diff --git a/addon/-internal/destructors.ts b/addon/-internal/destructors.ts
index f93454c..085005a 100644
--- a/addon/-internal/destructors.ts
+++ b/addon/-internal/destructors.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
 import { schedule } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
 
 import { meta, deleteMeta } from './meta';
 
@@ -15,6 +18,29 @@ let DESTROYABLE_PARENTS:
   | WeakMap<object, object> = new WeakMap<object, object>();
 const DESTROYABLE_CHILDREN = new WeakMap<object, Set<object>>();
 
+let _internalRegisterDestructor: Function;
+let _internalAssociateDestroyableChild: Function;
+let _internalIsDestroying: Function;
+let _internalIsDestroyed: Function;
+let _internalUnregisterDestructor: Function;
+let _internalDestroy: Function;
+let _internalAssertDestroyablesDestroyed: Function;
+let _internalEnableDestroyableTracking: Function;
+
+if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+  const glimmerRuntime = (Ember as any).__loader.require('@glimmer/runtime');
+
+  _internalRegisterDestructor = glimmerRuntime.registerDestructor;
+  _internalAssociateDestroyableChild = glimmerRuntime.associateDestroyableChild;
+  _internalIsDestroying = glimmerRuntime.isDestroying;
+  _internalIsDestroyed = glimmerRuntime.isDestroyed;
+  _internalUnregisterDestructor = glimmerRuntime.unregisterDestructor;
+  _internalDestroy = glimmerRuntime.destroy;
+  _internalAssertDestroyablesDestroyed =
+    glimmerRuntime.assertDestroyablesDestroyed;
+  _internalEnableDestroyableTracking = glimmerRuntime.enableDestroyableTracking;
+}
+
 function getDestructors<T extends object>(destroyable: T): Set<Destructor<T>> {
   if (!DESTRUCTORS.has(destroyable)) DESTRUCTORS.set(destroyable, new Set());
   return DESTRUCTORS.get(destroyable)!;
@@ -39,6 +65,10 @@ function getDestroyableChildren(destroyable: object): Set<object> {
  * ```
  */
 export function isDestroying(destroyable: object): boolean {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    return _internalIsDestroying(destroyable);
+  }
+
   return meta(destroyable).isSourceDestroying();
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +86,10 @@ export function isDestroying(destroyable: object): boolean {
  * ```
  */
 export function isDestroyed(destroyable: object): boolean {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    return _internalIsDestroyed(destroyable);
+  }
+
   return meta(destroyable).isSourceDestroyed();
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +131,10 @@ export function associateDestroyableChild<T extends object>(
   parent: object,
   child: T
 ): T {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    return _internalAssociateDestroyableChild(parent, child);
+  }
+
   if (DEBUG) assertNotDestroyed(parent);
   if (DEBUG) assertNotDestroyed(child);
 
@@ -152,6 +190,10 @@ export function registerDestructor<T extends object>(
   destroyable: T,
   destructor: Destructor<T>
 ): Destructor<T> {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    return _internalRegisterDestructor(destroyable, destructor);
+  }
+
   if (DEBUG) assertNotDestroyed(destroyable);
   const destructors = getDestructors(destroyable);
   assert(
@@ -193,6 +235,10 @@ export function unregisterDestructor<T extends object>(
   destroyable: T,
   destructor: Destructor<T>
 ): void {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    return _internalUnregisterDestructor(destroyable, destructor);
+  }
+
   if (DEBUG) assertNotDestroyed(destroyable);
   const destructors = getDestructors(destroyable);
   assert(
@@ -237,6 +283,11 @@ export function unregisterDestructor<T extends object>(
  *
  */
 export function destroy(destroyable: object): void {
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    _internalDestroy(destroyable);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (isDestroying(destroyable) || isDestroyed(destroyable)) return;
 
   const m = meta(destroyable);
@@ -275,6 +326,19 @@ interface UndestroyedDestroyablesAssertionError extends Error {
  * assertDestroyablesDestroyed later.
  */
 export function enableDestroyableTracking() {
+  if (gte('3.20.2')) {
+    return _internalEnableDestroyableTracking();
+  }
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    // on 3.20.0-beta.4 through 3.20.2 (estimated) there is an issue with the upstream
+    // `assertDestroyablesDestroyed` method that triggers the assertion in cases that it
+    // should not; in order to allow code bases to function on those specific Ember versions
+    // (including our own test suite) we detect and do nothing
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/glimmerjs/glimmer-vm/pull/1119
+    return;
+  }
+
   DESTRUCTORS = new Map<object, Set<Destructor>>();
   DESTROYABLE_PARENTS = new Map<object, object>();
   isTesting = true;
@@ -288,6 +352,19 @@ export function enableDestroyableTracking() {
  * fact been destroyed.
  */
 export function assertDestroyablesDestroyed(): void | never {
+  if (gte('3.20.2')) {
+    return _internalAssertDestroyablesDestroyed();
+  }
+  if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+    // on 3.20.0-beta.4 through 3.20.2 (estimated) there is an issue with the upstream
+    // `assertDestroyablesDestroyed` method that triggers the assertion in cases that it
+    // should not; in order to allow code bases to function on those specific Ember versions
+    // (including our own test suite) we detect and do nothing
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/glimmerjs/glimmer-vm/pull/1119
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (!isTesting) {
     throw new Error(
       'Attempted to assert destroyables destroyed, but you did not start a destroyable test. Did you forget to call `enableDestroyableTracking()`'
@@ -303,7 +380,7 @@ export function assertDestroyablesDestroyed(): void | never {
 
   if (destructors.size > 0 || children.size > 0) {
     const error = new Error(
-      `Not all destroyable objects were destroyed`
+      `Some destroyables were not destroyed during this test`
     ) as UndestroyedDestroyablesAssertionError;
 
     Object.defineProperty(error, 'destroyables', {
diff --git a/addon/-internal/meta.ts b/addon/-internal/meta.ts
index aace5c6..c9070e4 100644
--- a/addon/-internal/meta.ts
+++ b/addon/-internal/meta.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
-// import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
 import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
diff --git a/addon/-internal/patch-core-object.ts b/addon/-internal/patch-core-object.ts
index 88f0b18..7cf4050 100644
--- a/addon/-internal/patch-core-object.ts
+++ b/addon/-internal/patch-core-object.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
+
 import CoreObject from '@ember/object/core';
 
 import { destroy as _destroy, registerDestructor } from '..';
 
-const callWillDestroy = (instance: CoreObject) => instance.willDestroy();
+if (!gte('3.20.0-beta.4')) {
+  const callWillDestroy = (instance: CoreObject) => instance.willDestroy();
 
-CoreObject.prototype.init = function init() {
-  registerDestructor(this, callWillDestroy);
-};
+  CoreObject.prototype.init = function init() {
+    registerDestructor(this, callWillDestroy);
+  };
 
-CoreObject.prototype.destroy = function destroy() {
-  _destroy(this);
-  return this;
-};
+  CoreObject.prototype.destroy = function destroy() {
+    _destroy(this);
+    return this;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/addon/-internal/patch-meta.ts b/addon/-internal/patch-meta.ts
index c1bb023..b4cffac 100644
--- a/addon/-internal/patch-meta.ts
+++ b/addon/-internal/patch-meta.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
+
 import { runDestructors } from './destructors';
 import { Meta } from './meta';
 
-const { setSourceDestroying } = Meta.prototype;
+if (!gte('3.20.0-beta.1')) {
+  const { setSourceDestroying } = Meta.prototype;
 
-Meta.prototype.setSourceDestroying = function () {
-  setSourceDestroying.call(this);
-  runDestructors(this.source);
-};
+  Meta.prototype.setSourceDestroying = function () {
+    setSourceDestroying.call(this);
+    runDestructors(this.source);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/destroyable-test.ts b/tests/unit/destroyable-test.ts
index 285801f..de2942e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/destroyable-test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/destroyable-test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
 import CoreObject from '@ember/object/core';
 import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 
+import { gte } from 'ember-compatibility-helpers';
+
 function makeDestructor(
   assert: Assert,
   step: string,
@@ -247,6 +249,16 @@ module('destroyable', function (_hooks) {
   });
 
   module('assertDestroyablesDestroyed', function () {
+    if (gte('3.20.0-beta.4') && !gte('3.20.2')) {
+      // on 3.20.0-beta.4 through 3.20.2 (estimated) there is an issue with the upstream
+      // `assertDestroyablesDestroyed` method that triggers the assertion in cases that it
+      // should not; in order to allow code bases to function on those specific Ember versions
+      // (including our own test suite) we detect and do nothing
+      //
+      // See https://github.com/glimmerjs/glimmer-vm/pull/1119
+      return;
+    }
+
     test('it does not throw an error when destroyables have been destroyed', async function (assert) {
       assert.expect(1);
 
@@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ module('destroyable', function (_hooks) {
 
       assert.throws(() => {
         assertDestroyablesDestroyed();
-      }, /Not all destroyable objects were destroyed/);
+      }, /Some destroyables were not destroyed during this test/);
     });
 
     test('errors if `enableDestroyableTracking` was not called previously', async function (assert) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 94f61f0..657e17a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5431,6 +5431,15 @@ ember-compatibility-helpers@^1.1.2, ember-compatibility-helpers@^1.2.0, ember-co
     ember-cli-version-checker "^2.1.1"
     semver "^5.4.1"
 
+ember-compatibility-helpers@^1.2.1:
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-compatibility-helpers/-/ember-compatibility-helpers-1.2.1.tgz#87c92c4303f990ff455c28ca39fb3ee11441aa16"
+  integrity sha512-6wzYvnhg1ihQUT5yGqnLtleq3Nv5KNv79WhrEuNU9SwR4uIxCO+KpyC7r3d5VI0EM7/Nmv9Nd0yTkzmTMdVG1A==
+  dependencies:
+    babel-plugin-debug-macros "^0.2.0"
+    ember-cli-version-checker "^2.1.1"
+    semver "^5.4.1"
+
 ember-disable-prototype-extensions@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-disable-prototype-extensions/-/ember-disable-prototype-extensions-1.1.3.tgz#1969135217654b5e278f9fe2d9d4e49b5720329e"