diff --git a/lib/utils/ember.js b/lib/utils/ember.js
index 8f140ac019..2276a70802 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ember.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ember.js
@@ -188,10 +188,20 @@ function isMirageConfig(fileName) {
   return path.normalize(fileName).endsWith(path.join('mirage', 'config.js'));
 }
 
+// jQuery has an `extend` function and we want to avoid mistaking it for an extended object.
+// TODO: ideally, this would check the actual name that jQuery is imported under, but there's a lot of plumbing needed for that.
+const COMMON_JQUERY_NAMES = new Set(['$', 'jQuery']);
+
 function isExtendObject(node) {
+  // Check for:
+  // * foo.extend();
+  // * foo['extend']();
   return (
-    node.callee.property &&
-    (node.callee.property.name === 'extend' || node.callee.property.value === 'extend')
+    node.type === 'CallExpression' &&
+    node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
+    ((node.callee.property.type === 'Identifier' && node.callee.property.name === 'extend') ||
+      (node.callee.property.type === 'Literal' && node.callee.property.value === 'extend')) &&
+    !(node.callee.object.type === 'Identifier' && COMMON_JQUERY_NAMES.has(node.callee.object.name))
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/utils/ember-test.js b/tests/lib/utils/ember-test.js
index a389049e0b..4f6e679a9d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/utils/ember-test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/utils/ember-test.js
@@ -556,6 +556,48 @@ describe('isEmberService', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('isExtendObject', () => {
+  it('should detect using extend function name', () => {
+    const node = parse('foo.extend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should detect using extend string name', () => {
+    const node = parse('foo["extend"]()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should detect using nested object', () => {
+    const node = parse('foo.bar.extend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not detect a potential jQuery usage with `$`', () => {
+    const node = parse('$.extend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not detect a potential jQuery usage with `jQuery`', () => {
+    const node = parse('jQuery.extend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not detect with non-extend name', () => {
+    const node = parse('foo.notExtend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not detect with no object', () => {
+    const node = parse('extend()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not detect with wrong function', () => {
+    const node = parse('extend.foo()');
+    expect(emberUtils.isExtendObject(node)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('isEmberArrayProxy', () => {
   it('should detect using old module style', () => {
     const context = new FauxContext('Ember.ArrayProxy.extend()');