diff --git a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
index c06c03427ae..3bc29b4d604 100644
--- a/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
+++ b/packages/ember-application/lib/system/application.js
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ var Application = Namespace.extend(DeferredMixin, {
   buildDefaultInstance: function() {
     var instance = this.buildInstance();
 
+    // For the default instance only, set the view registry to the global
+    // Ember.View.views hash for backwards-compatibility.
+    EmberView.views = instance.container.lookup('-view-registry:main');
+
     // TODO2.0: Legacy support for App.__container__
     // and global methods on App that rely on a single,
     // default instance.
@@ -1006,6 +1010,10 @@ Application.reopenClass({
     registry.register('view:select', SelectView);
     registry.register('view:-outlet', OutletView);
 
+    registry.register('-view-registry:main', { create: function() { return {}; } });
+
+    registry.injection('view', '_viewRegistry', '-view-registry:main');
+
     registry.register('view:default', _MetamorphView);
     registry.register('view:toplevel', EmberView.extend());
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-application/tests/system/visit_test.js b/packages/ember-application/tests/system/visit_test.js
index 16d28dc0ac0..57bb8fbda56 100644
--- a/packages/ember-application/tests/system/visit_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-application/tests/system/visit_test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import run from "ember-metal/run_loop";
 import Application from "ember-application/system/application";
 import ApplicationInstance from "ember-application/system/application-instance";
 import Router from "ember-routing/system/router";
+import View from "ember-views/views/view";
 import compile from "ember-template-compiler/system/compile";
 
 function createApplication() {
@@ -82,4 +83,45 @@ if (Ember.FEATURES.isEnabled('ember-application-visit')) {
       assert.ok(false, "The visit() promise was rejected: " + error);
     });
   });
+
+  QUnit.test("Views created via visit() are not added to the global views hash", function(assert) {
+    QUnit.expect(6);
+    QUnit.stop();
+
+    var app;
+
+    run(function() {
+      app = createApplication();
+      app.instanceInitializer({
+        name: 'register-application-template',
+        initialize: function(app) {
+          app.registry.register('template:application', compile('<h1>Hello world</h1> {{view "child"}}'));
+          app.registry.register('view:application', View.extend({
+            elementId: 'my-cool-app'
+          }));
+          app.registry.register('view:child', View.extend({
+            elementId: 'child-view'
+          }));
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(Ember.$('#qunit-fixture').children().length, 0, "there are no elements in the fixture element");
+
+    app.visit('/').then(function(instance) {
+      QUnit.start();
+      assert.ok(instance instanceof ApplicationInstance, "promise is resolved with an ApplicationInstance");
+
+      run(instance.view, 'appendTo', '#qunit-fixture');
+      assert.equal(Ember.$("#qunit-fixture > #my-cool-app h1").text(), "Hello world", "the application was rendered once the promise resolves");
+      assert.strictEqual(View.views['my-cool-app'], undefined, "view was not registered globally");
+      ok(instance.container.lookup('-view-registry:main')['my-cool-app'] instanceof View, "view was registered on the instance's view registry");
+      ok(instance.container.lookup('-view-registry:main')['child-view'] instanceof View, "child view was registered on the instance's view registry");
+
+      instance.destroy();
+    }, function(error) {
+      QUnit.start();
+      assert.ok(false, "The visit() promise was rejected: " + error);
+    });
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/states/in_dom.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/states/in_dom.js
index 19c5b799e31..bbdc6588fb0 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/states/in_dom.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/states/in_dom.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import Ember from "ember-metal/core"; // Ember.assert
 import create from 'ember-metal/platform/create';
 import merge from "ember-metal/merge";
 import EmberError from "ember-metal/error";
@@ -12,17 +11,12 @@ import hasElement from "ember-views/views/states/has_element";
 
 var inDOM = create(hasElement);
 
-var View;
-
 merge(inDOM, {
   enter: function(view) {
-    if (!View) { View = requireModule('ember-views/views/view')["default"]; } // ES6TODO: this sucks. Have to avoid cycles...
-
     // Register the view for event handling. This hash is used by
     // Ember.EventDispatcher to dispatch incoming events.
     if (!view.isVirtual) {
-      Ember.assert("Attempted to register a view with an id already in use: "+view.elementId, !View.views[view.elementId]);
-      View.views[view.elementId] = view;
+      view._register();
     }
 
     Ember.runInDebug(function() {
@@ -33,10 +27,8 @@ merge(inDOM, {
   },
 
   exit: function(view) {
-    if (!View) { View = requireModule('ember-views/views/view')["default"]; } // ES6TODO: this sucks. Have to avoid cycles...
-
     if (!this.isVirtual) {
-      delete View.views[view.elementId];
+      view._unregister();
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
index 706b7272530..873a567b8ab 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
@@ -1305,6 +1305,10 @@ var View = CoreView.extend(
     }
 
     this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+
+    if (!this._viewRegistry) {
+      this._viewRegistry = View.views;
+    }
   },
 
   __defineNonEnumerable: function(property) {
@@ -1371,6 +1375,33 @@ var View = CoreView.extend(
     return this.currentState.handleEvent(this, eventName, evt);
   },
 
+  /**
+    Registers the view in the view registry, keyed on the view's `elementId`.
+    This is used by the EventDispatcher to locate the view in response to
+    events.
+
+    This method should only be called once the view has been inserted into the
+    DOM.
+
+    @method _register
+    @private
+  */
+  _register: function() {
+    Ember.assert("Attempted to register a view with an id already in use: "+this.elementId, !this._viewRegistry[this.elementId]);
+    this._viewRegistry[this.elementId] = this;
+  },
+
+  /**
+    Removes the view from the view registry. This should be called when the
+    view is removed from DOM.
+
+    @method _unregister
+    @private
+  */
+  _unregister: function() {
+    delete this._viewRegistry[this.elementId];
+  },
+
   registerObserver: function(root, path, target, observer) {
     if (!observer && 'function' === typeof target) {
       observer = target;