diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e5d5b073b3..f203bd2dd6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "git-repo-info": "^1.1.4",
     "git-repo-version": "^0.3.1",
     "github": "^0.2.3",
-    "glimmer-engine": "0.11.3",
+    "glimmer-engine": "0.11.4",
     "glob": "^5.0.13",
     "html-differ": "^1.3.4",
     "mocha": "^2.4.5",
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/environment.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/environment.js
index 9f73ec3b860..c11f6463f6a 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/environment.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/environment.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
   Environment as GlimmerEnvironment,
   AttributeChangeList,
   isSafeString,
-  compileLayout
+  compileLayout,
+  getDynamicVar
 } from 'glimmer-runtime';
 import Cache from 'ember-metal/cache';
 import { assert, warn, runInDebug } from 'ember-metal/debug';
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ export default class Environment extends GlimmerEnvironment {
       '-each-in': eachIn,
       '-input-type': inputTypeHelper,
       '-normalize-class': normalizeClassHelper,
-      '-html-safe': htmlSafeHelper
+      '-html-safe': htmlSafeHelper,
+      '-get-dynamic-var': { glimmerNativeHelper: getDynamicVar }
     };
   }
 
@@ -290,6 +292,8 @@ export default class Environment extends GlimmerEnvironment {
       return (vm, args) => SimpleHelperReference.create(helper.compute, args);
     } else if (helper.isHelperFactory) {
       return (vm, args) => ClassBasedHelperReference.create(helper, vm, args);
+    } else if (helper.glimmerNativeHelper) {
+      return helper.glimmerNativeHelper;
     } else {
       throw new Error(`${nameParts} is not a helper`);
     }
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/renderer.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/renderer.js
index 797b130435e..6537c22636d 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/renderer.js
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ class DynamicScope {
       this.view, this.outletState, this.rootOutletState, this.isTopLevel, this.targetObject
     );
   }
+
+  get(key) {
+    return this[key];
+  }
+
+  set(key, value) {
+    this[key] = value;
+    return value;
+  }
 }
 
 const renderers = [];
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax.js
index 62d51095a7d..442a47af760 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { OutletSyntax } from './syntax/outlet';
 import { MountSyntax } from './syntax/mount';
 import { DynamicComponentSyntax } from './syntax/dynamic-component';
 import { InputSyntax } from './syntax/input';
+import { WithDynamicVarsSyntax } from 'glimmer-runtime';
+
 
 let syntaxKeys = [];
 let syntaxes = [];
@@ -25,3 +27,8 @@ registerSyntax('outlet', OutletSyntax);
 registerSyntax('mount', MountSyntax);
 registerSyntax('component', DynamicComponentSyntax);
 registerSyntax('input', InputSyntax);
+registerSyntax('-with-dynamic-vars', class {
+  static create(environment, args, templates, symbolTable) {
+    return new WithDynamicVarsSyntax({ args, templates });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax/outlet.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax/outlet.js
index 18ed05562c3..cf3d8d56834 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax/outlet.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/syntax/outlet.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class OutletComponentReference {
 
 
     let outletName = outletNameRef.value();
-    let outletStateRef = parentOutletStateRef.get(outletName);
+    let outletStateRef = parentOutletStateRef.get('outlets').get(outletName);
     let newState = this.lastState = outletStateRef.value();
 
     this.outletStateTag.update(outletStateRef.tag);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ const TOP_LEVEL_MANAGER = new TopLevelOutletComponentManager();
 
 class OutletComponentManager extends AbstractOutletComponentManager {
   create(definition, args, dynamicScope) {
-    let outletStateReference = dynamicScope.outletState = dynamicScope.outletState.get(definition.outletName);
+    let outletStateReference = dynamicScope.outletState = dynamicScope.outletState.get('outlets').get(definition.outletName);
     let outletState = outletStateReference.value();
     dynamicScope.targetObject = outletState.render.controller;
     return new StateBucket(outletState);
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/views/outlet.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/views/outlet.js
index 86b6cf2a420..b1c8f2ec843 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/views/outlet.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/views/outlet.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ChildOutletStateReference {
   }
 
   value() {
-    return this.parent.value().outlets[this.key];
+    return this.parent.value()[this.key];
   }
 
   get isTopLevel() {
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/outlet-test.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/outlet-test.js
index 590ec6353a9..0afca2b89ec 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/outlet-test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/outlet-test.js
@@ -278,4 +278,50 @@ moduleFor('outlet view', class extends RenderingTest {
 
     this.assertText('HIBAR');
   }
+
+  ['@test outletState can pass through user code (liquid-fire initimate API) ']() {
+    this.registerTemplate('outer', 'A{{#-with-dynamic-vars outletState=(identity (-get-dynamic-var "outletState"))}}B{{outlet}}D{{/-with-dynamic-vars}}E');
+    this.registerTemplate('inner', 'C');
+
+    // This looks like it doesn't do anything, but its presence
+    // guarantees that the outletState gets converted from a reference
+    // to a value and then back to a reference. That is what we're
+    // testing here.
+    this.registerHelper('identity', ([a]) => a);
+
+    let outletState = {
+      render: {
+        owner: this.owner,
+        into: undefined,
+        outlet: 'main',
+        name: 'outer',
+        controller: {},
+        ViewClass: undefined,
+        template: this.owner.lookup('template:outer')
+      },
+      outlets: {
+        main: {
+          render: {
+            owner: this.owner,
+            into: undefined,
+            outlet: 'main',
+            name: 'inner',
+            controller: {},
+            ViewClass: undefined,
+            template: this.owner.lookup('template:inner')
+          },
+          outlets: Object.create(null)
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    this.runTask(() => this.component.setOutletState({ render: {}, outlets: { main: outletState } }) );
+
+    runAppend(this.component);
+
+    this.assertText('ABCDE');
+
+    this.assertStableRerender();
+  }
+
 });