diff --git a/.changeset/itchy-pigs-deny.md b/.changeset/itchy-pigs-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aa91bf855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/itchy-pigs-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": patch
+---
+
+pnpm i should work correctly on virtual drives instead of silently shutting down
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
index bebee9f388..b9ea992089 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
     "tempy": "^1.0.0",
     "write-json-file": "^4.3.0",
     "write-pkg": "4.0.0",
-    "write-yaml-file": "^4.2.0"
+    "write-yaml-file": "^4.2.0",
+    "symlink-dir": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/cli-utils": "workspace:0.6.49",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
index 8bc1a3c869..36756e9ff2 100755
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export default async function recursive (
   // For a workspace with shared lockfile
   if (opts.lockfileDir && ['add', 'install', 'remove', 'update', 'import'].includes(cmdFullName)) {
     let importers = await getImporters()
-    const calculatedRepositoryRoot = calculateRepositoryRoot(opts.workspaceDir, importers.map(x => x.rootDir))
+    const calculatedRepositoryRoot = await fs.realpath(calculateRepositoryRoot(opts.workspaceDir, importers.map(x => x.rootDir)))
     const isFromWorkspace = isSubdir.bind(null, calculatedRepositoryRoot)
     importers = await pFilter(importers, async ({ rootDir }: { rootDir: string }) => isFromWorkspace(await fs.realpath(rootDir)))
     if (importers.length === 0) return true
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/miscRecursive.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/miscRecursive.ts
index 084259723c..233e01cdad 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/miscRecursive.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/miscRecursive.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import loadJsonFile from 'load-json-file'
 import writeJsonFile from 'write-json-file'
 import writeYamlFile from 'write-yaml-file'
 import { DEFAULT_OPTS } from './utils'
+import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 
 test('recursive add/remove', async () => {
   const projects = preparePackages([
@@ -643,3 +644,30 @@ test('prefer-workspace-package', async () => {
   const lockfile = await readYamlFile<Lockfile>(path.resolve('pnpm-lock.yaml'))
   expect(lockfile.importers['project-1'].dependencies?.foo).toBe('link:../foo')
 })
+
+test('installing in monorepo with shared lockfile should work on virtual drives', async () => {
+  const projects = preparePackages([
+    {
+      name: 'project-1',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  ])
+  const virtualPath = process.cwd() + '-virtual-disk'
+  // symlink simulates windows' subst
+  await symlinkDir(process.cwd(), virtualPath)
+  const { allProjects, selectedProjectsGraph } = await readProjects(virtualPath, [])
+  await install.handler({
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    lockfileDir: virtualPath,
+    allProjects,
+    dir: virtualPath,
+    recursive: true,
+    selectedProjectsGraph,
+    workspaceDir: virtualPath,
+  })
+
+  await projects['project-1'].has('is-positive')
+})
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 1a930fc6aa..566f061cf2 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ importers:
       read-yaml-file: ^2.1.0
       render-help: ^1.0.1
       sinon: ^11.1.1
+      symlink-dir: ^5.0.0
       tempy: ^1.0.0
       version-selector-type: ^3.0.0
       write-json-file: ^4.3.0
@@ -2225,6 +2226,7 @@ importers:
       proxyquire: 2.1.3
       read-yaml-file: 2.1.0
       sinon: 11.1.2
+      symlink-dir: 5.0.1
       tempy: 1.0.1
       write-json-file: 4.3.0
       write-pkg: 4.0.0