diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f10a5bca..389c192c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1673,9 +1673,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "miette",
  "node-semver",
+ "once_cell",
  "oro-client",
  "oro-common",
  "oro-package-spec",
+ "reflink",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a80ea7e6..869f4137 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ maplit = "1.0.2"
 miette = "5.5.0"
 node-semver = "2.1.0"
 nom = "7.1.3"
+once_cell = "1.17.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.1.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.3.0"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.18"
 quote = "1.0.7"
+reflink = "0.1.3"
 reqwest = "0.11.14"
 reqwest-middleware = "0.2.0"
 serde = "1.0.152"
diff --git a/crates/nassun/Cargo.toml b/crates/nassun/Cargo.toml
index ab61c83d..d11fd159 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nassun/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ backon = { workspace = true }
 cacache = { workspace = true }
 flate2 = { workspace = true }
 io_tee = { workspace = true }
+once_cell = { workspace = true }
+reflink = { workspace = true }
 tar = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 which = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/nassun/src/client.rs b/crates/nassun/src/client.rs
index 7b9e95ba..5bc27287 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/nassun/src/client.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct NassunOpts {
     base_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
     default_tag: Option<String>,
     registries: HashMap<Option<String>, Url>,
+    prefer_copy: bool,
 }
 
 impl NassunOpts {
@@ -37,6 +38,17 @@ impl NassunOpts {
         self
     }
 
+    /// When extracting tarballs, prefer to copy files to their destination as
+    /// separate, standalone files instead of hard linking them. Full copies
+    /// will still happen when hard linking fails. Furthermore, on filesystems
+    /// that support Copy-on-Write (zfs, btrfs, APFS (macOS), etc), this
+    /// option will use that feature for all copies.
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+    pub fn prefer_copy(mut self, prefer_copy: bool) -> Self {
+        self.prefer_copy = prefer_copy;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn registry(mut self, registry: Url) -> Self {
         self.registries.insert(None, registry);
         self
@@ -84,6 +96,10 @@ impl NassunOpts {
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::current_dir().expect("failed to get cwd.")),
                 default_tag: self.default_tag.unwrap_or_else(|| "latest".into()),
             },
+            #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+            prefer_copy: self.prefer_copy,
+            #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+            prefer_copy: false,
             npm_fetcher: Arc::new(NpmFetcher::new(
                 #[allow(clippy::redundant_clone)]
                 client.clone(),
@@ -101,6 +117,7 @@ impl NassunOpts {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Nassun {
     cache: Arc<Option<PathBuf>>,
+    prefer_copy: bool,
     resolver: PackageResolver,
     npm_fetcher: Arc<dyn PackageFetcher>,
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -199,7 +216,7 @@ impl Nassun {
         let fetcher = self.pick_fetcher(&spec);
         let name = fetcher.name(&spec, &self.resolver.base_dir).await?;
         self.resolver
-            .resolve(name, spec, fetcher, self.cache.clone())
+            .resolve(name, spec, fetcher, self.cache.clone(), self.prefer_copy)
             .await
     }
 
@@ -214,8 +231,14 @@ impl Nassun {
         resolved: PackageResolution,
     ) -> Package {
         let fetcher = self.pick_fetcher(&from);
-        self.resolver
-            .resolve_from(name, from, resolved, fetcher, self.cache.clone())
+        self.resolver.resolve_from(
+            name,
+            from,
+            resolved,
+            fetcher,
+            self.cache.clone(),
+            self.prefer_copy,
+        )
     }
 
     /// Creates a "resolved" package from a plain [`oro_common::Manifest`].
@@ -227,6 +250,7 @@ impl Nassun {
             from: PackageSpec::Dir {
                 path: PathBuf::from("."),
             },
+            prefer_copy: false,
             name: manifest.name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "dummy".to_string()),
             resolved: PackageResolution::Dir {
                 name: manifest.name.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| "dummy".to_string()),
diff --git a/crates/nassun/src/fetch/git.rs b/crates/nassun/src/fetch/git.rs
index e0590233..36caa9df 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/src/fetch/git.rs
+++ b/crates/nassun/src/fetch/git.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl GitFetcher {
     async fn fetch_tarball(&self, dir: &Path, tarball: &Url) -> Result<()> {
         let tarball = self.client.stream_external(tarball).await?;
         Tarball::new_unchecked(tarball)
-            .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, None)
+            .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, None, false)
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/nassun/src/package.rs b/crates/nassun/src/package.rs
index c2654e45..4c630814 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/src/package.rs
+++ b/crates/nassun/src/package.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ pub struct Package {
     pub(crate) fetcher: Arc<dyn PackageFetcher>,
     pub(crate) base_dir: PathBuf,
     pub(crate) cache: Arc<Option<PathBuf>>,
+    #[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), allow(dead_code))]
+    pub(crate) prefer_copy: bool,
 }
 
 impl Package {
@@ -169,14 +171,21 @@ impl Package {
                     // If extracting from the cache failed for some reason
                     // (bad data, etc), then go ahead and do a network
                     // extract.
-                    match self.extract_from_cache(dir, cache, entry).await {
+                    match self
+                        .extract_from_cache(dir, cache, entry, self.prefer_copy)
+                        .await
+                    {
                         Ok(_) => return Ok(sri),
                         Err(e) => {
                             tracing::debug!("extract_from_cache failed: {}", e);
                             return self
                                 .tarball_checked(sri)
                                 .await?
-                                .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref())
+                                .extract_from_tarball_data(
+                                    dir,
+                                    self.cache.as_deref(),
+                                    self.prefer_copy,
+                                )
                                 .await;
                         }
                     }
@@ -184,18 +193,18 @@ impl Package {
                     return self
                         .tarball_checked(sri.clone())
                         .await?
-                        .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref())
+                        .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref(), self.prefer_copy)
                         .await;
                 }
             }
             self.tarball_checked(sri.clone())
                 .await?
-                .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref())
+                .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref(), self.prefer_copy)
                 .await
         } else {
             self.tarball_unchecked()
                 .await?
-                .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref())
+                .extract_from_tarball_data(dir, self.cache.as_deref(), self.prefer_copy)
                 .await
         }
     }
@@ -206,6 +215,7 @@ impl Package {
         dir: &Path,
         cache: &Path,
         entry: cacache::Metadata,
+        prefer_copy: bool,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         let dir = PathBuf::from(dir);
         let cache = PathBuf::from(cache);
@@ -231,8 +241,7 @@ impl Package {
                     created.insert(parent);
                 }
 
-                cacache::hard_link_hash_unchecked_sync(&cache, &sri, &path)
-                    .map_err(move |e| NassunError::ExtractCacheError(e, Some(path)))?;
+                crate::tarball::extract_from_cache(&cache, &sri, &path, prefer_copy)?;
             }
             Ok::<_, NassunError>(())
         })
diff --git a/crates/nassun/src/resolver.rs b/crates/nassun/src/resolver.rs
index ab4db53a..155b6d06 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/src/resolver.rs
+++ b/crates/nassun/src/resolver.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ impl PackageResolver {
         resolved: PackageResolution,
         fetcher: Arc<dyn PackageFetcher>,
         cache: Arc<Option<PathBuf>>,
+        prefer_copy: bool,
     ) -> Package {
         Package {
             name,
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ impl PackageResolver {
             resolved,
             fetcher,
             cache,
+            prefer_copy,
             base_dir: self.base_dir.clone(),
         }
     }
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ impl PackageResolver {
         wanted: PackageSpec,
         fetcher: Arc<dyn PackageFetcher>,
         cache: Arc<Option<PathBuf>>,
+        prefer_copy: bool,
     ) -> Result<Package, NassunError> {
         let packument = fetcher.corgi_packument(&wanted, &self.base_dir).await?;
         let resolved = self.get_resolution(&name, &wanted, &packument)?;
@@ -136,6 +139,7 @@ impl PackageResolver {
             fetcher,
             base_dir: self.base_dir.clone(),
             cache,
+            prefer_copy,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nassun/src/tarball.rs b/crates/nassun/src/tarball.rs
index 26c48034..bb0762e8 100644
--- a/crates/nassun/src/tarball.rs
+++ b/crates/nassun/src/tarball.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ use crate::TarballStream;
 
 const MAX_IN_MEMORY_TARBALL_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024 * 5;
 
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub(crate) static SUPPORTS_REFLINK: once_cell::sync::Lazy<bool> =
+    once_cell::sync::Lazy::new(supports_reflink);
+
 pub struct Tarball {
     checker: Option<IntegrityChecker>,
     reader: TarballStream,
@@ -57,13 +61,14 @@ impl Tarball {
         mut self,
         dir: &Path,
         cache: Option<&Path>,
+        prefer_copy: bool,
     ) -> Result<Integrity> {
         let integrity = self.integrity.take();
         let temp = self.into_temp().await?;
         let dir = PathBuf::from(dir);
         let cache = cache.map(PathBuf::from);
         async_std::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-            temp.extract_to_dir(&dir, integrity, cache.as_deref())
+            temp.extract_to_dir(&dir, integrity, cache.as_deref(), prefer_copy)
         })
         .await
     }
@@ -189,6 +194,7 @@ impl TempTarball {
         dir: &Path,
         tarball_integrity: Option<Integrity>,
         cache: Option<&Path>,
+        prefer_copy: bool,
     ) -> Result<Integrity> {
         let mut file_index = serde_json::Map::new();
         let mut drain_buf = [0u8; 1024 * 8];
@@ -254,23 +260,7 @@ impl TempTarball {
                         .commit()
                         .map_err(|e| NassunError::ExtractCacheError(e, Some(path.clone())))?;
 
-                    // HACK: This is horrible, but on wsl2 (at least), this
-                    // was sometimes crashing with an ENOENT (?!), which
-                    // really REALLY shouldn't happen. So we just retry a few
-                    // times and hope the problem goes away.
-                    let op = || {
-                        cacache::hard_link_hash_unchecked_sync(cache, &sri, &path)
-                            .map_err(|e| NassunError::ExtractCacheError(e, Some(path.clone())))
-                    };
-                    op.retry(&ConstantBuilder::default().with_delay(Duration::from_millis(50)))
-                        .notify(|err, wait| {
-                            tracing::debug!(
-                                "Error hard linking from cache: {}. Retrying after {}ms",
-                                err,
-                                wait.as_micros() / 1000
-                            )
-                        })
-                        .call()?;
+                    extract_from_cache(cache, &sri, &path, prefer_copy)?;
 
                     file_index.insert(
                         entry_subpath.to_string_lossy().into(),
@@ -368,3 +358,54 @@ fn strip_one(path: &Path) -> Option<&Path> {
 pub(crate) fn tarball_key(integrity: &Integrity) -> String {
     format!("nassun::package::{integrity}")
 }
+
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+fn supports_reflink() -> bool {
+    let tempdir = match tempfile::tempdir() {
+        Ok(t) => t,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+    match std::fs::write(tempdir.path().join("a"), "a") {
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+    let supports_reflink = reflink::reflink(tempdir.path().join("a"), tempdir.path().join("b"))
+        .map(|_| true)
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+
+    if supports_reflink {
+        tracing::info!("Filesystem supports reflinks, extracted data will use copy-on-write reflinks instead of hard links or full copies (unless cache in in a separate disk).")
+    }
+
+    supports_reflink
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn extract_from_cache(
+    cache: &Path,
+    sri: &Integrity,
+    to: &Path,
+    prefer_copy: bool,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    if *SUPPORTS_REFLINK || prefer_copy {
+        cacache::copy_hash_unchecked_sync(cache, sri, to)
+            .map_err(|e| NassunError::ExtractCacheError(e, Some(PathBuf::from(to))))?;
+    } else {
+        // HACK: This is horrible, but on wsl2 (at least), this
+        // was sometimes crashing with an ENOENT (?!), which
+        // really REALLY shouldn't happen. So we just retry a few
+        // times and hope the problem goes away.
+        let op = || cacache::hard_link_hash_unchecked_sync(cache, sri, to);
+        op.retry(&ConstantBuilder::default().with_delay(Duration::from_millis(50)))
+            .notify(|err, wait| {
+                tracing::debug!(
+                    "Error hard linking from cache: {}. Retrying after {}ms",
+                    err,
+                    wait.as_micros() / 1000
+                )
+            })
+            .call()
+            .or_else(|_| cacache::copy_hash_unchecked_sync(cache, sri, to))
+            .map_err(|e| NassunError::ExtractCacheError(e, Some(PathBuf::from(to))))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}