diff --git a/src/transpilation/resolve.ts b/src/transpilation/resolve.ts
index 8643f6c86..d786c79cf 100644
--- a/src/transpilation/resolve.ts
+++ b/src/transpilation/resolve.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const resolver = resolve.ResolverFactory.createResolver({
     enforceExtension: true, // Resolved file must be a lua file
     fileSystem: { ...new resolve.CachedInputFileSystem(fs) },
     useSyncFileSystemCalls: true,
+    symlinks: false, // Do not resolve symlinks to their original paths (that breaks node_modules detection)
 });
 
 interface ResolutionResult {