diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/public/runners.ts b/packages/vitest/src/public/runners.ts
index b5be99502271..8691e331e5de 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/public/runners.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/public/runners.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { NodeBenchmarkRunner } from '../runtime/runners/benchmark'
 export { VitestTestRunner } from '../runtime/runners/test'
+export type { VitestRunner } from '@vitest/runner'