diff --git a/.changeset/hot-buttons-train.md b/.changeset/hot-buttons-train.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4e9e76feed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hot-buttons-train.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/headless": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Link the bin files of local workspace dependencies, when `node-linker` is set to `hoisted` [6486](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/6486).
diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts b/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
index 0d2f61c2e9e..8b53ea6698b 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/headless/src/index.ts
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ export async function headlessInstall (opts: HeadlessOptions) {
     /** Skip linking and due to no project manifest */
     if (!opts.ignorePackageManifest) {
       await Promise.all(selectedProjects.map(async (project) => {
-        if (opts.publicHoistPattern?.length && path.relative(opts.lockfileDir, project.rootDir) === '') {
+        if (opts.nodeLinker === 'hoisted' || opts.publicHoistPattern?.length && path.relative(opts.lockfileDir, project.rootDir) === '') {
           await linkBinsOfImporter(project, {
             extraNodePaths: opts.extraNodePaths,
             preferSymlinkedExecutables: opts.preferSymlinkedExecutables,