diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1b58a090..343ffc9ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### 14.2.2
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* temporary fix for libraries that call Object.freeze() ([#1483](https://www.github.com/yargs/yargs/issues/1483)) ([99c2dc8](https://www.github.com/yargs/yargs/commit/99c2dc850e67c606644f8b0c0bca1a59c87dcbcd))
+
 ### [14.2.1](https://github.com/yargs/yargs/compare/v14.2.0...v14.2.1) (2019-10-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b8843c0a..525e91649 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yargs",
-  "version": "14.2.1",
+  "version": "14.2.2",
   "description": "yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "contributors": [
diff --git a/test/yargs.js b/test/yargs.js
index 5ceb6f8e2..7c93d948a 100644
--- a/test/yargs.js
+++ b/test/yargs.js
@@ -2327,4 +2327,20 @@ describe('yargs dsl tests', () => {
         })
     })
   })
+
+  // see: https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/10733
+  it('should not fail if command handler freezes object', () => {
+    const argv = yargs()
+      .command('cmd', 'a command', (yargs) => {
+        yargs.parserConfiguration({ 'populate--': true })
+      }, (argv) => {
+        Object.freeze(argv)
+        argv._.should.eql(['cmd'])
+        argv['--'].should.eql(['foo'])
+      }).parse(['cmd', '--', 'foo'])
+    argv._.should.eql(['cmd', 'foo'])
+    // This should actually not be undefined, once we fix
+    // #1482.
+    argv['--'].should.eql(['foo'])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/yargs.js b/yargs.js
index 5cb663c2d..886398801 100644
--- a/yargs.js
+++ b/yargs.js
@@ -1191,9 +1191,15 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
   // we temporarily populate '--' rather than _, with arguments
   // after the '--' directive. After the parse, we copy these back.
   self._copyDoubleDash = function (argv) {
-    if (!argv._) return argv
+    if (!argv._ || !argv['--']) return argv
     argv._.push.apply(argv._, argv['--'])
-    delete argv['--']
+
+    // TODO(bcoe): refactor command parsing such that this delete is not
+    // necessary: https://github.com/yargs/yargs/issues/1482
+    try {
+      delete argv['--']
+    } catch (_err) {}
+
     return argv
   }