diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/routing/lib/system/route.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/routing/lib/system/route.ts
index 7bc7d566c5b..eadeab22396 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/routing/lib/system/route.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/routing/lib/system/route.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import {
   Object as EmberObject,
   typeOf,
 } from '@ember/-internals/runtime';
-import { EMBER_ROUTING_ROUTER_SERVICE } from '@ember/canary-features';
+import {
+  EMBER_ROUTING_BUILD_ROUTEINFO_METADATA,
+  EMBER_ROUTING_ROUTER_SERVICE,
+} from '@ember/canary-features';
 import { assert, deprecate, info, isTesting } from '@ember/debug';
 import { ROUTER_EVENTS } from '@ember/deprecated-features';
 import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
@@ -2554,4 +2557,10 @@ if (EMBER_ROUTING_ROUTER_SERVICE && ROUTER_EVENTS) {
   });
 }
 
+if (EMBER_ROUTING_BUILD_ROUTEINFO_METADATA) {
+  Route.reopen({
+    buildRouteInfoMetaData() {},
+  });
+}
+
 export default Route;
diff --git a/packages/@ember/canary-features/index.ts b/packages/@ember/canary-features/index.ts
index acc59d8e8a1..f732ccebbb8 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/canary-features/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/canary-features/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_FEATURES = {
   GLIMMER_MODIFIER_MANAGER: null,
   EMBER_METAL_TRACKED_PROPERTIES: null,
   EMBER_GLIMMER_ANGLE_BRACKET_INVOCATION: true,
+  EMBER_ROUTING_BUILD_ROUTEINFO_METADATA: null,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -84,3 +85,7 @@ export const EMBER_GLIMMER_ANGLE_BRACKET_INVOCATION = featureValue(
   FEATURES.EMBER_GLIMMER_ANGLE_BRACKET_INVOCATION
 );
 export const GLIMMER_MODIFIER_MANAGER = featureValue(FEATURES.GLIMMER_MODIFIER_MANAGER);
+
+export const EMBER_ROUTING_BUILD_ROUTEINFO_METADATA = featureValue(
+  FEATURES.EMBER_ROUTING_BUILD_ROUTEINFO_METADATA
+);