diff --git a/.changeset/config-deps-global-virtual-store.md b/.changeset/config-deps-global-virtual-store.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a64afd81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/config-deps-global-virtual-store.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/config.deps-installer": minor
+"pnpm": minor
+---
+
+Config dependencies are now installed into the global virtual store (`{storeDir}/links/`) and symlinked into `node_modules/.pnpm-config/`. This allows config dependencies to be shared across projects that use the same store, avoiding redundant fetches and imports.
diff --git a/cli/cli-utils/src/getConfig.ts b/cli/cli-utils/src/getConfig.ts
index e60e10e521..bb5fda597f 100644
--- a/cli/cli-utils/src/getConfig.ts
+++ b/cli/cli-utils/src/getConfig.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export async function getConfig (
       registries: config.registries,
       rootDir: config.lockfileDir ?? config.rootProjectManifestDir,
       store: store.ctrl,
+      storeDir: store.dir,
     })
   }
   if (!config.ignorePnpmfile) {
diff --git a/config/deps-installer/package.json b/config/deps-installer/package.json
index 10819735a8..5a0904be9e 100644
--- a/config/deps-installer/package.json
+++ b/config/deps-installer/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "compile": "tsgo --build && pnpm run lint --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/calc-dep-state": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/config.config-writer": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/core-loggers": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:*",
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@
     "@pnpm/read-package-json": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
     "@zkochan/rimraf": "catalog:",
-    "get-npm-tarball-url": "catalog:"
+    "get-npm-tarball-url": "catalog:",
+    "symlink-dir": "catalog:"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@pnpm/logger": "catalog:"
diff --git a/config/deps-installer/src/installConfigDeps.ts b/config/deps-installer/src/installConfigDeps.ts
index 958ffc6b15..1b87c8f336 100644
--- a/config/deps-installer/src/installConfigDeps.ts
+++ b/config/deps-installer/src/installConfigDeps.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import { calcLeafGlobalVirtualStorePath } from '@pnpm/calc-dep-state'
 import { installingConfigDepsLogger } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
 import { readModulesDir } from '@pnpm/read-modules-dir'
 import rimraf from '@zkochan/rimraf'
 import { safeReadPackageJsonFromDir } from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
 import type { StoreController } from '@pnpm/package-store'
 import type { ConfigDependencies, Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
+import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 import { normalizeConfigDeps } from './normalizeConfigDeps.js'
 
 export interface InstallConfigDepsOpts {
   registries: Registries
   rootDir: string
   store: StoreController
+  storeDir: string
 }
 
 export async function installConfigDeps (configDeps: ConfigDependencies, opts: InstallConfigDepsOpts): Promise<void> {
+  const globalVirtualStoreDir = path.join(opts.storeDir, 'links')
   const configModulesDir = path.join(opts.rootDir, 'node_modules/.pnpm-config')
   const existingConfigDeps: string[] = await readModulesDir(configModulesDir) ?? []
   await Promise.all(existingConfigDeps.map(async (existingConfigDep) => {
@@ -28,29 +33,37 @@ export async function installConfigDeps (configDeps: ConfigDependencies, opts: I
   })
   await Promise.all(Object.entries(normalizedConfigDeps).map(async ([pkgName, pkg]) => {
     const configDepPath = path.join(configModulesDir, pkgName)
-    if (existingConfigDeps.includes(pkgName)) {
-      const configDepPkgJson = await safeReadPackageJsonFromDir(configDepPath)
-      if (configDepPkgJson == null || configDepPkgJson.name !== pkgName || configDepPkgJson.version !== pkg.version) {
-        await rimraf(configDepPath)
-      } else {
-        return
-      }
+    const existingPkgJson = existingConfigDeps.includes(pkgName)
+      ? await safeReadPackageJsonFromDir(configDepPath)
+      : null
+    if (existingPkgJson != null && existingPkgJson.name === pkgName && existingPkgJson.version === pkg.version) {
+      return
     }
     installingConfigDepsLogger.debug({ status: 'started' })
-    const { fetching } = await opts.store.fetchPackage({
-      force: true,
-      lockfileDir: opts.rootDir,
-      pkg: {
-        id: `${pkgName}@${pkg.version}`,
-        resolution: pkg.resolution,
-      },
-    })
-    const { files: filesResponse } = await fetching()
-    await opts.store.importPackage(configDepPath, {
-      force: true,
-      requiresBuild: false,
-      filesResponse,
-    })
+    const fullPkgId = `${pkgName}@${pkg.version}:${pkg.resolution.integrity}`
+    const relPath = calcLeafGlobalVirtualStorePath(fullPkgId, pkgName, pkg.version)
+    const pkgDirInGlobalVirtualStore = path.join(globalVirtualStoreDir, relPath, 'node_modules', pkgName)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(pkgDirInGlobalVirtualStore, 'package.json'))) {
+      const { fetching } = await opts.store.fetchPackage({
+        force: true,
+        lockfileDir: opts.rootDir,
+        pkg: {
+          id: `${pkgName}@${pkg.version}`,
+          resolution: pkg.resolution,
+        },
+      })
+      const { files: filesResponse } = await fetching()
+      await opts.store.importPackage(pkgDirInGlobalVirtualStore, {
+        force: true,
+        requiresBuild: false,
+        filesResponse,
+      })
+    }
+    if (existingConfigDeps.includes(pkgName)) {
+      await rimraf(configDepPath)
+    }
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(configDepPath), { recursive: true })
+    await symlinkDir(pkgDirInGlobalVirtualStore, configDepPath)
     installedConfigDeps.push({
       name: pkgName,
       version: pkg.version,
diff --git a/config/deps-installer/test/installConfigDeps.ts b/config/deps-installer/test/installConfigDeps.ts
index 34b3cbe87b..c0b13c9b98 100644
--- a/config/deps-installer/test/installConfigDeps.ts
+++ b/config/deps-installer/test/installConfigDeps.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const registry = `http://localhost:${REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT}/`
 
 test('configuration dependency is installed', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
-  const { storeController } = createTempStore()
+  const { storeController, storeDir } = createTempStore()
 
   let configDeps: Record<string, string> = {
     '@pnpm.e2e/foo': `100.0.0+${getIntegrity('@pnpm.e2e/foo', '100.0.0')}`,
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ test('configuration dependency is installed', async () => {
     },
     rootDir: process.cwd(),
     store: storeController,
+    storeDir,
   })
 
   {
     const configDepManifest = loadJsonFileSync<{ name: string, version: string }>('node_modules/.pnpm-config/@pnpm.e2e/foo/package.json')
     expect(configDepManifest.name).toBe('@pnpm.e2e/foo')
     expect(configDepManifest.version).toBe('100.0.0')
+    // The local path should be a symlink to the global virtual store
+    expect(fs.lstatSync('node_modules/.pnpm-config/@pnpm.e2e/foo').isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true)
   }
 
   // Dependency is updated
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ test('configuration dependency is installed', async () => {
     },
     rootDir: process.cwd(),
     store: storeController,
+    storeDir,
   })
 
   {
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ test('configuration dependency is installed', async () => {
     },
     rootDir: process.cwd(),
     store: storeController,
+    storeDir,
   })
 
   expect(fs.existsSync('node_modules/.pnpm-config/@pnpm.e2e/foo/package.json')).toBeFalsy()
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ test('configuration dependency is installed', async () => {
 
 test('installation fails if the checksum of the config dependency is invalid', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
-  const { storeController } = createTempStore({
+  const { storeController, storeDir } = createTempStore({
     clientOptions: {
       retry: {
         retries: 0,
@@ -78,12 +83,13 @@ test('installation fails if the checksum of the config dependency is invalid', a
     },
     rootDir: process.cwd(),
     store: storeController,
+    storeDir,
   })).rejects.toThrow('Got unexpected checksum for')
 })
 
 test('installation fails if the config dependency does not have a checksum', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
-  const { storeController } = createTempStore({
+  const { storeController, storeDir } = createTempStore({
     clientOptions: {
       retry: {
         retries: 0,
@@ -100,5 +106,6 @@ test('installation fails if the config dependency does not have a checksum', asy
     },
     rootDir: process.cwd(),
     store: storeController,
+    storeDir,
   })).rejects.toThrow("doesn't have an integrity checksum")
 })
diff --git a/config/deps-installer/test/resolveConfigDeps.test.ts b/config/deps-installer/test/resolveConfigDeps.test.ts
index 1e8895e98a..928f34e33a 100644
--- a/config/deps-installer/test/resolveConfigDeps.test.ts
+++ b/config/deps-installer/test/resolveConfigDeps.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const registry = `http://localhost:${REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT}/`
 
 test('configuration dependency is resolved', async () => {
   prepareEmpty()
-  const { storeController } = createTempStore()
+  const { storeController, storeDir } = createTempStore()
 
   await resolveConfigDeps(['@pnpm.e2e/foo@100.0.0'], {
     registries: {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test('configuration dependency is resolved', async () => {
     cacheDir: path.resolve('cache'),
     userConfig: {},
     store: storeController,
-    storeDir: '.store',
+    storeDir,
   })
 
   const workspaceManifest = readYamlFile<{ configDependencies: Record<string, string> }>('pnpm-workspace.yaml')
diff --git a/config/deps-installer/tsconfig.json b/config/deps-installer/tsconfig.json
index caa113dfe4..28e39985d9 100644
--- a/config/deps-installer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/config/deps-installer/tsconfig.json
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../network/fetch"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/calc-dep-state"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/core-loggers"
     },
diff --git a/packages/calc-dep-state/src/index.ts b/packages/calc-dep-state/src/index.ts
index b503856e71..b413bbf6df 100644
--- a/packages/calc-dep-state/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/calc-dep-state/src/index.ts
@@ -133,14 +133,22 @@ export function calcGraphNodeHash<T extends PkgMeta> (
   // so they survive Node.js upgrades and architecture changes.
   const includeEngine = builtDepPaths === undefined ||
     transitivelyRequiresBuild(graph, builtDepPaths, buildRequiredCache ??= {}, depPath, new Set())
-  const state = {
-    engine: includeEngine ? ENGINE_NAME : null,
-    deps: calcDepGraphHash(graph, cache, new Set(), depPath),
-  }
-  const hexDigest = hashObjectWithoutSorting(state, { encoding: 'hex' })
-  // Use @/ prefix for unscoped packages to maintain uniform 4-level directory depth
-  // Scoped: @scope/pkg/version/hash
-  // Unscoped: @/pkg/version/hash
+  const engine = includeEngine ? ENGINE_NAME : null
+  const deps = calcDepGraphHash(graph, cache, new Set(), depPath)
+  const hexDigest = hashObjectWithoutSorting({ engine, deps }, { encoding: 'hex' })
+  return formatGlobalVirtualStorePath(name, version, hexDigest)
+}
+
+export function calcLeafGlobalVirtualStorePath (fullPkgId: string, name: string, version: string): string {
+  const depsHash = hashObject({ id: fullPkgId, deps: {} })
+  const hexDigest = hashObjectWithoutSorting({ engine: null, deps: depsHash }, { encoding: 'hex' })
+  return formatGlobalVirtualStorePath(name, version, hexDigest)
+}
+
+// Use @/ prefix for unscoped packages to maintain uniform 4-level directory depth
+// Scoped: @scope/pkg/version/hash
+// Unscoped: @/pkg/version/hash
+function formatGlobalVirtualStorePath (name: string, version: string, hexDigest: string): string {
   const prefix = name.startsWith('@') ? '' : '@/'
   return `${prefix}${name}/${version}/${hexDigest}`
 }
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
index 9cc3930a30..5beb042855 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/add.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ export async function handler (
     await resolveConfigDeps(params, {
       ...opts,
       store: store.ctrl,
+      storeDir: store.dir,
       rootDir: opts.workspaceDir ?? opts.rootProjectManifestDir,
     })
     return
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f9dc33f6d9..afd407c044 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1753,6 +1753,9 @@ importers:
 
   config/deps-installer:
     dependencies:
+      '@pnpm/calc-dep-state':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../packages/calc-dep-state
       '@pnpm/config.config-writer':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../config-writer
@@ -1798,6 +1801,9 @@ importers:
       get-npm-tarball-url:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 2.1.0
+      symlink-dir:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 7.1.0
     devDependencies:
       '@pnpm/config.deps-installer':
         specifier: workspace:*
diff --git a/pnpm/test/configurationalDependencies.test.ts b/pnpm/test/configurationalDependencies.test.ts
index 6f854630a8..45a6b4c144 100644
--- a/pnpm/test/configurationalDependencies.test.ts
+++ b/pnpm/test/configurationalDependencies.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ test('patch from configuration dependency is applied via updateConfig hook', asy
   expect(fs.existsSync('node_modules/@pnpm.e2e/foo/index.js')).toBeTruthy()
 
   const lockfile = project.readLockfile()
-  expect(lockfile.patchedDependencies['@pnpm.e2e/foo'].path).toBe('node_modules/.pnpm-config/@pnpm.e2e/has-patch-for-foo/@pnpm.e2e__foo@100.0.0.patch')
+  // The patch path goes through the global virtual store since config deps are symlinked there
+  expect(lockfile.patchedDependencies['@pnpm.e2e/foo'].path).toContain('@pnpm.e2e/has-patch-for-foo/@pnpm.e2e__foo@100.0.0.patch')
 })
 
 test('catalog applied by configurational dependency hook', async () => {