diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/helpers.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/helpers.js
index d9f90571efca..2a787745051a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/helpers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import semver from "semver";
+import { types as t } from "@babel/core";
 
 export function hasMinVersion(minVersion, runtimeVersion) {
   // If the range is unavailable, we're running the script during Babel's
@@ -30,3 +31,16 @@ export function hasMinVersion(minVersion, runtimeVersion) {
     !semver.intersects(`>=8.0.0`, runtimeVersion)
   );
 }
+
+// Note: We can't use NodePath#couldBeBaseType because it doesn't support arrays.
+// Even if we added support for arrays, this package needs to be compatible with
+// ^7.0.0 so we can't rely on it.
+export function typeAnnotationToString(node) {
+  switch (node.type) {
+    case "GenericTypeAnnotation":
+      if (t.isIdentifier(node.id, { name: "Array" })) return "array";
+      break;
+    case "StringTypeAnnotation":
+      return "string";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
index 09d7a4fc6688..0d1f88571041 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { types as t } from "@babel/core";
 
 import getCoreJS2Definitions from "./runtime-corejs2-definitions";
 import getCoreJS3Definitions from "./runtime-corejs3-definitions";
+import { typeAnnotationToString } from "./helpers";
 
 function resolveAbsoluteRuntime(moduleName: string, dirname: string) {
   try {
@@ -112,6 +113,16 @@ export default declare((api, options, dirname) => {
     );
   }
 
+  function maybeNeedsPolyfill(path, methods, name) {
+    if (!methods[name].types) return true;
+
+    const typeAnnotation = path.get("object").getTypeAnnotation();
+    const type = typeAnnotationToString(typeAnnotation);
+    if (!type) return true;
+
+    return methods[name].types.some(name => name === type);
+  }
+
   if (has(options, "useBuiltIns")) {
     if (options.useBuiltIns) {
       throw new Error(
@@ -284,7 +295,14 @@ export default declare((api, options, dirname) => {
 
         // transform calling instance methods like `something.includes()`
         if (injectCoreJS3 && !hasStaticMapping(object.name, propertyName)) {
-          if (hasMapping(InstanceProperties, propertyName)) {
+          if (
+            hasMapping(InstanceProperties, propertyName) &&
+            maybeNeedsPolyfill(
+              path.get("callee"),
+              InstanceProperties,
+              propertyName,
+            )
+          ) {
             let context1, context2;
             if (t.isIdentifier(object)) {
               context1 = object;
@@ -381,7 +399,11 @@ export default declare((api, options, dirname) => {
             !hasStaticMapping(objectName, propertyName)
           ) {
             // transform getting of instance methods like `method = something.includes`
-            if (injectCoreJS3 && hasMapping(InstanceProperties, propertyName)) {
+            if (
+              injectCoreJS3 &&
+              hasMapping(InstanceProperties, propertyName) &&
+              maybeNeedsPolyfill(path, InstanceProperties, propertyName)
+            ) {
               path.replaceWith(
                 t.callExpression(
                   this.addDefaultImport(
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/runtime-corejs3-definitions.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/runtime-corejs3-definitions.js
index 4a68b0ab0e16..ab76a7eaaef7 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/runtime-corejs3-definitions.js
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/src/runtime-corejs3-definitions.js
@@ -180,12 +180,16 @@ export default () => {
       },
     },
 
+    // NOTE: You can specify the object types whose method needs to be polyfilled.
+    // e.g.  concat: { types: ["array"] }
+    // See ./helpers.js@typeAnnotationToString for the supported types
+
     InstanceProperties: {
       at: { stable: false, path: "at" },
       bind: { stable: true, path: "bind" },
       codePointAt: { stable: true, path: "code-point-at" },
       codePoints: { stable: false, path: "code-points" },
-      concat: { stable: true, path: "concat" },
+      concat: { stable: true, path: "concat", types: ["array"] },
       copyWithin: { stable: true, path: "copy-within" },
       endsWith: { stable: true, path: "ends-with" },
       entries: { stable: true, path: "entries" },
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e102e6fd7a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require(`./locale/${lan}`);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a7c4b5b6328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "plugins": [
+    ["transform-runtime", { "corejs": 3 }],
+    "transform-template-literals"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/output.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57a591f39640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/regression/issue-9753-webpack-require-template-compatibility/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require("./locale/".concat(lan));
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1368df1566b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"".concat(b);
+[].concat(b);
+a.concat(b);
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea8bb9c3aa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "plugins": [["transform-runtime", { "corejs": 3 }]]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/output.js b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe473d9f3f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-transform-runtime/test/fixtures/runtime-corejs3/instance-inference-optimization/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var _concatInstanceProperty = require("@babel/runtime-corejs3/core-js-stable/instance/concat");
+
+var _context;
+
+"".concat(b);
+
+_concatInstanceProperty(_context = []).call(_context, b);
+
+_concatInstanceProperty(a).call(a, b);