diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d69962f7c8..66764465a86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "util:copy-icons": "cpy \"./node_modules/@esri/calcite-ui-icons/js/*.json\" \"./src/components/icon/assets/icon/\" --flat",
     "util:deploy-next": "npm run util:prep-next && npm run util:push-tags && npm run util:publish-next",
     "util:deploy-next-from-ci": "ts-node --project ./tsconfig-node-scripts.json support/deployNextFromCI.ts",
+    "util:patch-es5-helpers": "ts-node support/patchES5Helpers.ts",
     "util:prep-next": "ts-node --project ./tsconfig-node-scripts.json support/prepReleaseCommit.ts --next && npm run build",
     "util:publish-next": "npm publish --tag next",
     "util:check-squash-mergeable-branch": "ts-node --project ./tsconfig-node-scripts.json support/checkSquashMergeableBranch.ts",
diff --git a/support/patchES5Helpers.ts b/support/patchES5Helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a428b91e251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/patchES5Helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const {
+  promises: { readFile, readdir, writeFile }
+} = require("fs");
+const { normalize } = require("path");
+const { quote } = require("shell-quote");
+
+(async function () {
+  const esmEs5Output = quote([normalize(`${__dirname}/../dist/esm-es5/`)]);
+
+  // we patch __spreadArray to work around https://github.com/microsoft/tslib/issues/175
+  // see https://github.com/Esri/calcite-components/issues/4481#issuecomment-1128336510 for more info
+  const spreadArrayHelperToken =
+    /(var __spreadArray\=this\&\&this\.__spreadArray\|\|function\(\w\,)(\w)(\,\w\)\{)(if\((?:\w)\|\|arguments\.length\=\=\=2\))/;
+  const patchedSpreadArrayReplacement = '$1$2$3if(typeof $2 === "string"){$2=Array.prototype.slice.call($2)}$4';
+  const files = await readdir(esmEs5Output);
+
+  try {
+    for (const file of files) {
+      const filePath = quote([normalize(`${esmEs5Output}/${file}`)]);
+      const contents = await readFile(filePath, { encoding: "utf8" });
+      await writeFile(filePath, contents.replace(spreadArrayHelperToken, patchedSpreadArrayReplacement));
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+})();