diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/main.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/main.js
index 278c083cb5e..5a245ca34e8 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/main.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/main.js
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ Ember._Cache = Cache;
 
 Ember.generateGuid    = generateGuid;
 Ember.GUID_KEY        = GUID_KEY;
-Ember.create          = Object.create;
 Ember.keys            = Object.keys;
 Ember.platform        = {
   defineProperty: true,
@@ -408,4 +407,6 @@ if (Ember.__loader.registry['ember-debug']) {
   requireModule('ember-debug');
 }
 
+Ember.create = Ember.deprecateFunc('Ember.create is deprecated in-favour of Object.create', Object.create);
+
 export default Ember;
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js b/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
index e2aeb33f27a..e79bc889b70 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/tests/main_test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Ember from 'ember-metal/core';
+import Ember from 'ember-metal';
 
 // From sindresourhus/semver-regex https://github.com/sindresorhus/semver-regex/blob/795b05628d96597ebcbe6d31ef4a432858365582/index.js#L3
 var SEMVER_REGEX = /^\bv?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(?:0|[1-9][0-9]*)(?:-[\da-z\-]+(?:\.[\da-z\-]+)*)?(?:\+[\da-z\-]+(?:\.[\da-z\-]+)*)?\b$/;
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ QUnit.test('SEMVER_REGEX properly validates and invalidates version numbers', fu
   validateVersionString('1.11', false);
 });
 
+
+QUnit.test('Ember.create is deprecated', function() {
+  expectDeprecation(function() {
+    Ember.create(null);
+  }, 'Ember.create is deprecated in-favour of Object.create');
+});
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/tests/watching/watch_test.js b/packages/ember-metal/tests/watching/watch_test.js
index 692b3c7e089..c6aea444f39 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/tests/watching/watch_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/tests/watching/watch_test.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ testBoth('watching a regular undefined property', function(get, set) {
 
 testBoth('watches should inherit', function(get, set) {
   var obj = { foo: 'baz' };
-  var objB = Ember.create(obj);
+  var objB = Object.create(obj);
 
   addListeners(obj, 'foo');
   watch(obj, 'foo');