Solution for symlinks in Mix?

I am trying to use a downloaded/local node module in my existing Laravel project. It's a templating package from Creative Tim.

I have installed the package (using npm install --save), which creates a symlink in the node_modules directory - but evidently Mix doesn't handle symlinks well.

As a result, I get the following error:

Cannot find module 'vue-material-dashboard-pro' at webpackMissingModule (app.js:2232)

Can someone please explain to me how I either install the local package in a way that doesn't result in a symlink, or get around this Mix issue?