diff --git a/.changeset/crisp-days-reply.md b/.changeset/crisp-days-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b357291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/crisp-days-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@solidjs/start": patch
+---
+
+Fix Vite preview for non-HTML responses and projects whose server build uses an `.mjs`
+entry.
diff --git a/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.spec.ts b/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33aa05af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { isHtmlResponse, resolvePreviewServerEntry } from "./dev-server.ts";
+
+const temporaryDirectories: string[] = [];
+
+function createServerEntry(extension: "js" | "mjs") {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "solid-start-preview-"));
+  const serverDirectory = join(root, "dist/server");
+  const serverEntry = join(serverDirectory, `entry-server.${extension}`);
+
+  temporaryDirectories.push(root);
+  mkdirSync(serverDirectory, { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(serverEntry, "export default {};");
+
+  return { root, serverEntry };
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const directory of temporaryDirectories.splice(0)) {
+    rmSync(directory, { recursive: true });
+  }
+});
+
+describe("resolvePreviewServerEntry", () => {
+  it.each(["js", "mjs"] as const)("finds the generated .%s entry", extension => {
+    const { root, serverEntry } = createServerEntry(extension);
+
+    expect(resolvePreviewServerEntry(root)).toBe(serverEntry);
+  });
+
+  it("throws when the server entry has not been built", () => {
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "solid-start-preview-"));
+    temporaryDirectories.push(root);
+
+    expect(() => resolvePreviewServerEntry(root)).toThrow(
+      `Could not find the SolidStart server entry in ${join(root, "dist/server")}`,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("isHtmlResponse", () => {
+  it("recognizes HTML responses with content type parameters", () => {
+    const response = new Response(null, {
+      headers: { "content-type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" },
+    });
+
+    expect(isHtmlResponse(response)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each(["video/mp4", "application/json"])(
+    "does not identify %s responses as HTML",
+    contentType => {
+      const response = new Response(null, { headers: { "content-type": contentType } });
+
+      expect(isHtmlResponse(response)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("does not identify a response without a content type as HTML", () => {
+    expect(isHtmlResponse(new Response())).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.ts b/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.ts
index 9188e1c1b..e1d4aa188 100644
--- a/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.ts
+++ b/packages/start/src/config/dev-server.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { NodeRequest, sendNodeResponse } from "srvx/node";
@@ -14,16 +15,19 @@ export function devServer(): Array<PluginOption> {
     {
       name: "solid-start-dev-server",
       configurePreviewServer(server) {
+        const serverEntryUrl = pathToFileURL(resolvePreviewServerEntry(server.config.root)).href;
+
         return () => {
           server.middlewares.use(async (req, res) => {
-            res.setHeader("content-encoding", "identity");
             const webReq = new NodeRequest({ req, res });
             const def: {
               default: { fetch: (req: Request) => Promise<Response> };
-            } = await import(
-              pathToFileURL(join(process.cwd(), "dist/server/entry-server.js")).href
-            );
-            sendNodeResponse(res, await def.default.fetch(webReq));
+            } = await import(serverEntryUrl);
+            const webRes = await def.default.fetch(webReq);
+            if (isHtmlResponse(webRes)) {
+              res.setHeader("content-encoding", "identity");
+            }
+            sendNodeResponse(res, webRes);
           });
         };
       },
@@ -121,6 +125,23 @@ export function devServer(): Array<PluginOption> {
   ];
 }
 
+export function resolvePreviewServerEntry(root: string): string {
+  const serverDirectory = join(root, "dist/server");
+  const serverEntry = ["js", "mjs"]
+    .map(extension => join(serverDirectory, `entry-server.${extension}`))
+    .find(existsSync);
+
+  if (!serverEntry) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not find the SolidStart server entry in ${serverDirectory}`);
+  }
+
+  return serverEntry;
+}
+
+export function isHtmlResponse(response: Response): boolean {
+  return response.headers.get("content-type")?.startsWith("text/html") ?? false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Removes Vite internal middleware
  *