diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/utils/references.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/utils/references.js
index fda919586ab..e360b08385a 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/utils/references.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/utils/references.js
@@ -213,11 +213,13 @@ export class NestedPropertyReference extends PropertyReference {
 
     _parentObjectTag.update(tagForProperty(parentValue, _propertyKey));
 
-    if (typeof parentValue === 'string' && _propertyKey === 'length') {
+    let parentValueType = typeof parentValue;
+
+    if (parentValueType === 'string' && _propertyKey === 'length') {
       return parentValue.length;
     }
 
-    if (typeof parentValue === 'object' && parentValue) {
+    if (parentValueType === 'object' && parentValue !== null || parentValueType === 'function') {
       if (MANDATORY_SETTER) {
         watchKey(parentValue, _propertyKey);
       }
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ export class SimpleHelperReference extends CachedReference {
 
       let result = helper(positionalValue, namedValue);
 
-      if (typeof result === 'object' && result !== null) {
+      if (typeof result === 'object' && result !== null || typeof result === 'function') {
         return new RootReference(result);
       } else {
         return PrimitiveReference.create(result);
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ export class InternalHelperReference extends CachedReference {
 // @implements PathReference
 export class UnboundReference extends ConstReference {
   static create(value) {
-    if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+    if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null || typeof result === 'function') {
       return new UnboundReference(value);
     } else {
       return PrimitiveReference.create(value);
diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
index 542a05e12a2..cfd60ffa548 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/tests/integration/content-test.js
@@ -484,6 +484,29 @@ class DynamicContentTest extends RenderingTest {
     this.assertContent('hello');
     this.assertInvariants();
   }
+
+  ['@test it can render a property on a function']() {
+    let func = () => {};
+    func.aProp = 'this is a property on a function';
+
+    this.renderPath('func.aProp', { func });
+
+    this.assertContent('this is a property on a function');
+
+    this.assertStableRerender();
+
+    // this.runTask(() => set(func, 'aProp', 'still a property on a function'));
+    // this.assertContent('still a property on a function');
+    // this.assertInvariants();
+
+    // func = () => {};
+    // func.aProp = 'a prop on a new function';
+
+    // this.runTask(() => set(this.context, 'func', func));
+
+    // this.assertContent('a prop on a new function');
+    // this.assertInvariants();
+  }
 }
 
 const EMPTY = {};