diff --git a/esbuild/esbuild.js b/esbuild/esbuild.js
index b288b4e495..5f5f805c1a 100644
--- a/esbuild/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild/esbuild.js
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ const argv = yargs
 		description:
 			"Skips build and uses cached build artifacts to update assets.json (used by Bench)",
 	})
+	.option("esbuild-target", {
+		type: "string",
+		description: "Specifies the target of the build output.",
+	})
 	.example("node esbuild --apps frappe,erpnext", "Run build only for frappe and erpnext")
 	.example(
 		"node esbuild --files frappe/website.bundle.js,frappe/desk.bundle.js",
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ const FILES_TO_BUILD = argv.files ? argv.files.split(",") : [];
 const WATCH_MODE = Boolean(argv.watch);
 const PRODUCTION = Boolean(argv.production);
 const RUN_BUILD_COMMAND = !WATCH_MODE && Boolean(argv["run-build-command"]);
+const ESBUILD_TARGET = argv["esbuild-target"] || "es2017";
 
 const TOTAL_BUILD_TIME = `${chalk.black.bgGreen(" DONE ")} Total Build Time`;
 const NODE_PATHS = [].concat(
@@ -313,7 +318,7 @@ function get_build_options(files, outdir, plugins) {
 	return {
 		entryPoints: files,
 		entryNames: "[dir]/[name].[hash]",
-		target: ["es2017"],
+		target: [ESBUILD_TARGET],
 		outdir,
 		sourcemap: true,
 		bundle: true,
diff --git a/frappe/build.py b/frappe/build.py
index 83fe189ba6..98fbce515b 100644
--- a/frappe/build.py
+++ b/frappe/build.py
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ def bundle(
 	files=None,
 	save_metafiles=False,
 	using_cached=False,
+	esbuild_target=None,
 ):
 	"""concat / minify js files"""
 	setup()
@@ -239,6 +240,9 @@ def bundle(
 	if apps:
 		command += f" --apps {apps}"
 
+	if esbuild_target:
+		command += f" --esbuild-target {esbuild_target}"
+
 	if skip_frappe:
 		command += " --skip_frappe"
 
diff --git a/frappe/commands/utils.py b/frappe/commands/utils.py
index afafadcbaf..faafcdc5d3 100644
--- a/frappe/commands/utils.py
+++ b/frappe/commands/utils.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ def build(
 
 		# don't minify in developer_mode for faster builds
 		development = frappe.local.conf.developer_mode or frappe._dev_server
+		esbuild_target = frappe.local.conf.get("esbuild_target") or os.environ.get("ESBUILD_TARGET")
+
 		mode = "development" if development else "production"
 		if production:
 			mode = "production"
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ def build(
 			skip_frappe=skip_frappe,
 			save_metafiles=save_metafiles,
 			using_cached=using_cached,
+			esbuild_target=esbuild_target,
 		)
 
 		if apps and isinstance(apps, str):