diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index 39869889a..034f8c91e 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
             if (tsHelper.isTupleReturnCall(node.initializer, this.checker)) {
                 return `local ${vars}=${value}\n`;
             } else {
-                return `local ${vars}=table.unpack(${value})\n`;
+                return `local ${vars}=${this.getUnpackFunction()}(${value})\n`;
             }
         } else {
             throw new TranspileError(
@@ -1535,4 +1535,8 @@ export abstract class LuaTranspiler {
 
         return result;
     }
+
+    protected getUnpackFunction() {
+        return "unpack";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/targets/Transpiler.52.ts b/src/targets/Transpiler.52.ts
index 07b48e50a..4bb938edd 100644
--- a/src/targets/Transpiler.52.ts
+++ b/src/targets/Transpiler.52.ts
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@ export class LuaTranspiler52 extends LuaTranspiler51 {
                 return `bit32.arshift(${lhs},${rhs})`;
         }
     }
+
+    /** @override */
+    protected getUnpackFunction() {
+        return "table.unpack";
+    }
 }