diff --git a/packages/turf-clone/index.ts b/packages/turf-clone/index.ts
index 72aa3db1c..bbda31b29 100644
--- a/packages/turf-clone/index.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-clone/index.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function cloneFeature(geojson: any) {
       case "geometry":
         return;
       default:
-        cloned[key] = geojson[key];
+        assignKey(cloned, key, geojson[key]);
     }
   });
   // Add properties & geometry last
@@ -66,6 +66,32 @@ function cloneFeature(geojson: any) {
   return cloned;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Assign a member to a clone as an own property.
+ *
+ * A key named "__proto__" (which JSON.parse produces as a regular own property)
+ * cannot be copied with a plain assignment: that invokes the
+ * Object.prototype.__proto__ setter and replaces the prototype of the clone
+ * with the input value instead of copying the member.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {Object} target object being cloned into
+ * @param {string} key member name
+ * @param {*} value member value
+ */
+function assignKey(target: any, key: string, value: any) {
+  if (key === "__proto__") {
+    Object.defineProperty(target, key, {
+      configurable: true,
+      enumerable: true,
+      value,
+      writable: true,
+    });
+  } else {
+    target[key] = value;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Clone Properties
  *
@@ -83,18 +109,22 @@ function cloneProperties(properties: GeoJsonProperties) {
     if (typeof value === "object") {
       if (value === null) {
         // handle null
-        cloned[key] = null;
+        assignKey(cloned, key, null);
       } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
         // handle Array
-        cloned[key] = value.map((item) => {
-          return item;
-        });
+        assignKey(
+          cloned,
+          key,
+          value.map((item) => {
+            return item;
+          })
+        );
       } else {
         // handle generic Object
-        cloned[key] = cloneProperties(value);
+        assignKey(cloned, key, cloneProperties(value));
       }
     } else {
-      cloned[key] = value;
+      assignKey(cloned, key, value);
     }
   });
   return cloned;
@@ -117,7 +147,7 @@ function cloneFeatureCollection(geojson: any) {
       case "features":
         return;
       default:
-        cloned[key] = geojson[key];
+        assignKey(cloned, key, geojson[key]);
     }
   });
   // Add features
diff --git a/packages/turf-clone/test.ts b/packages/turf-clone/test.ts
index 4564e794d..8e2fb976c 100644
--- a/packages/turf-clone/test.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-clone/test.ts
@@ -346,3 +346,30 @@ test("turf-clone -- Feature with property called 'length', issue #1621", (t) =>
 
   t.end();
 });
+
+test("turf-clone -- '__proto__' member is copied, not used as prototype", (t) => {
+  // JSON.parse yields "__proto__" as an ordinary own property
+  const f = JSON.parse(
+    '{"type":"Feature","geometry":null,"properties":{"__proto__":{"inherited":true}},"__proto__":{"foreign":true}}'
+  );
+  const fc = JSON.parse(
+    '{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[],"__proto__":{"foreign":true}}'
+  );
+
+  const cloned = clone(f);
+  const fcCloned = clone(fc);
+
+  t.deepEqual(cloned, f, "cloned feature should be deeply equal");
+  t.deepEqual(fcCloned, fc, "cloned feature collection should be deeply equal");
+  t.equal(Object.getPrototypeOf(cloned), Object.prototype);
+  t.equal(Object.getPrototypeOf(cloned.properties), Object.prototype);
+  t.equal(Object.getPrototypeOf(fcCloned), Object.prototype);
+  t.equal(cloned.foreign, undefined, "feature should not inherit members");
+  t.equal(
+    cloned.properties.inherited,
+    undefined,
+    "properties should not inherit members"
+  );
+  t.equal(fcCloned.foreign, undefined, "fc should not inherit members");
+  t.end();
+});