diff --git a/.changeset/flat-dolphins-admire.md b/.changeset/flat-dolphins-admire.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..787a108b73e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/flat-dolphins-admire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Respect `vite.build.emptyOutDir` setting during `astro build`
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
index aef8a1aabab7..1a6d3e367924 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export async function staticBuild(opts: StaticBuildOptions) {
 	// Empty out the dist folder, if needed. Vite has a config for doing this
 	// but because we are running 2 vite builds in parallel, that would cause a race
 	// condition, so we are doing it ourselves
-	emptyDir(settings.config.outDir, new Set('.git'));
+	if (settings.config?.vite?.build?.emptyOutDir !== false) {
+		emptyDir(settings.config.outDir, new Set('.git'));
+	}
 
 	// Register plugins
 	const container = createPluginContainer(opts, internals);