diff --git a/src/node/build/build.ts b/src/node/build/build.ts
index eb1c0a64..4e72a299 100644
--- a/src/node/build/build.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/build.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { bundle, okMark, failMark } from './bundle'
 import { createRequire } from 'module'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url'
 import pkgDir from 'pkg-dir'
-import { resolveRoutes } from '../plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin'
 
 export async function build(
   root?: string,
@@ -32,16 +31,9 @@ export async function build(
   }
 
   try {
-    const [dynamicRoutes] = await resolveRoutes(siteConfig.dynamicRoutes)
-    const allPages = [
-      ...siteConfig.pages,
-      ...dynamicRoutes.map((r) => r.path)
-    ]
-
     const { clientResult, serverResult, pageToHashMap } = await bundle(
       siteConfig,
-      buildOptions,
-      allPages
+      buildOptions
     )
 
     const entryPath = path.join(siteConfig.tempDir, 'app.js')
@@ -73,7 +65,7 @@ export async function build(
       const hashMapString = JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(pageToHashMap))
 
       await Promise.all(
-        ['404.md', ...allPages]
+        ['404.md', ...siteConfig.pages]
           .map((page) => siteConfig.rewrites.map[page] || page)
           .map((page) =>
             renderPage(
diff --git a/src/node/build/bundle.ts b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
index b3f43f22..4de2dc3a 100644
--- a/src/node/build/bundle.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ export const failMark = '\x1b[31m✖\x1b[0m'
 // bundles the VitePress app for both client AND server.
 export async function bundle(
   config: SiteConfig,
-  options: BuildOptions,
-  allPages: string[]
+  options: BuildOptions
 ): Promise<{
   clientResult: RollupOutput
   serverResult: RollupOutput
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ export async function bundle(
   // the loading is done via filename conversion rules so that the
   // metadata doesn't need to be included in the main chunk.
   const input: Record<string, string> = {}
-  allPages.forEach((file) => {
+  config.pages.forEach((file) => {
     // page filename conversion
     // foo/bar.md -> foo_bar.md
     const alias = config.rewrites.map[file] || file
diff --git a/src/node/config.ts b/src/node/config.ts
index dd213468..a962a25e 100644
--- a/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/src/node/config.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import {
 } from 'vite'
 import { DEFAULT_THEME_PATH } from './alias'
 import type { MarkdownOptions } from './markdown/markdown'
-import { dynamicRouteRE } from './plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin'
+import {
+  dynamicRouteRE,
+  resolveRoutes,
+  type ResolvedRouteConfig
+} from './plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin'
 import {
   APPEARANCE_KEY,
   type Awaitable,
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ export interface SiteConfig<ThemeConfig = any>
   cacheDir: string
   tempDir: string
   pages: string[]
-  dynamicRoutes: string[]
+  dynamicRoutes: readonly [ResolvedRouteConfig[], Record<string, string[]>]
   rewrites: {
     map: Record<string, string | undefined>
     inv: Record<string, string | undefined>
@@ -252,7 +256,11 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
   ).sort()
 
   const pages = allMarkdownFiles.filter((p) => !dynamicRouteRE.test(p))
-  const dynamicRoutes = allMarkdownFiles.filter((p) => dynamicRouteRE.test(p))
+  const dynamicRouteFiles = allMarkdownFiles.filter((p) =>
+    dynamicRouteRE.test(p)
+  )
+  const dynamicRoutes = await resolveRoutes(dynamicRouteFiles)
+  pages.push(...dynamicRoutes[0].map((r) => r.path))
 
   const rewriteEntries = Object.entries(userConfig.rewrites || {})
   const rewrites = rewriteEntries.length
diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index 92bee635..4024470d 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ export async function createMarkdownToVueRenderFn(
     file: string,
     publicDir: string
   ): Promise<MarkdownCompileResult> => {
-    const alias = siteConfig?.rewrites.map[file.slice(srcDir.length + 1)]
+    const alias =
+      siteConfig?.rewrites.map[file] || // virtual dynamic path file
+      siteConfig?.rewrites.map[file.slice(srcDir.length + 1)]
     file = alias ? path.join(srcDir, alias) : file
     const relativePath = slash(path.relative(srcDir, file))
     const dir = path.dirname(file)
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 47a3d9e3..03a61bbf 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
       server.middlewares.use((req, res, next) => {
         if (req.url) {
           const page = req.url.replace(/[?#].*$/, '').slice(site.base.length)
-          req.url = req.url.replace(page, rewrites.inv[page] || page)
+          if (rewrites.inv[page]) {
+            req.url = req.url.replace(page, rewrites.inv[page]!)
+          }
         }
         next()
       })
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
index 0fd81890..4b734c57 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
   config: SiteConfig
 ): Promise<Plugin> => {
   let server: ViteDevServer
-  let routes = config.dynamicRoutes
-  let [resolvedRoutes, routeFileToModulesMap] = await resolveRoutes(routes)
+  let routes = config.dynamicRoutes[0].map(r => r.route)
+  let [resolvedRoutes, routeFileToModulesMap] = config.dynamicRoutes
 
   // TODO: make this more efficient by only reloading the invalidated route
   // TODO: invlidate modules for paths that are no longer present