diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helpers/-i.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helpers/-i.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0a10ecb17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helpers/-i.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
+import { CapturedArguments, VM, VMArguments } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
+import { HelperRootReference } from '@glimmer/reference';
+
+function i({ positional }: CapturedArguments): number {
+  assert('[BUG] -i takes a single string', typeof positional.at(0).value() === 'string');
+  return parseInt(positional.at(0).value() as string, 10);
+}
+
+export default function(args: VMArguments, vm: VM) {
+  return new HelperRootReference(i, args.capture(), vm.env);
+}
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
index 196a75e7245..b5af940fce2 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import InternalComponentManager, {
 import { TemplateOnlyComponentDefinition } from './component-managers/template-only';
 import { isHelperFactory, isSimpleHelper } from './helper';
 import { default as componentAssertionHelper } from './helpers/-assert-implicit-component-helper-argument';
+import { default as parseInt } from './helpers/-i';
 import { default as inputTypeHelper } from './helpers/-input-type';
 import { default as normalizeClassHelper } from './helpers/-normalize-class';
 import { default as trackArray } from './helpers/-track-array';
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ const BUILTINS_HELPERS: IBuiltInHelpers = {
   unless: inlineUnless,
   '-hash': hash,
   '-each-in': eachIn,
+  '-i': parseInt,
   '-input-type': inputTypeHelper,
   '-normalize-class': normalizeClassHelper,
   '-track-array': trackArray,
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
index 1d04465daab..e8042919aa6 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
@@ -10,61 +10,141 @@ import { HAS_NATIVE_SYMBOL } from '@ember/-internals/utils';
 import { constructStyleDeprecationMessage } from '@ember/-internals/views';
 import { Component, SafeString, htmlSafe } from '../utils/helpers';
 
-moduleFor(
-  'Static content tests',
-  class extends RenderingTestCase {
-    ['@test it can render a static text node']() {
-      this.render('hello');
-      let text1 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild, 'hello');
+const EMPTY = Object.freeze({});
 
-      runTask(() => this.rerender());
+const LITERALS = [
+  ['foo', 'foo', '"foo"'],
+  [undefined, EMPTY],
+  [null, EMPTY],
+  [true, 'true'],
+  [false, 'false'],
+  [0, '0'],
+  [-0, '0', '-0'],
+  [1, '1'],
+  [-1, '-1'],
+  [0.0, '0', '0.0'],
+  [0.5, '0.5', '0.5'],
+  [0.5, '0.5', '0.500000000000000000000000000000'],
 
-      let text2 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild, 'hello');
+  // Kris Selden: that is a good one because it is above that 3 bit area,
+  // but the shifted < 0 check doesn't return true:
+  // https://github.com/glimmerjs/glimmer-vm/blob/761e78b2bef5de8b9b19ae5fb296380c21959ef8/packages/%40glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/encoder.ts#L277
+  [536870912, '536870912', '536870912'],
+];
 
-      this.assertSameNode(text1, text2);
-    }
+let i = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
 
-    ['@test it can render a static element']() {
-      this.render('<p>hello</p>');
-      let p1 = this.assertElement(this.firstChild, { tagName: 'p' });
-      let text1 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild.firstChild, 'hello');
+while (i > 1) {
+  LITERALS.push([i, `${i}`, `${i}`]);
+  i = Math.round(i / 2);
+}
 
-      runTask(() => this.rerender());
+i = Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER;
 
-      let p2 = this.assertElement(this.firstChild, { tagName: 'p' });
-      let text2 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild.firstChild, 'hello');
+while (i < -1) {
+  LITERALS.push([i, `${i}`, `${i}`]);
+  i = Math.round(i / 2);
+}
 
-      this.assertSameNode(p1, p2);
-      this.assertSameNode(text1, text2);
-    }
+class StaticContentTest extends RenderingTestCase {
+  ['@test it can render a static text node']() {
+    this.render('hello');
+    let text1 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild, 'hello');
 
-    ['@test it can render a static template']() {
-      let template = `
-      <div class="header">
-        <h1>Welcome to Ember.js</h1>
-      </div>
-      <div class="body">
-        <h2>Why you should use Ember.js?</h2>
-        <ol>
-          <li>It's great</li>
-          <li>It's awesome</li>
-          <li>It's Ember.js</li>
-        </ol>
-      </div>
-      <div class="footer">
-        Ember.js is free, open source and always will be.
-      </div>
-    `;
+    runTask(() => this.rerender());
 
-      this.render(template);
-      this.assertHTML(template);
+    let text2 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild, 'hello');
 
-      runTask(() => this.rerender());
+    this.assertSameNode(text1, text2);
+  }
 
-      this.assertHTML(template);
-    }
+  ['@test it can render a static element']() {
+    this.render('<p>hello</p>');
+    let p1 = this.assertElement(this.firstChild, { tagName: 'p' });
+    let text1 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild.firstChild, 'hello');
+
+    runTask(() => this.rerender());
+
+    let p2 = this.assertElement(this.firstChild, { tagName: 'p' });
+    let text2 = this.assertTextNode(this.firstChild.firstChild, 'hello');
+
+    this.assertSameNode(p1, p2);
+    this.assertSameNode(text1, text2);
   }
-);
+
+  ['@test it can render a static template']() {
+    let template = `
+    <div class="header">
+      <h1>Welcome to Ember.js</h1>
+    </div>
+    <div class="body">
+      <h2>Why you should use Ember.js?</h2>
+      <ol>
+        <li>It's great</li>
+        <li>It's awesome</li>
+        <li>It's Ember.js</li>
+      </ol>
+    </div>
+    <div class="footer">
+      Ember.js is free, open source and always will be.
+    </div>
+  `;
+
+    this.render(template);
+    this.assertHTML(template);
+
+    runTask(() => this.rerender());
+
+    this.assertHTML(template);
+  }
+}
+
+class StaticContentTestGenerator {
+  constructor(cases, tag = '@test') {
+    this.cases = cases;
+    this.tag = tag;
+  }
+
+  generate([value, expected, label]) {
+    let tag = this.tag;
+    label = label || value;
+
+    return {
+      [`${tag} rendering {{${label}}}`]() {
+        this.render(`{{${label}}}`);
+
+        if (expected === EMPTY) {
+          this.assertHTML('');
+        } else {
+          this.assertHTML(expected);
+        }
+
+        this.assertStableRerender();
+      },
+
+      [`${tag} rendering {{to-js ${label}}}`](assert) {
+        this.registerHelper('to-js', ([actual]) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(actual, value);
+          return actual;
+        });
+
+        this.render(`{{to-js ${label}}}`);
+
+        if (expected === EMPTY) {
+          this.assertHTML('');
+        } else {
+          this.assertHTML(expected);
+        }
+
+        this.assertStableRerender();
+      },
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+applyMixins(StaticContentTest, new StaticContentTestGenerator(LITERALS));
+
+moduleFor('Static content tests', StaticContentTest);
 
 class DynamicContentTest extends RenderingTestCase {
   /* abstract */
@@ -588,9 +668,7 @@ class DynamicContentTest extends RenderingTestCase {
   }
 }
 
-const EMPTY = {};
-
-class ContentTestGenerator {
+class DynamicContentTestGenerator {
   constructor(cases, tag = '@test') {
     this.cases = cases;
     this.tag = tag;
@@ -639,18 +717,8 @@ class ContentTestGenerator {
   }
 }
 
-const SharedContentTestCases = new ContentTestGenerator([
-  ['foo', 'foo'],
-  [0, '0'],
-  [-0, '0', '-0'],
-  [1, '1'],
-  [-1, '-1'],
-  [0.0, '0', '0.0'],
-  [0.5, '0.5'],
-  [undefined, EMPTY],
-  [null, EMPTY],
-  [true, 'true'],
-  [false, 'false'],
+const SharedContentTestCases = new DynamicContentTestGenerator([
+  ...LITERALS,
   [NaN, 'NaN'],
   [new Date(2000, 0, 1), String(new Date(2000, 0, 1)), 'a Date object'],
   [Infinity, 'Infinity'],
@@ -679,7 +747,7 @@ const SharedContentTestCases = new ContentTestGenerator([
   ['<b>Max</b><b>James</b>', '<b>Max</b><b>James</b>'],
 ]);
 
-let GlimmerContentTestCases = new ContentTestGenerator([
+let GlimmerContentTestCases = new DynamicContentTestGenerator([
   [Object.create(null), EMPTY, 'an object with no toString'],
 ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/index.ts b/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/index.ts
index 07266ab0bdb..35d315c6a03 100644
--- a/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import AssertLocalVariableShadowingHelperInvocation from './assert-local-variabl
 import AssertReservedNamedArguments from './assert-reserved-named-arguments';
 import AssertSplattributeExpressions from './assert-splattribute-expression';
 import DeprecateSendAction from './deprecate-send-action';
+import SafeIntegersBugfix from './safe-integers-bugfix';
 import TransformActionSyntax from './transform-action-syntax';
 import TransformAttrsIntoArgs from './transform-attrs-into-args';
 import TransformComponentInvocation from './transform-component-invocation';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const transforms: Array<APluginFunc> = [
   AssertSplattributeExpressions,
   TransformEachTrackArray,
   TransformWrapMountAndOutlet,
+  SafeIntegersBugfix,
 ];
 
 if (SEND_ACTION) {
diff --git a/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/safe-integers-bugfix.ts b/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/safe-integers-bugfix.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5df3b120f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ember-template-compiler/lib/plugins/safe-integers-bugfix.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { AST, ASTPlugin, ASTPluginEnvironment } from '@glimmer/syntax';
+import { MustacheStatement, NumberLiteral } from '@glimmer/syntax/dist/types/lib/types/nodes';
+
+/**
+ @module ember
+*/
+
+/**
+  A Glimmer2 AST transformation that replaces all instances of
+
+  ```handlebars
+ {{987654321}}
+  ```
+
+  to
+
+  ```handlebars
+ {{-i "987654321"}}
+  ```
+
+  as well as other integer number literals in sexp arguments, etc.
+
+  The version of Glimmer VM we are using has a bug that encodes
+  certain integers incorrectly. This forces them into strings and
+  use `{{-i}}` (which is a wrapper around `parseInt`) to decode
+  them manually as a workaround.
+
+  This should be removed when the Glimmer VM bug is fixed.
+
+  @private
+  @class SafeIntegersBugfix
+*/
+
+export default function safeIntegersBugfix(env: ASTPluginEnvironment): ASTPlugin {
+  let { builders: b } = env.syntax;
+
+  return {
+    name: 'safe-integers-bugfix',
+
+    visitor: {
+      MustacheStatement(node: AST.MustacheStatement): AST.MustacheStatement | undefined {
+        if (!requiresWorkaround(node)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        return b.mustache(
+          '-i',
+          [b.string(String(node.path.value))],
+          undefined,
+          !node.escaped,
+          node.loc
+        );
+      },
+
+      NumberLiteral(node: AST.NumberLiteral): AST.SubExpression | undefined {
+        if (!requiresWorkaround(node)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        return b.sexpr('-i', [b.string(String(node.value))], undefined, node.loc);
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+type NumberLiteralMustacheStatement = MustacheStatement & { path: NumberLiteral };
+
+function requiresWorkaround(node: AST.MustacheStatement): node is NumberLiteralMustacheStatement;
+function requiresWorkaround(node: AST.NumberLiteral): boolean;
+function requiresWorkaround(node: AST.MustacheStatement | AST.NumberLiteral): boolean {
+  if (node.type === 'MustacheStatement' && node.path.type === 'NumberLiteral') {
+    return requiresWorkaround(node.path);
+  } else if (node.type === 'NumberLiteral') {
+    return isInteger(node.value) && isOverflowing(node.value);
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+// Number.isInteger polyfill
+function isInteger(value: number): boolean {
+  return isFinite(value) && Math.floor(value) === value;
+}
+
+function isOverflowing(value: number): boolean {
+  return value >= 2 ** 28;
+}