diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 48adac0..07848dd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ branches:
 
 jobs:
   fail_fast: true
-  allow_failures:
-    - env: EMBER_TRY_SCENARIO=ember-canary
 
   include:
     # runs linting and tests with current locked deps
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 879851d..4f203c7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const EMBER_VERSION_WITH_JQUERY_DEPRECATION = '3.9.0-alpha.1';
+
 module.exports = {
   name: require('./package').name,
   included() {
     this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);
+
+    const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');
+
     let app = this._findHost();
     let optionalFeatures = app.project.findAddonByName("@ember/optional-features");
 
@@ -13,6 +18,13 @@ module.exports = {
 
     app.import('vendor/shims/jquery.js');
 
+    let checker = new VersionChecker(this);
+    let ember = checker.forEmber();
+
+    if (ember.gte(EMBER_VERSION_WITH_JQUERY_DEPRECATION)) {
+      app.import('vendor/jquery/component.dollar.js');
+    }
+
     if (optionalFeatures && !optionalFeatures.isFeatureEnabled('jquery-integration')) {
       app.project.ui.writeDeprecateLine('You have disabled the `jquery-integration` optional feature. You now have to delete `@ember/jquery` from your package.json');
     }
@@ -24,20 +36,27 @@ module.exports = {
     const resolve = require('resolve');
     const path = require('path');
 
-    var jqueryPath;
+    let jqueryPath;
     try {
       jqueryPath = path.dirname(
         resolve.sync('jquery/package.json', { basedir: this.project.root })
       );
-    } catch (error) {
+    } catch(error) {
       jqueryPath = path.dirname(require.resolve('jquery/package.json'));
     }
 
-    var jquery = new Funnel(jqueryPath + '/dist', {
+    let jquery = new Funnel(jqueryPath + '/dist', {
       destDir: 'jquery',
       files: ['jquery.js'],
     });
 
-    return new BroccoliMergeTrees([jquery, tree]);
+    let babelAddon = this.project.findAddonByName('ember-cli-babel');
+    let transpiledTree = babelAddon.transpileTree(tree, {
+      'ember-cli-babel': {
+        compileModules: false
+      }
+    });
+
+    return new BroccoliMergeTrees([jquery, transpiledTree]);
   },
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97d0324..eb49844 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "broccoli-funnel": "^2.0.1",
     "broccoli-merge-trees": "^3.0.2",
     "ember-cli-babel": "^7.4.0",
+    "ember-cli-version-checker": "^3.0.0",
     "jquery": "^3.3.1",
     "resolve": "^1.10.0"
   },
diff --git a/tests/integration/.gitkeep b/tests/integration/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/component-dot-dollar-test.js b/tests/integration/components/component-dot-dollar-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f6e223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/components/component-dot-dollar-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+import Component from '@ember/component';
+import jQuery from 'jquery';
+
+const component = Component.extend({
+  didInsertElement() {
+    this.setJQueryElement(this.$(this.get('selector')));
+  }
+});
+
+module('Integration | Component | component-dot-dollar', function(hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+  hooks.beforeEach(function() {
+    this.owner.register('component:jquery-component', component);
+    this.$element = null;
+    this.setJQueryElement = ($) => this.$element = $;
+  });
+
+  test('it implements Component.$()', function(assert) {
+    return assert.noDeprecations(async () => {
+      await render(hbs`{{jquery-component id="jq" setJQueryElement=setJQueryElement}}`);
+
+      assert.ok(this.$element, 'Component.$() is available');
+      assert.ok(this.$element instanceof jQuery, 'Component.$() returns a jQuery object');
+      assert.equal(this.$element.get(0), this.element.querySelector('#jq'), 'Component.$() is a jQuery wrapper around Component.element');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('it implements Component.$(selector)',  function(assert) {
+    return assert.noDeprecations(async () => {
+      await render(hbs`{{#jquery-component id="jq" selector="div" setJQueryElement=setJQueryElement}}<div id="child"/>{{/jquery-component}}`);
+
+      assert.equal(this.$element.get(0), this.element.querySelector('#child'), 'Component.$(selector) is a jQuery object of the child elements matching selector');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/test-helper.js b/tests/test-helper.js
index 0382a84..7ca1458 100644
--- a/tests/test-helper.js
+++ b/tests/test-helper.js
@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
+import QUnit from 'qunit';
+import { registerDeprecationHandler } from '@ember/debug';
 import Application from '../app';
 import config from '../config/environment';
 import { setApplication } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { start } from 'ember-qunit';
 
+let deprecations;
+
+registerDeprecationHandler((message, options, next) => {
+  // in case a deprecation is issued before a test is started
+  if (!deprecations) {
+    deprecations = [];
+  }
+
+  deprecations.push(message);
+  next(message, options);
+});
+
+QUnit.testStart(function() {
+  deprecations = [];
+});
+
+QUnit.assert.noDeprecations = async function(callback) {
+  let originalDeprecations = deprecations;
+  deprecations = [];
+
+  await callback();
+  this.deepEqual(deprecations, [], 'Expected no deprecations during test.');
+
+  deprecations = originalDeprecations;
+};
+
 setApplication(Application.create(config.APP));
 
 start();
diff --git a/vendor/jquery/component.dollar.js b/vendor/jquery/component.dollar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a049637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/jquery/component.dollar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
+
+(function() {
+  Ember.Component.reopen({
+    $(sel) {
+      assert(
+        "You cannot access this.$() on a component with `tagName: ''` specified.",
+        this.tagName !== ''
+      );
+
+      if (this.element) {
+        return sel ? jQuery(sel, this.element) : jQuery(this.element);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+})();