diff --git a/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/package.json b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee3a4f1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "vite-task-bunx-wrapper",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "gate:test": "bun probe",
+    "probe": "bunx --bun probe"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "probe-bin": "file:./probe-bin"
+  },
+  "devEngines": {
+    "packageManager": {
+      "name": "bun",
+      "version": "1.3.14",
+      "onFail": "download"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/bin.js b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/bin.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a96152fb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/bin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.log('probe binary ran');
diff --git a/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/package.json b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f567c86ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/probe-bin/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "probe-bin",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "bin": {
+    "probe": "bin.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots.toml b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24c39e911b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[[case]]
+name = "vite_task_bunx_wrapper"
+vp = "local"
+steps = [
+  { argv = ["vp", "install"], snapshot = false },
+  { argv = ["vp", "run", "gate:test"], comment = "managed bunx should execute the package binary without recursively invoking the matching package script" },
+]
diff --git a/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots/vite_task_bunx_wrapper.md b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots/vite_task_bunx_wrapper.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc13fa811e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vite_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/vite_task_bunx_wrapper/snapshots/vite_task_bunx_wrapper.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# vite_task_bunx_wrapper
+
+## `vp install`
+
+
+## `vp run gate:test`
+
+managed bunx should execute the package binary without recursively invoking the matching package script
+
+```
+$ bun probe ⊘ cache disabled
+$ bunx --bun probe
+probe binary ran
+```
diff --git a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/package_manager.rs b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/package_manager.rs
index 6398e70de6..e87bbe6d3c 100644
--- a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/package_manager.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/package_manager.rs
@@ -1384,9 +1384,9 @@ async fn create_bun_shim_files(bin_prefix: &AbsolutePath) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let bun_shim = bin_prefix.join("bun");
     shim::write_native_shims(&native_bin, &bun_shim).await?;
 
-    // Create bunx shim -> bun.native (bunx is just bun with different argv[0])
+    // Native wrappers cannot preserve bunx as argv[0], so select its equivalent x subcommand.
     let bunx_shim = bin_prefix.join("bunx");
-    shim::write_native_shims(&native_bin, &bunx_shim).await?;
+    shim::write_native_shims_with_args(&native_bin, &bunx_shim, &["x"]).await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/shim.rs b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/shim.rs
index 903a64bf5f..901c00728d 100644
--- a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/shim.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/shim.rs
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ pub(crate) fn pwsh_shim(relative_file: &str) -> String {
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[cfg(not(windows))] // FIXME
 mod tests {
+    use std::{os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt, process::Command};
+
     use tempfile::TempDir;
     use tokio::fs::read_to_string;
 
@@ -226,6 +228,29 @@ mod tests {
         shim.replace(' ', "·")
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_native_shim_forwards_subcommand() {
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let source = temp_dir.path().join("bin").join("bun.native");
+        let target = temp_dir.path().join("bin").join("bunx");
+
+        tokio::fs::create_dir_all(source.parent().unwrap()).await.unwrap();
+        tokio::fs::write(&source, "#!/bin/sh\nprintf '%s\\n' \"$@\"\n").await.unwrap();
+        tokio::fs::set_permissions(&source, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).await.unwrap();
+
+        write_native_shims_with_args(&source, &target, &["x"]).await.unwrap();
+
+        let output = Command::new(&target).args(["--bun", "vitest"]).output().unwrap();
+        assert!(output.status.success());
+        assert_eq!(String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap(), "x\n--bun\nvitest\n");
+
+        let cmd = read_to_string(target.with_extension("cmd")).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(cmd.contains("@\"%~dp0\\bun.native\" x %*"));
+
+        let pwsh = read_to_string(target.with_extension("ps1")).await.unwrap();
+        assert!(pwsh.contains("& \"$basedir/bun.native\" x $args"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_native_shims_without_args() {
         let sh = native_sh_shim("bun.native", &[]);