diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index eb9ccb714fca..42e9b8085628 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ All configuration options that are not supported inside a [workspace](/guide/wor
 
 A list of glob patterns that match your test files.
 
+::: tip NOTE
+When using coverage, Vitest automatically adds test files `include` patterns to coverage's default `exclude` patterns. See [`coverage.exclude`](#coverage-exclude).
+:::
+
 ### exclude
 
 - **Type:** `string[]`
@@ -1111,6 +1115,7 @@ List of files included in coverage as glob patterns
 [
   'coverage/**',
   'dist/**',
+  '**/node_modules/**',
   '**/[.]**',
   'packages/*/test?(s)/**',
   '**/*.d.ts',
@@ -1120,9 +1125,9 @@ List of files included in coverage as glob patterns
   'cypress/**',
   'test?(s)/**',
   'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
-  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
+  '**/*{.,-}{test,spec,bench,benchmark}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/__tests__/**',
-  '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*',
+  '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build,eslint,prettier}.config.*',
   '**/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)',
   '**/.{eslint,mocha,prettier}rc.{?(c|m)js,yml}',
 ]
@@ -1146,6 +1151,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
 })
 ```
 
+::: tip NOTE
+Vitest automatically adds test files `include` patterns to the default value of `coverage.exclude`.
+:::
+
 #### coverage.all
 
 - **Type:** `boolean`
diff --git a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
index 7c1c800ffee6..60b08c6a55c0 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-istanbul/src/provider.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import type {
 } from 'vitest'
 import {
   coverageConfigDefaults,
-  defaultExclude,
-  defaultInclude,
 } from 'vitest/config'
 import { BaseCoverageProvider } from 'vitest/coverage'
 import c from 'picocolors'
@@ -129,11 +127,8 @@ export class IstanbulCoverageProvider
 
     this.testExclude = new _TestExclude({
       cwd: ctx.config.root,
-      include:
-        typeof this.options.include === 'undefined'
-          ? undefined
-          : [...this.options.include],
-      exclude: [...defaultExclude, ...defaultInclude, ...this.options.exclude],
+      include: this.options.include,
+      exclude: this.options.exclude,
       excludeNodeModules: true,
       extension: this.options.extension,
       relativePath: !this.options.allowExternal,
diff --git a/packages/coverage-v8/src/provider.ts b/packages/coverage-v8/src/provider.ts
index 19a88e71e56b..38050f235791 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-v8/src/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-v8/src/provider.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import { cleanUrl } from 'vite-node/utils'
 import type { EncodedSourceMap, FetchResult } from 'vite-node'
 import {
   coverageConfigDefaults,
-  defaultExclude,
-  defaultInclude,
 } from 'vitest/config'
 import { BaseCoverageProvider } from 'vitest/coverage'
 import type {
@@ -126,11 +124,8 @@ export class V8CoverageProvider
 
     this.testExclude = new _TestExclude({
       cwd: ctx.config.root,
-      include:
-        typeof this.options.include === 'undefined'
-          ? undefined
-          : [...this.options.include],
-      exclude: [...defaultExclude, ...defaultInclude, ...this.options.exclude],
+      include: this.options.include,
+      exclude: this.options.exclude,
       excludeNodeModules: true,
       extension: this.options.extension,
       relativePath: !this.options.allowExternal,
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
index aa9c0aaadfe3..4b1ade73230b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/defaults.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const benchmarkConfigDefaults: Required<
 const defaultCoverageExcludes = [
   'coverage/**',
   'dist/**',
+  '**/node_modules/**',
   '**/[.]**',
   'packages/*/test?(s)/**',
   '**/*.d.ts',
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ const defaultCoverageExcludes = [
   'test?(-*).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/*{.,-}{test,spec,bench,benchmark}?(-d).?(c|m)[jt]s?(x)',
   '**/__tests__/**',
-  '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build}.config.*',
+  '**/{karma,rollup,webpack,vite,vitest,jest,ava,babel,nyc,cypress,tsup,build,eslint,prettier}.config.*',
   '**/vitest.{workspace,projects}.[jt]s?(on)',
   '**/.{eslint,mocha,prettier}rc.{?(c|m)js,yml}',
 ]
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
index 48133fb4db53..ea664d129c4c 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { UserConfig as ViteConfig, Plugin as VitePlugin } from 'vite'
 import { relative } from 'pathe'
-import { configDefaults } from '../../defaults'
+import { configDefaults, coverageConfigDefaults } from '../../defaults'
 import type { ResolvedConfig, UserConfig } from '../../types'
 import {
   deepMerge,
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ export async function VitestPlugin(
           },
         }
 
+        // If "coverage.exclude" is not defined by user, add "test.include" to "coverage.exclude" automatically
+        if (userConfig.coverage?.enabled && !userConfig.coverage.exclude && userConfig.include && config.test) {
+          config.test.coverage = {
+            exclude: [...coverageConfigDefaults.exclude, ...userConfig.include],
+          }
+        }
+
         // we want inline dependencies to be resolved by analyser plugin so module graph is populated correctly
         if (viteConfig.ssr?.noExternal !== true) {
           const inline = testConfig.server?.deps?.inline
diff --git a/test/coverage-test/fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts b/test/coverage-test/fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eece64f17842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/coverage-test/fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { test, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { sum } from "./math"
+
+test("run tests on file that looks like source file", () => {
+  expect(sum(1,2)).toBe(3)
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/coverage-test/test/allow-external.test.ts b/test/coverage-test/test/allow-external.test.ts
index 3057f8ed7b1d..08b6e1da0760 100644
--- a/test/coverage-test/test/allow-external.test.ts
+++ b/test/coverage-test/test/allow-external.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as ExternalMath from '../../test-utils/fixtures/math'
 test('{ allowExternal: true } includes files outside project root', async () => {
   await runVitest({
     include: [normalizeURL(import.meta.url)],
-    coverage: { allowExternal: true, reporter: 'json' },
+    coverage: { allowExternal: true, reporter: 'json', include: ['**/fixtures/**'] },
   })
   const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
   const files = coverageMap.files()
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test('{ allowExternal: true } includes files outside project root', async () =>
 test('{ allowExternal: false } excludes files outside project root', async () => {
   await runVitest({
     include: [normalizeURL(import.meta.url)],
-    coverage: { allowExternal: false, reporter: 'json' },
+    coverage: { allowExternal: false, reporter: 'json', include: ['**/fixtures/**'] },
   })
   const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
   const files = coverageMap.files()
diff --git a/test/coverage-test/test/include-exclude.test.ts b/test/coverage-test/test/include-exclude.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa465184a6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/coverage-test/test/include-exclude.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { expect } from 'vitest'
+import { coverageConfigDefaults } from 'vitest/config'
+import { coverageTest, normalizeURL, readCoverageMap, runVitest, test } from '../utils'
+
+test('default exclude should ignore test files', async () => {
+  await runVitest({
+    include: [normalizeURL(import.meta.url)],
+    coverage: {
+      all: true,
+      reporter: 'json',
+      include: ['fixtures/test/math.test.ts'],
+    },
+  })
+
+  const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
+  expect(coverageMap.files()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`[]`)
+})
+
+test('overriden exclude should not apply defaults', async () => {
+  await runVitest({
+    include: [normalizeURL(import.meta.url)],
+    coverage: {
+      all: true,
+      reporter: 'json',
+      include: ['fixtures/test/math.test.ts'],
+      exclude: ['dont-match-anything'],
+    },
+  })
+
+  const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
+  expect(coverageMap.files()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    [
+      "<process-cwd>/fixtures/test/math.test.ts",
+    ]
+  `)
+})
+
+test('test file is excluded from report when excludes is not set', async () => {
+  await runVitest({
+    include: ['fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts'],
+    coverage: {
+      all: true,
+      reporter: 'json',
+    },
+  })
+
+  const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
+  const files = coverageMap.files()
+  expect(files.find(file => file.includes('test-that-looks-like-source-file'))).toBeFalsy()
+})
+
+test('test files are not automatically excluded from report when excludes is set', async () => {
+  await runVitest({
+    include: ['fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts'],
+    coverage: {
+      all: true,
+      reporter: 'json',
+      exclude: [...coverageConfigDefaults.exclude, '**/something-else/**'],
+    },
+  })
+
+  const coverageMap = await readCoverageMap()
+  const files = coverageMap.files()
+  expect(files).toContain('<process-cwd>/fixtures/src/test-that-looks-like-source-file.ts')
+})
+
+coverageTest('dummy', () => {
+  expect(1 + 1).toBe(2)
+})