diff --git a/src/dirs.ts b/src/dirs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0519f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dirs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import { resolve } from 'pathe'
+
+export const distDir = resolve(typeof __dirname === 'undefined' ? fileURLToPath(import.meta.url) : __dirname)
+
+const _makeResolve = (base: string) => {
+  return (...p: string[]) => resolve(base, ...p)
+}
+
+export const presetsDir = resolve(distDir, 'presets')
+export const resolvePresetsDir = _makeResolve(presetsDir)
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1ed5e865..25ddbb20 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { defineNuxtModule, installModule, addComponentsDir, addTemplate } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { defineNuxtModule, installModule, addComponentsDir, addTemplate, resolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { colors } from '@unocss/preset-uno'
 import defu from 'defu'
 import type { UnocssNuxtOptions } from '@unocss/nuxt'
+import { presetsDir } from './dirs'
 
 export interface UiColorsOptions {
   /**
@@ -165,14 +166,15 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<UiOptions>({
     let ui: object = {}
     try {
       if (typeof preset === 'object') {
-        ui = await import(resolve(__dirname, `./presets/${defaults.preset}`))
+        ui = await import(resolveModule(`./${defaults.preset}`, { paths: presetsDir }))
 
         ui = defu(preset, ui)
       } else {
-        ui = await import(resolve(__dirname, `./presets/${preset}`))
+        // @ts-ignore
+        ui = await import(resolveModule(`./${preset}`, { paths: presetsDir }))
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      ui = await import(resolve(__dirname, `./presets/${defaults.preset}`))
+      ui = await import(resolveModule(`./${defaults.preset}`, { paths: presetsDir }))
     }
 
     addTemplate({