diff --git a/Source/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContent.js b/Source/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContent.js
index b380e568978f..678e4050b48d 100644
--- a/Source/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContent.js
+++ b/Source/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContent.js
@@ -178,11 +178,22 @@ define([
         return true;
     };
 
+    function getBatchIdAttributeName(gltf) {
+        var batchIdAttributeName = getAttributeOrUniformBySemantic(gltf, '_BATCHID');
+        if (!defined(batchIdAttributeName)) {
+            batchIdAttributeName = getAttributeOrUniformBySemantic(gltf, 'BATCHID');
+            if (defined(batchIdAttributeName)) {
+                deprecationWarning('b3dm-legacy-batchid', 'The glTF in this b3dm uses the semantic `BATCHID`. Application-specific semantics should be prefixed with an underscore: `_BATCHID`.');
+            }
+        }
+        return batchIdAttributeName;
+    }
+
     function getVertexShaderCallback(content) {
         return function(vs) {
             var batchTable = content.batchTable;
             var gltf = content._model.gltf;
-            var batchIdAttributeName = getAttributeOrUniformBySemantic(gltf, 'BATCHID');
+            var batchIdAttributeName = getBatchIdAttributeName(gltf);
             var callback = batchTable.getVertexShaderCallback(true, batchIdAttributeName);
             return defined(callback) ? callback(vs) : vs;
         };
@@ -192,7 +203,7 @@ define([
         return function(vs) {
             var batchTable = content.batchTable;
             var gltf = content._model.gltf;
-            var batchIdAttributeName = getAttributeOrUniformBySemantic(gltf, 'BATCHID');
+            var batchIdAttributeName = getBatchIdAttributeName(gltf);
             var callback = batchTable.getPickVertexShaderCallback(batchIdAttributeName);
             return defined(callback) ? callback(vs) : vs;
         };
diff --git a/Specs/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContentSpec.js b/Specs/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContentSpec.js
index c7e9e5da1a84..182e05286be5 100644
--- a/Specs/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContentSpec.js
+++ b/Specs/Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContentSpec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 defineSuite([
         'Scene/Batched3DModel3DTileContent',
         'Core/Cartesian3',
+        'Core/deprecationWarning',
         'Core/HeadingPitchRange',
         'Core/Transforms',
         'Specs/Cesium3DTilesTester',
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ defineSuite([
     ], function(
         Batched3DModel3DTileContent,
         Cartesian3,
+        deprecationWarning,
         HeadingPitchRange,
         Transforms,
         Cesium3DTilesTester,
@@ -100,6 +102,14 @@ defineSuite([
         expect(tile.batchTable.featuresLength).toEqual(1);
     });
 
+    it('logs deprecation warning for use of BATCHID without prefixed underscore', function() {
+        var deprecationWarningSpy = jasmine.createSpy(deprecationWarning);
+        return Cesium3DTilesTester.loadTileset(scene, withBatchTableUrl).then(function(tileset) {
+            expect(deprecationWarningSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+            Cesium3DTilesTester.expectRenderTileset(scene, tileset);
+        });
+    });
+
     it('throws with empty gltf', function() {
         // Expect to throw DeveloperError in Model due to invalid gltf magic
         var arrayBuffer = Cesium3DTilesTester.generateBatchedTileBuffer();