diff --git a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
index d40a98abe7a..3db18e3dbcc 100644
--- a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
+++ b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @submodule ember-application
 */
 import Ember from 'ember-metal'; // Ember.libraries, LOG_VERSION, Namespace, BOOTED
-import { assert, debug } from 'ember-metal/debug';
+import { assert, debug, deprecate } from 'ember-metal/debug';
 import isEnabled from 'ember-metal/features';
 import { get } from 'ember-metal/property_get';
 import { runLoadHooks } from 'ember-runtime/system/lazy_load';
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ import Engine from './engine';
 
 var librariesRegistered = false;
 
+let warnedAboutLegacyViewAddon = false;
+let warnedAboutLegacyControllerAddon = false;
+
+// For testing
+export function _resetLegacyAddonWarnings() {
+  warnedAboutLegacyViewAddon = false;
+  warnedAboutLegacyControllerAddon = false;
+}
+
 /**
   An instance of `Ember.Application` is the starting point for every Ember
   application. It helps to instantiate, initialize and coordinate the many
@@ -594,6 +603,26 @@ const Application = Engine.extend({
   _bootSync() {
     if (this._booted) { return; }
 
+    if (Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEW_SUPPORT && !warnedAboutLegacyViewAddon) {
+      deprecate(
+        'Support for the `ember-legacy-views` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.',
+        false,
+        { id: 'ember-legacy-views', until: '2.6.0', url: 'http://emberjs.com/deprecations/v1.x/#toc_ember-view' }
+      );
+
+      warnedAboutLegacyViewAddon = true;
+    }
+
+    if (Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_CONTROLLER_SUPPORT && !warnedAboutLegacyControllerAddon) {
+      deprecate(
+        'Support for the `ember-legacy-controllers` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.',
+        false,
+        { id: 'ember-legacy-controllers', until: '2.6.0', url: 'http://emberjs.com/deprecations/v1.x/#toc_objectcontroller' }
+      );
+
+      warnedAboutLegacyControllerAddon = true;
+    }
+
     // Even though this returns synchronously, we still need to make sure the
     // boot promise exists for book-keeping purposes: if anything went wrong in
     // the boot process, we need to store the error as a rejection on the boot
diff --git a/packages/ember-application/tests/system/application_test.js b/packages/ember-application/tests/system/application_test.js
index 3dc9b286379..2e8e2198fc0 100644
--- a/packages/ember-application/tests/system/application_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-application/tests/system/application_test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /*globals EmberDev */
 
 import Ember from 'ember-metal/core';
+import assign from 'ember-metal/assign';
 import run from 'ember-metal/run_loop';
-import Application from 'ember-application/system/application';
+import Application, { _resetLegacyAddonWarnings } from 'ember-application/system/application';
 import DefaultResolver from 'ember-application/system/resolver';
 import Router from 'ember-routing/system/router';
 import View from 'ember-views/views/view';
@@ -354,3 +355,72 @@ QUnit.test('does not leak itself in onLoad._loaded', function() {
   run(app, 'destroy');
   equal(_loaded.application, undefined);
 });
+
+let originalEmberENV;
+
+QUnit.module('Ember.Application - legacy addon deprecation warnings', {
+  setup() {
+    originalEmberENV = Ember.ENV;
+
+    Ember.ENV = assign({}, originalEmberENV, {
+      _ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEW_SUPPORT: false,
+      _ENABLE_LEGACY_CONTROLLER_SUPPORT: false
+    });
+
+    _resetLegacyAddonWarnings();
+  },
+
+  teardown() {
+    Ember.ENV = originalEmberENV;
+
+    if (app) {
+      run(app, 'destroy');
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+QUnit.test('it does not warn about the ember-legacy-views addon on first boot when not installed', function() {
+  expectNoDeprecation();
+
+  Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEW_SUPPORT = false;
+
+  app = run(Application, 'create');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('it warns about the ember-legacy-views addon on first boot when installed', function() {
+  Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEW_SUPPORT = true;
+
+  expectDeprecation(() => {
+    app = run(Application, 'create');
+  }, 'Support for the `ember-legacy-views` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.');
+
+  run(app, 'destroy');
+
+  // It should not warn again on second boot
+  expectNoDeprecation(() => {
+    app = run(Application, 'create');
+  });
+});
+
+QUnit.test('it does not warn about the ember-legacy-controllers addon on first boot when not installed', function() {
+  expectNoDeprecation();
+
+  Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_CONTROLLER_SUPPORT = false;
+
+  app = run(Application, 'create');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('it warns about the ember-legacy-controllers addon on first boot when installed', function() {
+  Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_CONTROLLER_SUPPORT = true;
+
+  expectDeprecation(() => {
+    app = run(Application, 'create');
+  }, 'Support for the `ember-legacy-controllers` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.');
+
+  run(app, 'destroy');
+
+  // It should not warn again on second boot
+  expectNoDeprecation(() => {
+    app = run(Application, 'create');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/index.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/index.js
index 725b593a3f7..00ac4b4cf3d 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // BEGIN IMPORTS
 import require, { has } from 'require';
 import Ember from 'ember-metal/core';
-import { deprecate, deprecateFunc } from 'ember-metal/debug';
+import { deprecateFunc } from 'ember-metal/debug';
 import isEnabled, { FEATURES } from 'ember-metal/features';
 import assign from 'ember-metal/assign';
 import merge from 'ember-metal/merge';
@@ -367,16 +367,6 @@ if (has('ember-debug')) {
   }
 }
 
-deprecate(
-  'Support for the `ember-legacy-views` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.',
-  !!Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_VIEW_SUPPORT,
-  { id: 'ember-legacy-views', until: '2.6.0', url: 'http://emberjs.com/deprecations/v1.x/#toc_ember-view' });
-
-deprecate(
-  'Support for the `ember-legacy-controllers` addon will end soon, please remove it from your application.',
-  !!Ember.ENV._ENABLE_LEGACY_CONTROLLER_SUPPORT,
-  { id: 'ember-legacy-controllers', until: '2.6.0', url: 'http://emberjs.com/deprecations/v1.x/#toc_objectcontroller' });
-
 Ember.create = deprecateFunc('Ember.create is deprecated in favor of Object.create', { id: 'ember-metal.ember-create', until: '3.0.0' }, Object.create);
 Ember.keys = deprecateFunc('Ember.keys is deprecated in favor of Object.keys', { id: 'ember-metal.ember.keys', until: '3.0.0' }, Object.keys);
 
diff --git a/tests/index.html b/tests/index.html
index b266873a094..765367bef8d 100644
--- a/tests/index.html
+++ b/tests/index.html
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@
           }
         }
 
+        Ember.Debug.registerDeprecationHandler(function (message, options, next) {
+          var id = options && options.id;
+
+          if (id === 'ember-legacy-views' || id === 'ember-legacy-controllers') {
+            // Our test suite relies on the legacy semantics... to test the legacy semantics
+          } else {
+            next(message, options);
+          }
+        });
+
         window.EmberDev = window.EmberDev || {};
         EmberDev.runningProdBuild = !!QUnit.urlParams.prod;