diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6cc630fde91..eee704bbf51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -140,7 +140,10 @@ vendor/
 /packages/react-native/sdks/hermes
 /packages/react-native/sdks/hermesc
 /packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine-from-local-source-dir.tar.gz
+
+# iOS prebuilds
 /packages/react-native/third-party/
+fix_glog_0.3.5_apple_silicon.patch
 
 # Visual Studio Code (config dir - if present, this merges user defined
 # workspace settings on top of react-native.code-workspace)
diff --git a/scripts/releases/prepare-ios-prebuilds.js b/scripts/releases/prepare-ios-prebuilds.js
index 00523409832..cbc67fb6e0d 100644
--- a/scripts/releases/prepare-ios-prebuilds.js
+++ b/scripts/releases/prepare-ios-prebuilds.js
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
 
 require('../babel-register').registerForScript();
 
+const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 const util = require('util');
+
 const exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
 
 /*::
@@ -20,14 +23,26 @@ type Dependency = $ReadOnly<{
   name: string,
   version: string,
   url: URL,
+  prepareScript?: string,
 }>;
 */
 
+const dependencies /*: $ReadOnlyArray<Dependency> */ = [
+  {
+    name: 'glog',
+    version: '0.3.5',
+    url: new URL(
+      'https://github.com/google/glog/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.5.tar.gz',
+    ),
+    prepareScript: './packages/react-native/scripts/ios-configure-glog.sh',
+  },
+];
+
 async function downloadDependency(
   dependency /*: Dependency*/,
 ) /*: Promise<void> */ {
-  const {name, version, url} = dependency;
-  const filename = `${name}-${version}.tgz`;
+  const {name, url} = dependency;
+  const filename = `${name}.tgz`;
   const archiveDestination = `/tmp/${filename}`;
   const command = `curl -L ${url.toString()} --output ${archiveDestination}`;
 
@@ -38,15 +53,27 @@ async function downloadDependency(
   fs.mkdirSync(destination, {recursive: true});
 
   console.log(`Extracting ${filename} to ${destination}...`);
-  await exec(`tar -xzf ${archiveDestination} -C ${destination}`);
+  await exec(
+    `tar -xzf ${archiveDestination} -C ${destination} --strip-components 1`,
+  );
 
   console.log(`Cleaning up ${filename}...`);
   await exec(`rm ${archiveDestination}`);
+
+  if (dependency.prepareScript) {
+    const scriptPath = dependency.prepareScript;
+    console.log(`Running ${scriptPath}...`);
+    const finalPath = path.join(destination, 'prepare.sh');
+    fs.copyFileSync(scriptPath, finalPath);
+    execSync('./prepare.sh', {cwd: destination, stdio: 'inherit'});
+  }
 }
 
 async function main() {
   console.log('Starting iOS prebuilds preparation...');
 
+  await Promise.all(dependencies.map(downloadDependency));
+
   console.log('Done!');
 }