diff --git a/packages/react/react-media-store/src/MediaProvider.tsx b/packages/react/react-media-store/src/MediaProvider.tsx
index 445191b6..b7ca9154 100644
--- a/packages/react/react-media-store/src/MediaProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/react-media-store/src/MediaProvider.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,61 @@ export const useMediaRef = () => {
   };
 };
 
-const refEquality = (a: any, b: any) => a === b;
+export const refEquality = (a: any, b: any) => a === b;
+
+const hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Slightly modified version of React's shallowEqual, with optimizations for Arrays
+ * so we may treat them specifically as unequal if they are not a) both arrays
+ * or b) don't contain the same (shallowly compared) elements.
+ */
+export const shallowEqual = (objA: any, objB: any): boolean => {
+  // Using Object.is as a first pass, as it covers a lot of the "simple" cases that are
+  // more complex than strict equality and is a built-in. For discussion, see, e.g.:
+  // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/is#description
+  if (Object.is(objA, objB)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Since we've done an Object.is() check immediately above, we can safely assume non-objects (or null-valued objects)
+  // are not equal, so can early bail for those as well.
+  if (
+    typeof objA !== 'object' ||
+    objA === null ||
+    typeof objB !== 'object' ||
+    objB === null
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(objA)) {
+    // Early "cheap" array compares
+    if (!Array.isArray(objB) || objA.length !== objB.length) return false;
+    // Shallow compare for arrays
+    return objA.some((vVal, i) => objB[i] === vVal);
+  }
+
+  const keysA = Object.keys(objA);
+  const keysB = Object.keys(objB);
+
+  if (keysA.length !== keysB.length) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Test for A's keys different from B.
+  for (let i = 0; i < keysA.length; i++) {
+    // NOTE: Since we've already guaranteed the keys list lengths are the same, we can safely cast to string here (CJP)
+    if (
+      !hasOwnProperty.call(objB, keysA[i] as string) ||
+      !Object.is(objA[keysA[i] as string], objB[keysA[i] as string])
+    ) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+};
 
 export const useMediaSelector = <S = any,>(
   selector: (state: any) => S,
diff --git a/packages/react/react-media-store/src/index.tsx b/packages/react/react-media-store/src/index.tsx
index dcae8a36..3b201560 100644
--- a/packages/react/react-media-store/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/react-media-store/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 // Re-export everything from MediaProvider - this is the primary implementation
-export { 
-  MediaProvider, 
+export {
+  MediaProvider,
   MediaContext,
   useMediaStore,
   useMediaDispatch,
   useMediaRef,
-  useMediaSelector 
+  useMediaSelector,
+  shallowEqual,
 } from './MediaProvider.js';
 
 // @ts-ignore - Placeholder types until media-store exports are updated
 export type MediaStore = any;
 export type MediaState = any;
-export type MediaStateOwner = any;
\ No newline at end of file
+export type MediaStateOwner = any;