diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index 233e08b8f864e3..1ba2d21e2d2c6f 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -711,9 +711,14 @@ export default defineConfig({
   Imported or referenced assets that are smaller than this threshold will be inlined as base64 URLs to avoid extra http requests. Set to `0` to disable inlining altogether.
 
   ::: tip Note
-  If you specify `build.lib`, `build.assetsInlineLimit` will be ignored and assets will always be inlined, regardless of file size.
+  If you specify `build.lib` or `build.assetsInlineExclude` , `build.assetsInlineLimit`will be ignored and assets will always be inlined, regardless of file size.
   :::
 
+### build.assetsInlineExclude
+
+- **Type:** `string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[]`
+- **Default:** `[]`
+
 ### build.cssCodeSplit
 
 - **Type:** `boolean`
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
index b9936f8583b46c..8b5732b9001004 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/build.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ export interface BuildOptions {
    * @default 4096
    */
   assetsInlineLimit?: number
+  /**
+   * Exclude paths that are less than the limit but do not want to be included
+   * @default []
+   */
+  assetsInlineExclude?: string | RegExp | (string | RegExp)[]
   /**
    * Whether to code-split CSS. When enabled, CSS in async chunks will be
    * inlined as strings in the chunk and inserted via dynamically created
@@ -243,6 +248,7 @@ export function resolveBuildOptions(raw?: BuildOptions): ResolvedBuildOptions {
     outDir: 'dist',
     assetsDir: 'assets',
     assetsInlineLimit: 4096,
+    assetsInlineExclude: [],
     cssCodeSplit: !raw?.lib,
     cssTarget: false,
     sourcemap: false,
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts
index 7ec3a01543f9a4..10051eadd5210c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/asset.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { OutputOptions, PluginContext, RenderedChunk } from 'rollup'
 import MagicString from 'magic-string'
 import { createHash } from 'crypto'
 import { normalizePath } from '../utils'
+import { createFilter } from '@rollup/pluginutils'
 
 export const assetUrlRE = /__VITE_ASSET__([a-z\d]{8})__(?:\$_(.*?)__)?/g
 
@@ -287,11 +288,15 @@ async function fileToBuiltUrl(
 
   const file = cleanUrl(id)
   const content = await fsp.readFile(file)
+  const assetsFilter = config.build.assetsInlineExclude
+    ? createFilter(config.build.assetsInlineExclude)
+    : () => false
 
   let url: string
   if (
     config.build.lib ||
     (!file.endsWith('.svg') &&
+      !assetsFilter(file) &&
       content.length < Number(config.build.assetsInlineLimit))
   ) {
     // base64 inlined as a string