diff --git a/packages/container/lib/registry.js b/packages/container/lib/registry.js
index 79248b760a9..3e102c2592f 100644
--- a/packages/container/lib/registry.js
+++ b/packages/container/lib/registry.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import EmptyObject from 'ember-metal/empty_object';
 import assign from 'ember-metal/assign';
 import Container from './container';
 
-var VALID_FULL_NAME_REGEXP = /^[^:]+.+:[^:]+$/;
+var VALID_FULL_NAME_REGEXP = /^[^:]+:[^:]+$/;
 
 /**
  A registry used to store factory and option information keyed
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ Registry.prototype = {
    @return {Boolean}
    */
   has(fullName, options) {
-    assert('fullName must be a proper full name', this.validateFullName(fullName));
+    if (!this.isValidFullName(fullName)) {
+      return false;
+    }
 
     let source;
     if (isEnabled('ember-htmlbars-local-lookup')) {
@@ -693,12 +695,17 @@ Registry.prototype = {
   },
 
   validateFullName(fullName) {
-    if (!VALID_FULL_NAME_REGEXP.test(fullName)) {
+    if (!this.isValidFullName(fullName)) {
       throw new TypeError('Invalid Fullname, expected: `type:name` got: ' + fullName);
     }
+
     return true;
   },
 
+  isValidFullName(fullName) {
+    return !!VALID_FULL_NAME_REGEXP.test(fullName);
+  },
+
   validateInjections(injections) {
     if (!injections) { return; }
 
diff --git a/packages/container/tests/registry_test.js b/packages/container/tests/registry_test.js
index 9963e67fc34..0d011965153 100644
--- a/packages/container/tests/registry_test.js
+++ b/packages/container/tests/registry_test.js
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ QUnit.test('The registry normalizes names when checking if the factory is regist
 });
 
 QUnit.test('validateFullName throws an error if name is incorrect', function() {
+  expect(2);
+
   var registry = new Registry();
   var PostController = factory();
 
@@ -133,8 +135,12 @@ QUnit.test('validateFullName throws an error if name is incorrect', function() {
 
   registry.register('controller:post', PostController);
   throws(function() {
-    registry.resolve('post');
+    registry.validateFullName('post');
   }, /TypeError: Invalid Fullname, expected: `type:name` got: post/);
+
+  throws(function() {
+    registry.validateFullName('route:http://foo.bar.com/baz');
+  }, /TypeError: Invalid Fullname, expected: `type:name` got: route:http:\/\/foo.bar.com\/baz/);
 });
 
 QUnit.test('The registry normalizes names when injecting', function() {
@@ -205,6 +211,14 @@ QUnit.test('registry.has should not accidentally cause injections on that factor
   ok(registry.has('controller:apple'));
 });
 
+QUnit.test('registry.has should not error for invalid fullNames)', function() {
+  expect(1);
+
+  var registry = new Registry();
+
+  ok(!registry.has('foo:bar:baz'));
+});
+
 QUnit.test('once resolved, always return the same result', function() {
   expect(1);