diff --git a/src/ast/nodes/BinaryExpression.ts b/src/ast/nodes/BinaryExpression.ts
index 66e657949ff..4a53a8b6bcd 100644
--- a/src/ast/nodes/BinaryExpression.ts
+++ b/src/ast/nodes/BinaryExpression.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { DeoptimizableEntity } from '../DeoptimizableEntity';
 import { ExecutionPathOptions } from '../ExecutionPathOptions';
 import { ImmutableEntityPathTracker } from '../utils/ImmutableEntityPathTracker';
 import { EMPTY_PATH, LiteralValueOrUnknown, ObjectPath, UNKNOWN_VALUE } from '../values';
+import ExpressionStatement from './ExpressionStatement';
 import { LiteralValue } from './Literal';
 import * as NodeType from './NodeType';
 import { ExpressionNode, NodeBase } from './shared/Node';
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ export default class BinaryExpression extends NodeBase {
 		return operatorFn(leftValue as LiteralValue, rightValue as LiteralValue);
 	}
 
+	hasEffects(options: ExecutionPathOptions): boolean {
+		// support some implicit type coercion runtime errors
+		if (this.operator === '+' && this.parent instanceof ExpressionStatement) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return super.hasEffects(options);
+	}
+
 	hasEffectsWhenAccessedAtPath(path: ObjectPath, _options: ExecutionPathOptions) {
 		return path.length > 1;
 	}
diff --git a/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_config.js b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36697ba2394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+	description:
+		'deoptimize concatenation when used as an expression statement to better support es5-shim'
+};
diff --git a/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_expected.js b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68a30dc4f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/_expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function parseInt(str, radix) {
+	if (typeof str === 'symbol') {
+		'' + str;
+	}
+
+	var string = trim(String(str));
+	var defaultedRadix = $Number(radix) || (hexRegex.test(string) ? 16 : 10);
+	return origParseInt(string, defaultedRadix);
+}
+
+console.log(parseInt('1'));
diff --git a/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/main.js b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68a30dc4f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/form/samples/deopt-string-concatenation/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function parseInt(str, radix) {
+	if (typeof str === 'symbol') {
+		'' + str;
+	}
+
+	var string = trim(String(str));
+	var defaultedRadix = $Number(radix) || (hexRegex.test(string) ? 16 : 10);
+	return origParseInt(string, defaultedRadix);
+}
+
+console.log(parseInt('1'));