terser.spec.ts
index 9fed1ec2c5ee7e..c6838e793a131d 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/plugins/terser.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/plugins/terser.spec.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ describe('terser', () => {
           },
           load(id) {
             if (id === '\0entry.js') {
-              return `const foo = 1;console.log(foo)`
+              return `
+                const foo = 1;
+                console.log(foo);
+                const bar = { hello: 1, ["world"]: 2 };
+                console.log(bar.hello + bar["world"]);
+              `
             }
           },
         },
@@ -52,4 +57,21 @@ describe('terser', () => {
     })
     expect(resultCode).toContain('prefix_')
   })
+
+  test('nameCache', async () => {
+    const nameCache = {}
+
+    await run({
+      compress: false,
+      mangle: {
+        properties: {
+          keep_quoted: true,
+        },
+      },
+      nameCache,
+    })
+
+    expect(nameCache).toHaveProperty('props.props.$hello')
+    expect(nameCache).not.toHaveProperty('props.props.$world')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/terser.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/terser.ts
index ab17c3fb98dd47..8e7fcdc19c573f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/terser.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/terser.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ export function terserPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
                 (typeof options.mangle.properties === 'object' &&
                   options.mangle.properties.nth_identifier?.get))) ||
             typeof options.format?.comments === 'function' ||
-            typeof options.output?.comments === 'function'
+            typeof options.output?.comments === 'function' ||
+            options.nameCache
           )
         },
         max: maxWorkers,