diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e399816c4f204e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { checkNodeVersion } from '../cli'
+
+describe('CLI Node.js version checking', () => {
+  test.each([
+    // Unsupported versions
+    ['18.20.0', false],
+    ['20.18.5', false],
+    ['22.11.0', false],
+    // Supported versions
+    ['20.19.0', true],
+    ['20.20.1', true],
+    ['22.12.0', true],
+    ['22.13.1', true],
+    ['23.0.0', true],
+  ])('should return %1 for Node.js version %0', (version, expected) => {
+    const result = checkNodeVersion(version)
+    expect(result).toBe(expected)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index b4ee86420de45c..58dfa270ed4b10 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ import { createLogger } from './logger'
 import { resolveConfig } from './config'
 import type { InlineConfig } from './config'
 
+export function checkNodeVersion(nodeVersion: string): boolean {
+  const currentVersion = nodeVersion.split('.')
+  const major = parseInt(currentVersion[0], 10)
+  const minor = parseInt(currentVersion[1], 10)
+  const isSupported =
+    (major === 20 && minor >= 19) || (major === 22 && minor >= 12) || major > 22
+  return isSupported
+}
+
+if (!checkNodeVersion(process.versions.node)) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.warn(
+    colors.yellow(
+      `You are using Node.js ${process.versions.node}. ` +
+        `Vite requires Node.js version 20.19+ or 22.12+. ` +
+        `Please upgrade your Node.js version.`,
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
 const cli = cac('vite')
 
 // global options