diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets b/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets
index c4f3f6ec2..a516a86cf 100644
--- a/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/Arcade/tools/SourceBuildArcadeTarball.targets
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
       Command="git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1"
       WorkingDirectory="$(TarballRepoSourceDir)" />
 
+    <Exec
+      Command="git submodule foreach 'rm -rf %24%28git rev-parse --git-dir%29/objects ||:'"
+      WorkingDirectory="$(TarballRepoSourceDir)"
+      Condition="$(PreserveTarballGitFolders) != 'true'" />
+
     <Exec
       Command="git config --file $(TarballRepoSourceDir)/.git/config --unset remote.origin.url"
       WorkingDirectory="$(RepoRoot)"/>
@@ -329,6 +334,8 @@
       Overwrite="true" />
 
     <MakeDir Directories="$(TarballRootDir)packages/prebuilt" />
+    <!-- make sure this directory is persisted through source control, NuGet depends on it existing -->
+    <Exec Command="touch $(TarballRootDir)packages/prebuilt/_" />
   </Target>
 
   <!--
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/fsharp/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/fsharp/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cff9bda21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/fsharp/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Rummel <crummel@microsoft.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:53:06 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable work-tree and unsafe-paths to be able to apply in the
+ checked-in tarball.
+
+---
+ eng/SourceBuild.props | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/eng/SourceBuild.props b/eng/SourceBuild.props
+index 903ee00..4c85819 100644
+--- a/eng/SourceBuild.props
++++ b/eng/SourceBuild.props
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+     </ItemGroup>
+ 
+     <Exec
+-      Command="git apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
++      Command="git --work-tree=$(RepoRoot) apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn --unsafe-paths &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
+       WorkingDirectory="$(RepoRoot)"
+       Condition="'@(SourceBuildPatchFile)' != ''" />
+   </Target>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/nuget-client/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/nuget-client/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..143e0c7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/nuget-client/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Rummel <crummel@microsoft.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:55:51 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable work-tree and unsafe-paths to be able to apply in the
+ checked-in tarball.
+
+---
+ eng/source-build/source-build.proj | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/eng/source-build/source-build.proj b/eng/source-build/source-build.proj
+index cbdd6d8..a3e3d63 100644
+--- a/eng/source-build/source-build.proj
++++ b/eng/source-build/source-build.proj
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
+     </ItemGroup>
+ 
+     <Exec
+-      Command="git --work-tree=$(ProjectRoot) apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
++      Command="git --work-tree=$(ProjectRoot) apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn --unsafe-paths &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
+       WorkingDirectory="$(ProjectRoot)"
+       Condition="'@(SourceBuildPatchFile)' != ''" />
+   </Target>
diff --git a/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/xliff-tasks/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/xliff-tasks/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d462910c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SourceBuild/tarball/patches/xliff-tasks/0001-Enable-work-tree-and-unsafe-paths-to-be-able-to-appl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Rummel <crummel@microsoft.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:59:17 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Enable work-tree and unsafe-paths to be able to apply in the
+ checked-in tarball.
+
+---
+ eng/SourceBuild.props | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/eng/SourceBuild.props b/eng/SourceBuild.props
+index 82243ab..147de20 100644
+--- a/eng/SourceBuild.props
++++ b/eng/SourceBuild.props
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+     </ItemGroup>
+ 
+     <Exec
+-      Command="git apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
++      Command="git --work-tree=$(RepoRoot) apply --ignore-whitespace --whitespace=nowarn --unsafe-paths &quot;%(SourceBuildPatchFile.FullPath)&quot;"
+       WorkingDirectory="$(RepoRoot)"
+       Condition="'@(SourceBuildPatchFile)' != ''" />
+   </Target>