diff --git a/packages/runner/src/utils/collect.ts b/packages/runner/src/utils/collect.ts
index b163bae7f716..2842f4eb9a6b 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/utils/collect.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/utils/collect.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ export function interpretTaskModes(suite: Suite, namePattern?: string | RegExp,
       }
     }
     if (t.type === 'test') {
-      if (namePattern && !getTaskFullName(t).match(namePattern))
-        t.mode = 'skip'
+      if (namePattern) {
+        const taskFullName = getTaskFullName(t)
+        // Match also the task full name with a leading space to be backward-compatible with tools like
+        // IntelliJ/WebStorm. Previous Vitest versions (<= 0.34.3) had the task full name starting
+        // with a space, and the tools passed `testNamePattern` matching it.
+        if (!(taskFullName.match(namePattern) || ` ${taskFullName}`.match(namePattern)))
+          t.mode = 'skip'
+      }
     }
     else if (t.type === 'suite') {
       if (t.mode === 'skip')
@@ -46,7 +52,8 @@ export function interpretTaskModes(suite: Suite, namePattern?: string | RegExp,
 }
 
 function getTaskFullName(task: TaskBase): string {
-  return `${task.suite ? `${getTaskFullName(task.suite)} ` : ''}${task.name}`
+  const fullName = task.suite ? getTaskFullName(task.suite) : null
+  return fullName ? `${fullName} ${task.name}` : task.name
 }
 
 export function someTasksAreOnly(suite: Suite): boolean {
diff --git a/test/filters/test/testname-pattern.test.ts b/test/filters/test/testname-pattern.test.ts
index 6a134c6c1615..40fd9cadc4bf 100644
--- a/test/filters/test/testname-pattern.test.ts
+++ b/test/filters/test/testname-pattern.test.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,14 @@ test('match by pattern that also matches current working directory', async () =>
   expect(stdout).toMatch('Test Files  1 passed (1)')
   expect(stdout).not.toMatch('test/example.test.ts')
 })
+
+test('match by test name pattern with ^', async () => {
+  const { stdout } = await runVitest({
+    root: './fixtures',
+    testNamePattern: '^this',
+  }, ['filters'])
+
+  expect(stdout).toMatch('✓ test/filters.test.ts > this will pass')
+  expect(stdout).toMatch('Test Files  1 passed (1)')
+  expect(stdout).not.toMatch('test/example.test.ts')
+})