diff --git a/packages/stack-cli/scripts/copy-runtime-assets.mjs b/packages/stack-cli/scripts/copy-runtime-assets.mjs
index 61d2fec56c..cc222b3cec 100644
--- a/packages/stack-cli/scripts/copy-runtime-assets.mjs
+++ b/packages/stack-cli/scripts/copy-runtime-assets.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
-import { chmodSync, cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from "fs";
-import { dirname, join, resolve } from "path";
+import { chmodSync, cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readlinkSync, readdirSync, rmSync } from "fs";
+import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -39,6 +39,57 @@ function copyEmulatorAssets() {
   console.log(`Copied emulator assets into ${emulatorDist} (+ .env.development into ${distDir}).`);
 }
 
+function shouldCopyDashboardFile(path) {
+  return existsSync(path);
+}
+
+function copyDashboardSymlinkTarget(src, dest) {
+  rmSync(dest, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  cpSync(src, dest, { recursive: true, dereference: true, filter: shouldCopyDashboardFile });
+}
+
+function splitDashboardPath(root, path) {
+  return relative(root, path).split(/[\\/]+/);
+}
+
+function getDashboardDependencyName(pnpmRoot, path) {
+  const parts = splitDashboardPath(pnpmRoot, path);
+  const nodeModulesIndex = parts.lastIndexOf("node_modules");
+  if (nodeModulesIndex < 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const dependencyParts = parts.slice(nodeModulesIndex + 1);
+  if (dependencyParts.length === 1) {
+    return dependencyParts[0];
+  }
+  if (dependencyParts.length === 2 && dependencyParts[0].startsWith("@")) {
+    return join(dependencyParts[0], dependencyParts[1]);
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function copyDashboardHoistedDependencies(pnpmRoot, current = pnpmRoot) {
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(current, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const path = join(current, entry.name);
+    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
+      copyDashboardHoistedDependencies(pnpmRoot, path);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!entry.isSymbolicLink() || !existsSync(path)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const dependencyName = getDashboardDependencyName(pnpmRoot, path);
+    if (dependencyName == null) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const target = resolve(current, readlinkSync(path));
+    const parts = splitDashboardPath(pnpmRoot, path);
+    if (parts[0] !== "node_modules" && existsSync(join(target, "package.json"))) {
+      copyDashboardSymlinkTarget(target, join(dashboardDist, "node_modules", dependencyName));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function copyDashboardAssets() {
   assertExists(
     join(dashboardStandaloneSrc, "apps/dashboard/server.js"),
@@ -50,11 +101,12 @@ function copyDashboardAssets() {
   );
 
   rmSync(dashboardDist, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  cpSync(dashboardStandaloneSrc, dashboardDist, { recursive: true });
+  cpSync(dashboardStandaloneSrc, dashboardDist, { recursive: true, dereference: true, filter: shouldCopyDashboardFile });
   cpSync(dashboardStaticSrc, join(dashboardDist, "apps/dashboard/.next/static"), { recursive: true });
   if (existsSync(dashboardPublicSrc)) {
     cpSync(dashboardPublicSrc, join(dashboardDist, "apps/dashboard/public"), { recursive: true });
   }
+  copyDashboardHoistedDependencies(join(dashboardStandaloneSrc, "node_modules/.pnpm"));
 
   console.log(`Copied dashboard standalone runtime into ${dashboardDist}.`);
 }