diff --git a/packages/compat/src/addon-dependency-rules/ember-data.ts b/packages/compat/src/addon-dependency-rules/ember-data.ts
index 8fa811a22..91a7fec7a 100644
--- a/packages/compat/src/addon-dependency-rules/ember-data.ts
+++ b/packages/compat/src/addon-dependency-rules/ember-data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { PackageRules } from '..';
 let rules: PackageRules[] = [
   {
     package: '@ember-data/store',
+    semverRange: '<=4.11.0',
     addonModules: {
       '-private.js': {
         dependsOnModules: ['@ember-data/record-data/-private'],
diff --git a/packages/compat/src/compat-adapters/ember-data.ts b/packages/compat/src/compat-adapters/ember-data.ts
index a880fd4d3..417b5d848 100644
--- a/packages/compat/src/compat-adapters/ember-data.ts
+++ b/packages/compat/src/compat-adapters/ember-data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { Memoize } from 'typescript-memoize';
 import { Node } from 'broccoli-node-api';
 import { sync as resolveSync } from 'resolve';
+import semver from 'semver';
 
 export class EmberDataBase extends V1Addon {
   // May of the ember-data packages use rollup to try to hide their internal
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ export class EmberDataBase extends V1Addon {
   customizes(...names: string[]) {
     return super.customizes(...names.filter(n => n !== 'treeForAddon'));
   }
+
+  static shouldApplyAdapter(addonInstance: any) {
+    return semver.lt(addonInstance.pkg.version, '4.11.1');
+  }
 }
 
 export default class EmberData extends EmberDataBase {