diff --git a/lib/utils/reify-output.js b/lib/utils/reify-output.js
index dcef8d0aac845..6e25f94340632 100644
--- a/lib/utils/reify-output.js
+++ b/lib/utils/reify-output.js
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ const reifyOutput = (npm, arb, extras = {}) => {
             if (showDiff) {
               output.standard(`${chalk.green('add')} ${d.ideal.name} ${d.ideal.package.version}`)
             }
-            if (actualTree.inventory.has(d.ideal)) {
+            // Linked store packages live under .store, absent from the logical actualTree, so identity lookup misses them; count each store package node (non-link).
+            if (actualTree.inventory.has(d.ideal) || (d.ideal.isInStore && !d.ideal.isLink)) {
               summary.added++
               summary.add.push({
                 name: d.ideal.name,
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
index 40d4cd221ca02..828a99679eab6 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js.test.cjs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/reify-output.js TAP added packages should be looked up w
 added 1 package in {TIME}
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/utils/reify-output.js TAP added packages should be looked up within returned tree linked store package counted though absent from actualTree > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+
+added 1 package in {TIME}
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/utils/reify-output.js TAP added packages should be looked up within returned tree missing added pkg in inventory > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 
 up to date in {TIME}
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/ls.js b/test/lib/commands/ls.js
index ab98773bc68e5..17733bc03ef3f 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/ls.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/ls.js
@@ -5332,6 +5332,25 @@ t.test('ls --install-strategy=linked', async t => {
         node_modules: {
           'workspace-a': t.fixture('symlink', '../packages/workspace-a'),
           // workspace-b intentionally NOT linked (undeclared in dependencies)
+          // The hidden lockfile a real linked install writes records only the
+          // declared workspace as linked into root node_modules, so loadActual
+          // resolves workspace-b's root edge as missing (the undeclared-workspace case).
+          '.package-lock.json': JSON.stringify({
+            lockfileVersion: 3,
+            requires: true,
+            packages: {
+              'node_modules/workspace-a': {
+                resolved: 'packages/workspace-a',
+                link: true,
+              },
+              'packages/workspace-a': {
+                version: '1.0.0',
+              },
+              'packages/workspace-b': {
+                version: '1.0.0',
+              },
+            },
+          }),
         },
       },
     })
@@ -5397,7 +5416,20 @@ t.test('ls --install-strategy=linked', async t => {
           },
         },
         node_modules: {
-          // workspace-a is declared but its symlink is missing
+          // workspace-a is declared but its symlink is missing.
+          // The hidden lockfile records the workspace target without a root
+          // node_modules link, so loadActual resolves the declared workspace's
+          // root edge as missing (the declared-but-missing case), which must
+          // still be reported as UNMET DEPENDENCY.
+          '.package-lock.json': JSON.stringify({
+            lockfileVersion: 3,
+            requires: true,
+            packages: {
+              'packages/workspace-a': {
+                version: '1.0.0',
+              },
+            },
+          }),
         },
       },
     })
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js b/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
index 596272f21fa97..0f2be24b0246e 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/reify-output.js
@@ -391,6 +391,25 @@ t.test('added packages should be looked up within returned tree', async t => {
 
     t.matchSnapshot(out)
   })
+
+  t.test('linked store package counted though absent from actualTree', async t => {
+    const out = await mockReify(t, {
+      actualTree: {
+        name: 'foo',
+        inventory: {
+          has: () => false,
+        },
+      },
+      diff: {
+        children: [
+          { action: 'ADD', ideal: { path: 'test/baz', name: 'baz', isInStore: true, isLink: false, package: { version: '1.0.0' } } },
+          { action: 'ADD', ideal: { path: 'test/baz-link', name: 'baz', isInStore: false, isLink: true, package: { version: '1.0.0' } } },
+        ],
+      },
+    })
+
+    t.matchSnapshot(out)
+  })
 })
 
 t.test('prints dedupe difference on dry-run', async t => {