diff --git a/lib/ember-plugins.js b/lib/ember-plugins.js
index 275cfb83..c2b30b1b 100644
--- a/lib/ember-plugins.js
+++ b/lib/ember-plugins.js
@@ -60,9 +60,13 @@ function _getEmberModulesAPIPolyfill(appRoot, config) {
 
   if (_emberVersionRequiresModulesAPIPolyfill()) {
     const ignore = _getEmberModulesAPIIgnore(appRoot, config);
+    const useEmberModule = _shouldDeprecateGlobalEmber(appRoot);
 
     return [
-      [require.resolve("babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill"), { ignore }],
+      [
+        require.resolve("babel-plugin-ember-modules-api-polyfill"),
+        { ignore, useEmberModule },
+      ],
     ];
   }
 }
@@ -80,6 +84,16 @@ function _shouldIgnoreJQuery(appRoot) {
   return pkg && semver.gt(pkg.version, "0.6.0");
 }
 
+function _shouldDeprecateGlobalEmber(appRoot) {
+  let packagePath = resolvePackagePath("ember-source", appRoot);
+  if (packagePath === null) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  let pkg = require(packagePath);
+  return pkg && semver.get(pkg.version, "3.26.0-beta.1");
+}
+
 function _emberDataVersionRequiresPackagesPolyfill(appRoot) {
   let packagePath = resolvePackagePath("ember-data", appRoot);
   if (packagePath === null) {
@@ -128,7 +142,7 @@ function _getEmberDataPackagesPolyfill(appRoot, config) {
 function _getModuleResolutionPlugins(config) {
   if (!config.disableModuleResolution) {
     const resolvePath = require("../lib/relative-module-paths")
-    .resolveRelativeModulePath;
+      .resolveRelativeModulePath;
     return [
       [require.resolve("babel-plugin-module-resolver"), { resolvePath }],
       [