diff --git a/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts b/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
index 2a710dcda4c7..d85cd6e3fbd7 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/fixture.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function withFixtures(fn: Function, testContext?: TestContext) {
           return isFn ? value(context, use) : use(value)
       }
 
-      const setupFixturePromise = next()
+      const setupFixturePromise = next().catch(reject)
       cleanupFnArray.unshift(() => setupFixturePromise)
     })
   }
diff --git a/test/fails/fixtures/test-extend/fixture-error.test.ts b/test/fails/fixtures/test-extend/fixture-error.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70fd35d436c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fails/fixtures/test-extend/fixture-error.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expectTypeOf, test } from 'vitest'
+
+describe('error thrown in beforeEach fixtures', () => {
+  const myTest = test.extend<{ a: never }>({
+    a: async () => {
+      throw new Error('Error thrown in beforeEach fixture')
+    },
+  })
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars
+  beforeEach<{ a: never }>(({ a }) => {})
+
+  myTest('error is handled', () => {})
+})
+
+describe('error thrown in afterEach fixtures', () => {
+  const myTest = test.extend<{ a: never }>({
+    a: async () => {
+      throw new Error('Error thrown in afterEach fixture')
+    },
+  })
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars
+  afterEach<{ a: never }>(({ a }) => {})
+
+  myTest('fixture errors', () => {
+    expectTypeOf(1).toEqualTypeOf<number>()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('error thrown in test fixtures', () => {
+  const myTest = test.extend<{ a: never }>({
+    a: async () => {
+      throw new Error('Error thrown in test fixture')
+    },
+  })
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars
+  myTest('fixture errors', ({ a }) => {})
+})
diff --git a/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap b/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
index ef329d02b91b..7c060bad49dc 100644
--- a/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ TypeError: failure"
 
 exports[`should fail test-extend/circular-dependency.test.ts > test-extend/circular-dependency.test.ts 1`] = `"Error: circular fixture dependency"`;
 
+exports[`should fail test-extend/fixture-error.test.ts > test-extend/fixture-error.test.ts 1`] = `
+"Error: Error thrown in test fixture
+Error: Error thrown in afterEach fixture
+Error: Error thrown in beforeEach fixture"
+`;
+
 exports[`should fail test-extend/fixture-rest-params.test.ts > test-extend/fixture-rest-params.test.ts 1`] = `"Error: the first argument must use object destructuring pattern"`;
 
 exports[`should fail test-extend/fixture-rest-props.test.ts > test-extend/fixture-rest-props.test.ts 1`] = `"Error: Rest parameters are not supported"`;