diff --git a/.changeset/sour-lizards-kiss.md b/.changeset/sour-lizards-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8961e41994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sour-lizards-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/resolve-dependencies": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm install --fix-lockfile` should not fail if the package has no dependencies [#5878](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/5878).
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/fixLockfile.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/fixLockfile.ts
index 17cdb6aa80..58705490bc 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/fixLockfile.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/fixLockfile.ts
@@ -233,3 +233,28 @@ test('--fix-lockfile should preserve all locked dependencies version', async ()
   })
   expect(lockfile.packages?.['/regenerator-runtime/0.13.9']?.dev).toBeFalsy()
 })
+
+test(
+  '--fix-lockfile should install successfully when package has no dependencies but has peer dependencies with version like 1.0.0_@pnpm+y@1.0.0',
+  async () => {
+    prepareEmpty()
+
+    const packages = {
+      dependencies: {
+        // @pnpm.e2e/has-has-y-peer-peer has no dependencies but has peer dependencies @pnpm.e2e/has-y-peer
+        // the version of @pnpm.e2e/has-y-peer will be 1.0.0_@pnpm+y@1.0.0
+        // version 1.0.0_@pnpm+y@1.0.0 should be parsed correctly
+        '@pnpm.e2e/has-has-y-peer-peer': '1.0.0',
+        '@pnpm.e2e/has-y-peer': '^1.0.0',
+        '@pnpm/y': '^1.0.0',
+      },
+    }
+    // install first time to generate lock file
+    await install(packages, await testDefaults())
+
+    // install second time to check whether install successfully with lockfileOnly
+    await install(packages, await testDefaults({
+      fixLockfile: true,
+    }))
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts b/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
index 945adc5623..a220950e6f 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/resolveDependencies.ts
@@ -1128,6 +1128,9 @@ async function resolveDependency (
   let prepare!: boolean
   let hasBin!: boolean
   let pkg: PackageManifest = await getManifestFromResponse(pkgResponse, wantedDependency)
+  if (!pkg.dependencies) {
+    pkg.dependencies = {}
+  }
   if (ctx.readPackageHook != null) {
     pkg = await ctx.readPackageHook(pkg)
   }