diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
index 92f7d91645be0..49767d702d079 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/isolated-reifier.js
@@ -259,6 +259,22 @@ module.exports = cls => class IsolatedReifier extends cls {
     // local `file:` deps (non-workspace fsChildren) should be treated as local dependencies, not external, so they get symlinked directly instead of being extracted into the store.
     const isLocal = (n) => n.isWorkspace || node.fsChildren?.has(n)
     const optionalDeps = edges.filter(edge => edge.optional).map(edge => edge.to.target)
+
+    // Optional peers declared only in peerDependenciesMeta (e.g. `@types/react`) have no edge, so the materialization above misses them.
+    // Resolve each from the tree and link it; if nobody provides it, node.resolve finds nothing and it stays omitted.
+    const peerMeta = node.package.peerDependenciesMeta
+    if (peerMeta) {
+      const resolvedNames = new Set([...nonOptionalDeps, ...optionalDeps].map(n => n.name))
+      for (const peerName in peerMeta) {
+        if (!peerMeta[peerName]?.optional || resolvedNames.has(peerName)) {
+          continue
+        }
+        const resolved = node.resolve(peerName)?.target
+        if (resolved && resolved !== node && !resolved.inert && !isLocal(resolved)) {
+          optionalDeps.push(resolved)
+        }
+      }
+    }
     result.localDependencies = await Promise.all(nonOptionalDeps.filter(isLocal).map(n => this.#workspaceProxy(n)))
     result.externalDependencies = await Promise.all(nonOptionalDeps.filter(n => !isLocal(n) && !n.inert).map(n => this.#externalProxy(n)))
     result.externalOptionalDependencies = await Promise.all(optionalDeps.filter(n => !n.inert).map(n => this.#externalProxy(n)))
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/isolated-mode.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/isolated-mode.js
index b57b67c593c1a..0db8b104def54 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/isolated-mode.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/isolated-mode.js
@@ -1544,6 +1544,56 @@ tap.test('failing optional peer deps are not installed', async t => {
   t.notOk(setupRequire(dir)('bar', 'which'), 'Failing optional peer deps should not be installed')
 })
 
+tap.test('optional peer declared only in peerDependenciesMeta is materialized when provided', async t => {
+  // Regression for npm/cli#9460.
+  // `bar` declares `which` as an optional peer via peerDependenciesMeta only, with no peerDependencies entry, so no edge is created for it.
+  // The workspace provides `which`, so under the linked strategy `which` should be linked into `bar`'s store node_modules (matching pnpm).
+  // `which` is not a root dependency, so it is not hoisted to the top-level node_modules where parent-dir lookup would mask the result.
+  const graph = {
+    registry: [
+      { name: 'which', version: '1.0.0' },
+      { name: 'bar', version: '1.0.0', peerDependenciesMeta: { which: { optional: true } } },
+    ],
+    root: { name: 'foo', version: '1.2.3' },
+    workspaces: [
+      { name: 'app', version: '1.0.0', dependencies: { bar: '*', which: '1.0.0' } },
+    ],
+  }
+
+  const { dir, registry } = await getRepo(graph)
+
+  // Note that we override this cache to prevent interference from other tests
+  const cache = fs.mkdtempSync(`${getTempDir()}/test-`)
+  const arborist = new Arborist({ path: dir, registry, packumentCache: new Map(), cache })
+  await arborist.reify({ installStrategy: 'linked' })
+
+  t.ok(setupRequire(path.join(dir, 'packages', 'app'))('bar', 'which'),
+    'optional peer provided by the workspace is materialized into bar store node_modules')
+})
+
+tap.test('optional peer declared only in peerDependenciesMeta is omitted when not provided', async t => {
+  // Counterpart to the regression above: when nobody provides the optional peer it must stay omitted, preserving "optional" semantics.
+  const graph = {
+    registry: [
+      { name: 'bar', version: '1.0.0', peerDependenciesMeta: { which: { optional: true } } },
+    ],
+    root: { name: 'foo', version: '1.2.3' },
+    workspaces: [
+      { name: 'app', version: '1.0.0', dependencies: { bar: '*' } },
+    ],
+  }
+
+  const { dir, registry } = await getRepo(graph)
+
+  // Note that we override this cache to prevent interference from other tests
+  const cache = fs.mkdtempSync(`${getTempDir()}/test-`)
+  const arborist = new Arborist({ path: dir, registry, packumentCache: new Map(), cache })
+  await arborist.reify({ installStrategy: 'linked' })
+
+  t.notOk(setupRequire(path.join(dir, 'packages', 'app'))('bar', 'which'),
+    'optional peer that nobody provides is not materialized')
+})
+
 // Virtual packages are 2 packages that have the same version but are
 // duplicated on disk to solve peer-dependency conflict.
 tap.test('virtual packages', async t => {