diff --git a/.ocularrc.js b/.ocularrc.js
index 7d8ff34257c..6374fb53941 100644
--- a/.ocularrc.js
+++ b/.ocularrc.js
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ const config = {
   entry: {
     // Tests now use vitest (yarn test, yarn test-headless, yarn test-render)
     // Only tape-compat smoke test still uses ocular-test for backward compatibility testing
-    'tape-compat': 'test/smoke/tape-compat.spec.ts',
+    'tape-compat': 'test/smoke/tape-compat.ts',
     // TODO: Migrate bench and size to vitest (Phase 7)
     bench: 'test/bench/index.js',
     'bench-browser': 'test/bench/browser.html',
-    size: 'test/size/import-nothing.js',
-    'tape-compat': 'test/smoke/tape-compat.ts'
+    size: 'test/size/import-nothing.js'
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 43c4212db57..eb09518224b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "test-ci": "vitest run --project node --project headless --project render --coverage",
     "test-browser": "vitest run --project browser",
     "test-tape-compat": "DECK_TEST_UTILS_USE_PROBE_GL=1 ocular-test tape-compat",
+    "test-vitest-smoke": "vitest run --project node --project headless --silent",
     "test-website": "cd website && yarn && yarn test-build && cd ..",
     "metrics": "ocular-metrics",
     "link-luma": "yarn && (cd node_modules && mv luma.gl luma.orig && ln -s ../../luma.gl/modules/core)",
diff --git a/test/smoke/tape-compat.spec.ts b/test/smoke/tape-compat.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from test/smoke/tape-compat.spec.ts
rename to test/smoke/tape-compat.ts
diff --git a/vitest.config.ts b/vitest.config.ts
index 98202715f65..4d504d812f6 100644
--- a/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.config.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         test: {
           name: 'node',
           environment: 'node',
-          include: ['test/modules/**/*.node.spec.ts'],
+          include: ['test/modules/**/*.node.spec.ts', 'test/smoke/**/*.spec.ts'],
           globals: false,
           testTimeout: 30000,
           setupFiles: ['./test/setup/vitest-node-setup.ts'],