diff --git a/src/install/resolvers/folder_resolver.zig b/src/install/resolvers/folder_resolver.zig
index 968ee57ca99732..c16f0c8ed97b07 100644
--- a/src/install/resolvers/folder_resolver.zig
+++ b/src/install/resolvers/folder_resolver.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub const FolderResolution = union(Tag) {
         return std.hash.Wyhash.hash(0, normalized_path);
     }
 
-    pub fn NewResolver(comptime tag: Resolution.Tag) type {
+    fn NewResolver(comptime tag: Resolution.Tag) type {
         return struct {
             folder_path: string,
 
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ pub const FolderResolution = union(Tag) {
         };
     }
 
-    pub const Resolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.folder);
-    pub const SymlinkResolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.symlink);
-    pub const WorkspaceResolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.workspace);
-    pub const CacheFolderResolver = struct {
-        folder_path: []const u8 = "",
+    const Resolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.folder);
+    const SymlinkResolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.symlink);
+    const WorkspaceResolver = NewResolver(Resolution.Tag.workspace);
+    const CacheFolderResolver = struct {
         version: Semver.Version,
 
         pub fn resolve(this: @This(), comptime Builder: type, _: Builder, _: JSAst.Expr) !Resolution {
@@ -182,14 +181,18 @@ pub const FolderResolution = union(Tag) {
         if (entry.found_existing) return entry.value_ptr.*;
 
         const package: Lockfile.Package = switch (global_or_relative) {
-            .global => readPackageJSONFromDisk(
-                manager,
-                abs,
-                version,
-                Features.link,
-                SymlinkResolver,
-                SymlinkResolver{ .folder_path = non_normalized_path },
-            ),
+            .global => brk: {
+                var path: [bun.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
+                std.mem.copy(u8, &path, non_normalized_path);
+                break :brk readPackageJSONFromDisk(
+                    manager,
+                    abs,
+                    version,
+                    Features.link,
+                    SymlinkResolver,
+                    SymlinkResolver{ .folder_path = path[0..non_normalized_path.len] },
+                );
+            },
             .relative => |tag| switch (tag) {
                 .folder => readPackageJSONFromDisk(
                     manager,
diff --git a/test/bun.js/install/bun-link.test.ts b/test/bun.js/install/bun-link.test.ts
index c2cf459e28a6e2..137242cc45cf17 100644
--- a/test/bun.js/install/bun-link.test.ts
+++ b/test/bun.js/install/bun-link.test.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,35 @@
 import { spawn } from "bun";
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import { bunExe } from "bunExe";
 import { bunEnv as env } from "bunEnv";
-import { mkdtemp, realpath, rm, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { access, mkdtemp, readlink, realpath, rm, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { basename, join } from "path";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
+import {
+  dummyAfterAll,
+  dummyAfterEach,
+  dummyBeforeAll,
+  dummyBeforeEach,
+  package_dir,
+  readdirSorted,
+} from "./dummy.registry";
 
-let package_dir, link_dir;
+beforeAll(dummyBeforeAll);
+afterAll(dummyAfterAll);
+
+let link_dir;
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   link_dir = await mkdtemp(join(await realpath(tmpdir()), "bun-link.test"));
-  package_dir = await mkdtemp(join(await realpath(tmpdir()), "bun-link.pkg"));
+  await dummyBeforeEach();
 });
 afterEach(async () => {
   await rm(link_dir, { force: true, recursive: true });
-  await rm(package_dir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+  await dummyAfterEach();
 });
 
 it("should link package", async () => {
-  var link_name = basename(link_dir).slice("bun-link.".length);
+  const link_name = basename(link_dir).slice("bun-link.".length);
   await writeFile(
     join(link_dir, "package.json"),
     JSON.stringify({
@@ -114,13 +125,12 @@ it("should link package", async () => {
   const err4 = await new Response(stderr4).text();
   expect(err4).toContain(`error: package "${link_name}" is not linked`);
   expect(stdout4).toBeDefined();
-  const out4 = await new Response(stdout4).text();
   expect(await new Response(stdout4).text()).toBe("");
   expect(await exited4).toBe(1);
 });
 
 it("should link scoped package", async () => {
-  var link_name = `@${basename(link_dir).slice("bun-link.".length)}/foo`;
+  const link_name = `@${basename(link_dir).slice("bun-link.".length)}/foo`;
   await writeFile(
     join(link_dir, "package.json"),
     JSON.stringify({
@@ -216,7 +226,121 @@ it("should link scoped package", async () => {
   const err4 = await new Response(stderr4).text();
   expect(err4).toContain(`error: package "${link_name}" is not linked`);
   expect(stdout4).toBeDefined();
-  const out4 = await new Response(stdout4).text();
   expect(await new Response(stdout4).text()).toBe("");
   expect(await exited4).toBe(1);
 });
+
+it("should link dependency without crashing", async () => {
+  const link_name = basename(link_dir).slice("bun-link.".length) + "-really-long-name";
+  await writeFile(
+    join(link_dir, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({
+      name: link_name,
+      version: "0.0.1",
+      bin: {
+        [link_name]: `${link_name}.js`,
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+  await writeFile(join(link_dir, `${link_name}.js`), "console.log(42);");
+  await writeFile(
+    join(package_dir, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({
+      name: "foo",
+      version: "0.0.2",
+      dependencies: {
+        [link_name]: `link:${link_name}`,
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+
+  const {
+    stdout: stdout1,
+    stderr: stderr1,
+    exited: exited1,
+  } = spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "link"],
+    cwd: link_dir,
+    stdout: null,
+    stdin: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    env,
+  });
+  expect(stderr1).toBeDefined();
+  const err1 = await new Response(stderr1).text();
+  expect(err1.replace(/^(.*?) v[^\n]+/, "$1").split(/\r?\n/)).toEqual(["bun link", ""]);
+  expect(stdout1).toBeDefined();
+  expect(await new Response(stdout1).text()).toContain(`Success! Registered \\"${link_name}\\"`);
+  expect(await exited1).toBe(0);
+
+  const {
+    stdout: stdout2,
+    stderr: stderr2,
+    exited: exited2,
+  } = spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "install", "--config", import.meta.dir + "/basic.toml"],
+    cwd: package_dir,
+    stdout: null,
+    stdin: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    env,
+  });
+  expect(stderr2).toBeDefined();
+  const err2 = await new Response(stderr2).text();
+  expect(err2.replace(/^(.*?) v[^\n]+/, "$1").split(/\r?\n/)).toEqual(["bun install", " Saved lockfile", ""]);
+  expect(stdout2).toBeDefined();
+  const out2 = await new Response(stdout2).text();
+  expect(out2.replace(/\s*\[[0-9\.]+ms\]\s*$/, "").split(/\r?\n/)).toEqual([
+    ` + ${link_name}@link:${link_name}`,
+    "",
+    " 1 packages installed",
+  ]);
+  expect(await exited2).toBe(0);
+  expect(await readdirSorted(join(package_dir, "node_modules"))).toEqual([".bin", ".cache", link_name].sort());
+  expect(await readdirSorted(join(package_dir, "node_modules", ".bin"))).toEqual([link_name]);
+  expect(await readlink(join(package_dir, "node_modules", ".bin", link_name))).toBe(
+    join("..", link_name, `${link_name}.js`),
+  );
+  expect(await readdirSorted(join(package_dir, "node_modules", link_name))).toEqual(
+    ["package.json", `${link_name}.js`].sort(),
+  );
+  await access(join(package_dir, "bun.lockb"));
+
+  const {
+    stdout: stdout3,
+    stderr: stderr3,
+    exited: exited3,
+  } = spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "unlink"],
+    cwd: link_dir,
+    stdout: null,
+    stdin: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    env,
+  });
+  expect(stderr3).toBeDefined();
+  const err3 = await new Response(stderr3).text();
+  expect(err3.replace(/^(.*?) v[^\n]+/, "$1").split(/\r?\n/)).toEqual(["bun unlink", ""]);
+  expect(stdout3).toBeDefined();
+  expect(await new Response(stdout3).text()).toContain(`success: unlinked package "${link_name}"`);
+  expect(await exited3).toBe(0);
+
+  const {
+    stdout: stdout4,
+    stderr: stderr4,
+    exited: exited4,
+  } = spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "install"],
+    cwd: package_dir,
+    stdout: null,
+    stdin: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    env,
+  });
+  expect(stderr4).toBeDefined();
+  const err4 = await new Response(stderr4).text();
+  expect(err4).toContain(`error: FileNotFound installing ${link_name}`);
+  expect(stdout4).toBeDefined();
+  expect(await new Response(stdout4).text()).toBe("");
+  expect(await exited4).toBe(0);
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/bun-link-to-pkg-fixture/bun.lockb b/test/fixtures/bun-link-to-pkg-fixture/bun.lockb
index 91f9f0e3507a41..1f6e25aa6afbe6 100755
Binary files a/test/fixtures/bun-link-to-pkg-fixture/bun.lockb and b/test/fixtures/bun-link-to-pkg-fixture/bun.lockb differ