diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-target.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-target.ts
index 350d8e903..32a88709a 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-target.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-target.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ type Target = string | Element | Document | Window;
 
 export default Target;
 
+export interface HTMLElementContentEditable extends HTMLElement {
+  isContentEditable: true;
+}
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line require-jsdoc
 export function isElement(target: any): target is Element {
   return target.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE;
@@ -13,6 +17,6 @@ export function isDocument(target: any): target is Document {
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line require-jsdoc
-export function isContentEditable(element: Element): element is HTMLElement {
+export function isContentEditable(element: Element): element is HTMLElementContentEditable {
   return 'isContentEditable' in element && (element as HTMLElement).isContentEditable;
 }
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
index 6a6e05039..a73029ee6 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { __focus__ } from './focus';
 import { Promise } from 'rsvp';
 import fireEvent from './fire-event';
 import guardForMaxlength from './-guard-for-maxlength';
-import Target from './-target';
+import Target, { isContentEditable, isDocument, HTMLElementContentEditable } from './-target';
 import { __triggerKeyEvent__ } from './trigger-key-event';
 import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
@@ -47,23 +47,27 @@ export default function typeIn(target: Target, text: string, options: Options =
     }
 
     const element = getElement(target);
+
     if (!element) {
       throw new Error(`Element not found when calling \`typeIn('${target}')\``);
     }
-    if (!isFormControl(element)) {
-      throw new Error('`typeIn` is only usable on form controls.');
+
+    if (isDocument(element) || (!isFormControl(element) && !isContentEditable(element))) {
+      throw new Error('`typeIn` is only usable on form controls or contenteditable elements.');
     }
 
     if (typeof text === 'undefined' || text === null) {
       throw new Error('Must provide `text` when calling `typeIn`.');
     }
 
-    if (element.disabled) {
-      throw new Error(`Can not \`typeIn\` disabled '${target}'.`);
-    }
+    if (isFormControl(element)) {
+      if (element.disabled) {
+        throw new Error(`Can not \`typeIn\` disabled '${target}'.`);
+      }
 
-    if ('readOnly' in element && element.readOnly) {
-      throw new Error(`Can not \`typeIn\` readonly '${target}'.`);
+      if ('readOnly' in element && element.readOnly) {
+        throw new Error(`Can not \`typeIn\` readonly '${target}'.`);
+      }
     }
 
     __focus__(element);
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ export default function typeIn(target: Target, text: string, options: Options =
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line require-jsdoc
-function fillOut(element: FormControl, text: string, delay: number) {
+function fillOut(element: FormControl | HTMLElementContentEditable, text: string, delay: number) {
   const inputFunctions = text.split('').map(character => keyEntry(element, character));
   return inputFunctions.reduce((currentPromise, func) => {
     return currentPromise.then(() => delayedExecute(delay)).then(func);
@@ -85,7 +89,10 @@ function fillOut(element: FormControl, text: string, delay: number) {
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line require-jsdoc
-function keyEntry(element: FormControl, character: string): () => void {
+function keyEntry(
+  element: FormControl | HTMLElementContentEditable,
+  character: string
+): () => void {
   let shiftKey = character === character.toUpperCase() && character !== character.toLowerCase();
   let options = { shiftKey };
   let characterKey = character.toUpperCase();
@@ -95,10 +102,15 @@ function keyEntry(element: FormControl, character: string): () => void {
       .then(() => __triggerKeyEvent__(element, 'keydown', characterKey, options))
       .then(() => __triggerKeyEvent__(element, 'keypress', characterKey, options))
       .then(() => {
-        const newValue = element.value + character;
-        guardForMaxlength(element, newValue, 'typeIn');
-
-        element.value = newValue;
+        if (isFormControl(element)) {
+          const newValue = element.value + character;
+          guardForMaxlength(element, newValue, 'typeIn');
+
+          element.value = newValue;
+        } else {
+          const newValue = element.innerHTML + character;
+          element.innerHTML = newValue;
+        }
         fireEvent(element, 'input');
       })
       .then(() => __triggerKeyEvent__(element, 'keyup', characterKey, options));
diff --git a/tests/unit/dom/type-in-test.js b/tests/unit/dom/type-in-test.js
index a8bad7537..d39860cb0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dom/type-in-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/dom/type-in-test.js
@@ -118,11 +118,24 @@ module('DOM Helper: typeIn', function (hooks) {
     assert.equal(element.value, 'foo');
   });
 
-  test('typing in not a form control', async function (assert) {
+  test('typing in a contenteditable element', async function (assert) {
+    element = buildInstrumentedElement('div');
+    element.setAttribute('contenteditable', 'true');
+    await typeIn(element, 'foo');
+
+    assert.verifySteps(expectedEvents);
+    assert.strictEqual(document.activeElement, element, 'activeElement updated');
+    assert.equal(element.innerHTML, 'foo');
+  });
+
+  test('typing in a non-typable element', async function (assert) {
     element = buildInstrumentedElement('div');
 
     await setupContext(context);
-    assert.rejects(typeIn(`#${element.id}`, 'foo'), /`typeIn` is only usable on form controls/);
+    assert.rejects(
+      typeIn(`#${element.id}`, 'foo'),
+      /`typeIn` is only usable on form controls or contenteditable elements/
+    );
   });
 
   test('typing in a disabled element', async function (assert) {