diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index de266d8599d..533c4c1c69b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const merge = require('broccoli-merge-trees');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const version = require('./lib/version');
 const BroccoliDebug = require('broccoli-debug');
+const calculateCacheKeyForTree = require('calculate-cache-key-for-tree');
 
 // allow toggling of heimdall instrumentation
 let INSTRUMENT_HEIMDALL = false;
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ module.exports = {
         production: app.bowerDirectory + '/ember-data/ember-data.prod.js'
       });
     }
+  },
+
+  cacheKeyForTree(treeType) {
+    return calculateCacheKeyForTree(treeType, this);
   }
 };
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7150226bca7..5d40e736268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "broccoli-funnel": "^1.2.0",
     "broccoli-merge-trees": "^2.0.0",
     "broccoli-rollup": "^1.2.0",
+    "calculate-cache-key-for-tree": "^1.1.0",
     "chalk": "^1.1.1",
     "ember-cli-babel": "^6.4.1",
     "ember-cli-path-utils": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aebf82223c6..7a7783e870c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1490,6 +1490,12 @@ calculate-cache-key-for-tree@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
 
+calculate-cache-key-for-tree@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/calculate-cache-key-for-tree/-/calculate-cache-key-for-tree-1.1.0.tgz#0c3e42c9c134f3c9de5358c0f16793627ea976d6"
+  dependencies:
+    json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
+
 caller-path@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caller-path/-/caller-path-0.1.0.tgz#94085ef63581ecd3daa92444a8fe94e82577751f"