diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9155a218e..54d806aac9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "license-compat": "license-checker --onlyAllow 'MIT;MIT OR X11;GPLv2;LGPL;GNUGPL;ISC;Apache-2.0;FreeBSD;BSD-2-Clause;clearbsd;ModifiedBSD;BSD-3-Clause;Python-2.0;Unlicense;WTFPL;BlueOak-1.0.0;CC-BY-4.0;CC-BY-3.0;CC0-1.0;0BSD'",
     "doc": "typedoc",
     "test": "vitest --exclude \"test/system-tests/**\" --config test/vitest.config.mts",
-    "test:system": "vitest --dir test/system-tests --config test/vitest.config.mts",
+    "test:system": "vitest --dir test/system-tests --config test/system-tests/vitest.config.mts",
     "test:coverage": "npm run test -- --coverage",
     "performance-test": "func() { cd test/performance/ && bash run-all-suites.sh $1 $2 $3; cd ../../; }; func",
     "test-full": "npm run test:coverage -- --no-watch -- --make-summary --test-installation",
diff --git a/test/system-tests/vitest.config.mts b/test/system-tests/vitest.config.mts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f6a6a7278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/system-tests/vitest.config.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { configDefaults, defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	test: {
+		testTimeout: 60 * 2000,
+		sequence:    {
+			/* each test file that does not support parallel execution will be executed in sequence by stating this explicitly */
+			concurrent: true,
+			setupFiles: 'parallel'
+		},
+		reporters:   process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? ['basic', 'github-actions'] : ['dot'],
+		isolate:     false,
+		pool:        'threads',
+		deps:        {
+			optimizer: {
+				ssr: {
+					enabled: true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	},
+});