diff --git a/addon/-private/instance-initializers/initialize-store-service.js b/addon/-private/instance-initializers/initialize-store-service.js
index b2d9fa1ec99..ed4e8b92af4 100644
--- a/addon/-private/instance-initializers/initialize-store-service.js
+++ b/addon/-private/instance-initializers/initialize-store-service.js
@@ -1,12 +1,53 @@
+import { deprecate } from 'ember-data/-private/debug';
 /*
- Configures a registry for use with an Ember-Data
- store.
+  Configures a registry for use with an Ember-Data
+  store.
 
- @method initializeStoreService
- @param {Ember.ApplicationInstance} applicationOrRegistry
- */
+  @method initializeStoreService
+  @param {Ember.ApplicationInstance} applicationOrRegistry
+*/
 export default function initializeStoreService(application) {
   var container = application.lookup ? application : application.container;
   // Eagerly generate the store so defaultStore is populated.
   container.lookup('service:store');
+
+  let initializers = application.application.constructor.initializers;
+  deprecateOldEmberDataInitializers(initializers)
+}
+
+
+
+let deprecatedInitializerNames = ['data-adapter', 'injectStore', 'transforms', 'store'];
+
+function matchesDeprecatedInititalizer(name) {
+  return deprecatedInitializerNames.indexOf(name) !== -1;
+}
+
+function deprecateOldEmberDataInitializers(initializers) {
+  // collect all of the initializers
+  let initializersArray = Object.keys(initializers).map(key =>  initializers[key]);
+
+  // filter out all of the Ember Data initializer. We have some
+  // deprecated initializers that depend on other deprecated
+  // initializers which may trigger the deprecation warning
+  // unintentionally.
+  let nonEmberDataInitializers = initializersArray.filter((initializer) => {
+    return !matchesDeprecatedInititalizer(initializer.name)
+  })
+
+  nonEmberDataInitializers.forEach(warnForDeprecatedInitializers)
+}
+
+function warnForDeprecatedInitializers(initializer) {
+  var deprecatedBeforeInitializer = matchesDeprecatedInititalizer(initializer.before)
+  var deprecatedAfterInitializer = matchesDeprecatedInititalizer(initializer.after)
+  let deprecatedProp = deprecatedBeforeInitializer ? 'before' : 'after'
+
+  deprecate(
+    `The initializer \`${initializer[deprecatedProp]}\` has been deprecated. Please update your \`${initializer.name}\` initializer to use use \`${deprecatedProp}: \'ember-data\'\` instead.`,
+    !(deprecatedBeforeInitializer || deprecatedAfterInitializer),
+    {
+      id: 'ds.deprecated-initializers',
+      until: '3.0.0'
+    })
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/application-test.js b/tests/integration/application-test.js
index 519d359c2fa..43316c3bd41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/application-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/application-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
+import testInDebug from 'dummy/tests/helpers/test-in-debug';
 
 import {module, test} from 'qunit';
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ test("ember-data initializer does not register the store service when it was alr
 
 });
 
-test("store initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
+testInDebug("store initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
   var ran = false;
   App.initializer({
     name:       "after-store",
@@ -190,14 +191,16 @@ test("store initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
     initialize() { ran = true; }
   });
 
-  run(function() {
-    app = App.create();
-  });
+  assert.expectDeprecation(function() {
+    run(function() {
+      app = App.create();
+    });
+  }, /The initializer `store` has been deprecated/)
 
   assert.ok(ran, 'store initializer was found');
 });
 
-test("injectStore initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
+testInDebug("injectStore initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
   var ran = false;
   App.initializer({
     name:       "after-store",
@@ -205,14 +208,16 @@ test("injectStore initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
     initialize() { ran = true; }
   });
 
-  run(function() {
-    app = App.create();
-  });
+  assert.expectDeprecation(function() {
+    run(function() {
+      app = App.create();
+    });
+  }, /The initializer `injectStore` has been deprecated/)
 
   assert.ok(ran, 'injectStore initializer was found');
 });
 
-test("transforms initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
+testInDebug("transforms initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
   var ran = false;
   App.initializer({
     name:       "after-store",
@@ -220,9 +225,11 @@ test("transforms initializer is run (DEPRECATED)", function(assert) {
     initialize() { ran = true; }
   });
 
-  run(function() {
-    app = App.create();
-  });
+  assert.expectDeprecation(function() {
+    run(function() {
+      app = App.create();
+    });
+  }, /The initializer `transforms` has been deprecated/)
 
   assert.ok(ran, 'transforms initializer was found');
 });