diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad812509..2782670c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 main
 ------
 
+* Build a Vite-based application with `vite build`, the command its own
+  `build` script runs, rather than with `ember build`. `ember build --help`
+  calls itself a "Vestigial command in Vite-based projects" and points at
+  that script. The output is unchanged; `silent` now quiets such a build
+  with `--logLevel error` rather than `ember build --silent`
 * Recognise an application as Vite-based from any of the six names Vite
   resolves its configuration from, rather than only `vite.config.js`,
   `vite.config.mjs` and `vite.config.ts`. An application configured in
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 650fabba..f460fd47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ c.app :frontend, path: "~/projects/my-ember-app"
 - `path` - the path where your Ember CLI application is located. The default
   value is the name of your app in the Rails root.
 
-- `silent` - this provides `--silent` option for Ember CLI commands to control verbosity of their output.
+- `silent` - quiets the build. A classic application is built with
+  `ember build --silent`; a Vite-based one with `vite build --logLevel error`,
+  which keeps errors while dropping the progress output.
 
 - `package_manager` - the package manager that installs the application's
   NodeJS dependencies: `:npm` (the default), `:yarn`, or `:pnpm`. Name the
diff --git a/lib/ember_cli/command.rb b/lib/ember_cli/command.rb
index bea5925f..b79f00fc 100644
--- a/lib/ember_cli/command.rb
+++ b/lib/ember_cli/command.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ def test
     end
 
     def build(watch: false)
-      ember_build(watch: watch)
+      if paths.vite?
+        vite_build
+      else
+        ember_build(watch: watch)
+      end
     end
 
     # Boots Vite's development server for an application generated with the
@@ -43,6 +47,45 @@ def silent?
       options.fetch(:silent) { false }
     end
 
+    def build_environment
+      if EmberCli.env == "production"
+        "production"
+      else
+        "development"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # The Vite-based blueprint (`ember-cli >= 6.8`)
+    #
+    # Builds the application the way its own `build` script does.
+    # `ember build` still drives such a build today, but `ember build --help`
+    # calls it a "Vestigial command in Vite-based projects" and has dropped
+    # every option but `--environment`, `--suppress-sizes` and
+    # `--output-path`.
+    #
+    # `--emptyOutDir` is needed because the output directory is outside the
+    # Ember application, where Vite leaves stale files in place unless asked
+    # to clear them.
+    def vite_build
+      line = Terrapin::CommandLine.new(paths.vite, [
+        "build",
+        "--mode :mode",
+        "--outDir :output_path",
+        "--emptyOutDir",
+        ("--logLevel error" if silent?),
+      ].compact.join(" "))
+
+      line.command(
+        mode: build_environment,
+        output_path: paths.dist,
+      )
+    end
+
+    # The classic blueprint
+    #
+    # Builds the application with `ember build`, which watches for changes
+    # when asked. A Vite-based project has no equivalent: `ember build` there
+    # refuses `--watch`, and its development server watches instead.
     def ember_build(watch: false)
       line = Terrapin::CommandLine.new(paths.ember, [
         "build",
@@ -59,13 +102,5 @@ def ember_build(watch: false)
         watcher: process_watcher,
       )
     end
-
-    def build_environment
-      if EmberCli.env == "production"
-        "production"
-      else
-        "development"
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/ember_cli/command_spec.rb b/spec/lib/ember_cli/command_spec.rb
index 4a786a09..932c1f81 100644
--- a/spec/lib/ember_cli/command_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/ember_cli/command_spec.rb
@@ -106,8 +106,38 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#build for a Vite-based application" do
+    it "builds a `vite build` command writing to the output path" do
+      paths = build_paths(vite?: true, vite: "path/to/vite", dist: "path/to/dist")
+      command = build_command(paths: paths)
+
+      expect(command.build).to match(%r{path/to/vite build})
+      expect(command.build).to match(/--mode 'development'/)
+      expect(command.build).to match(%r{--outDir 'path/to/dist'})
+      expect(command.build).to match(/--emptyOutDir/)
+    end
+
+    it "does not pass the flags `ember build` takes" do
+      paths = build_paths(vite?: true, vite: "path/to/vite")
+      command = build_command(paths: paths, options: { watcher: "events" })
+
+      expect(command.build(watch: true)).not_to match(/--watch/)
+      expect(command.build(watch: true)).not_to match(/--environment/)
+    end
+
+    it "quiets the build when configured to be silent" do
+      paths = build_paths(vite?: true, vite: "path/to/vite")
+
+      expect(build_command(paths: paths).build).not_to match(/--logLevel/)
+
+      command = build_command(paths: paths, options: { silent: true })
+
+      expect(command.build).to match(/--logLevel error/)
+    end
+  end
+
   def build_paths(**options)
-    double(options).as_null_object
+    double({ vite?: false }.merge(options)).as_null_object
   end
 
   def build_command(**options)