diff --git a/patches/kdbush+4.0.2.patch b/patches/kdbush+4.0.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba2dcbe73f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/kdbush+4.0.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/kdbush/index.d.ts b/node_modules/kdbush/index.d.ts
+index b874ea6..f9142d9 100644
+--- a/node_modules/kdbush/index.d.ts
++++ b/node_modules/kdbush/index.d.ts
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default class KDBush {
+      * @returns {number[]} An array of indices correponding to the found items.
+      */
+     range(minX: number, minY: number, maxX: number, maxY: number): number[];
++    rangeSome(minX: number, minY: number, maxX: number, maxY: number, visit: (value: number) => boolean): void;
+     /**
+      * Search the index for items within a given radius.
+      * @param {number} qx
+diff --git a/node_modules/kdbush/index.js b/node_modules/kdbush/index.js
+index d9a8225..94c9e67 100644
+--- a/node_modules/kdbush/index.js
++++ b/node_modules/kdbush/index.js
+@@ -165,6 +165,59 @@ export default class KDBush {
+         return result;
+     }
+ 
++    // NOTE: This method was added using patch-package to solve https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-js/issues/6192
++    /**
++	 * Search the index for items within a given bounding box, allows stopping on the once finding a match.
++	 * @param {number} minX
++	 * @param {number} minY
++	 * @param {number} maxX
++	 * @param {number} maxY
++	 * @param {(value: number) => boolean} visit A function that is called for each item found. If it returns `true`, the search is aborted.
++	 */
++	rangeSome(minX, minY, maxX, maxY, visit) {
++		if (!this._finished) throw new Error('Data not yet indexed - call index.finish().');
++
++		const { ids, coords, nodeSize } = this;
++		const stack = [0, ids.length - 1, 0];
++
++		// recursively search for items in range in the kd-sorted arrays
++		while (stack.length) {
++			const axis = stack.pop() || 0;
++			const right = stack.pop() || 0;
++			const left = stack.pop() || 0;
++
++			// if we reached "tree node", search linearly
++			if (right - left <= nodeSize) {
++				for (let i = left; i <= right; i++) {
++					const x = coords[2 * i];
++					const y = coords[2 * i + 1];
++					if (x >= minX && x <= maxX && y >= minY && y <= maxY && visit(ids[i])) return;
++				}
++				continue;
++			}
++
++			// otherwise find the middle index
++			const m = (left + right) >> 1;
++
++			// include the middle item if it's in range
++			const x = coords[2 * m];
++			const y = coords[2 * m + 1];
++			if (x >= minX && x <= maxX && y >= minY && y <= maxY && visit(ids[m])) return;
++
++			// queue search in halves that intersect the query
++			if (axis === 0 ? minX <= x : minY <= y) {
++				stack.push(left);
++				stack.push(m - 1);
++				stack.push(1 - axis);
++			}
++			if (axis === 0 ? maxX >= x : maxY >= y) {
++				stack.push(m + 1);
++				stack.push(right);
++				stack.push(1 - axis);
++			}
++		}
++	}
++
+     /**
+      * Search the index for items within a given radius.
+      * @param {number} qx
diff --git a/src/symbol/cross_tile_symbol_index.ts b/src/symbol/cross_tile_symbol_index.ts
index 524127a127d..c5885fa386b 100644
--- a/src/symbol/cross_tile_symbol_index.ts
+++ b/src/symbol/cross_tile_symbol_index.ts
@@ -122,24 +122,24 @@ class TileLayerIndex {
             if (entry.index) {
                 // Return any symbol with the same keys whose coordinates are within 1
                 // grid unit. (with a 4px grid, this covers a 12px by 12px area)
-                const indexes = entry.index.range(
+                entry.index.rangeSome(
                     scaledSymbolCoord.x - tolerance,
                     scaledSymbolCoord.y - tolerance,
                     scaledSymbolCoord.x + tolerance,
-                    scaledSymbolCoord.y + tolerance).sort();
+                    scaledSymbolCoord.y + tolerance, (i) => {
+                        const crossTileID = entry.crossTileIDs[i];
 
-                for (const i of indexes) {
-                    const crossTileID = entry.crossTileIDs[i];
-
-                    if (!zoomCrossTileIDs[crossTileID]) {
+                        if (!zoomCrossTileIDs[crossTileID]) {
                         // Once we've marked ourselves duplicate against this parent symbol,
                         // don't let any other symbols at the same zoom level duplicate against
                         // the same parent (see issue #5993)
-                        zoomCrossTileIDs[crossTileID] = true;
-                        symbolInstance.crossTileID = crossTileID;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
+                            zoomCrossTileIDs[crossTileID] = true;
+                            symbolInstance.crossTileID = crossTileID;
+                            return true;
+                        }
+
+                        return false;
+                    });
             } else if (entry.positions) {
                 for (let i = 0; i < entry.positions.length; i++) {
                     const thisTileSymbol = entry.positions[i];
diff --git a/test/examples/many-overlapping-symbols.html b/test/examples/many-overlapping-symbols.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc006003e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples/many-overlapping-symbols.html
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <title>Many overlapping symbols</title>
+        <meta property="og:description" content="Many overlapping symbols." />
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../dist/maplibre-gl.css" />
+        <script src="../../dist/maplibre-gl-dev.js"></script>
+        <style>
+            body {
+                margin: 0;
+                padding: 0;
+            }
+
+            html,
+            body,
+            #map {
+                height: 100%;
+            }
+        </style>
+    </head>
+
+    <body>
+        <div id="map"></div>
+        <script>
+            const map = new maplibregl.Map({
+                container: "map",
+                style: "https://tiles.openfreemap.org/styles/liberty",
+                center: [-74.5, 40],
+                zoom: 2,
+            });
+
+            function generateRandomPoints(count, bounds) {
+                const features = [];
+
+                for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                    const lng =
+                        bounds.west +
+                        Math.random() * (bounds.east - bounds.west);
+                    const lat =
+                        bounds.south +
+                        Math.random() * (bounds.north - bounds.south);
+
+                    features.push({
+                        type: "Feature",
+                        geometry: {
+                            type: "Point",
+                            coordinates: [lng, lat],
+                        },
+                        properties: {
+                            image: Math.random() > 0.5 ? "marker" : "airport",
+                        },
+                    });
+                }
+
+                return {
+                    type: "FeatureCollection",
+                    features: features,
+                };
+            }
+
+            map.on("load", async () => {
+                const pointData = generateRandomPoints(10000, {
+                    west: -75.5,
+                    east: -73.5,
+                    south: 39.5,
+                    north: 41.5,
+                });
+
+                map.addSource("random-points", {
+                    type: "geojson",
+                    data: pointData,
+                });
+
+                map.addLayer({
+                    id: "symbols",
+                    type: "symbol",
+                    source: "random-points",
+                    layout: {
+                        "icon-image": ["get", "image"],
+                        "icon-allow-overlap": true,
+                    },
+                });
+            });
+        </script>
+    </body>
+</html>