diff --git a/addon/helpers/-clear-element.js b/addon/helpers/-clear-element.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ffa31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/helpers/-clear-element.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { helper } from "@ember/component/helper";
+
+export default helper(function clearElement([element] /*, hash*/) {
+  while (element.firstChild) {
+    element.removeChild(element.firstChild);
+  }
+
+  return element;
+});
diff --git a/app/helpers/-clear-element.js b/app/helpers/-clear-element.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1222702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/-clear-element.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default, clearElement } from 'ember-in-element-polyfill/helpers/-clear-element';
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9ea7c9c..4710296 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
 
+  treeForAddon() {
+    if (!this.hasPublicInElement()) {
+      return this._super.treeForAddon.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+  },
+
+  treeForApp() {
+    if (!this.hasPublicInElement()) {
+      return this._super.treeForApp.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
+  },
+
   hasPublicInElement() {
     // @todo once https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/287 is accepted and implemented, this function should return
     // true for any Ember version that already ships a public `in-element`!
diff --git a/lib/in-element-transform.js b/lib/in-element-transform.js
index 8256c21..d785e0d 100644
--- a/lib/in-element-transform.js
+++ b/lib/in-element-transform.js
@@ -2,11 +2,29 @@
 
 module.exports = class InElementTransform {
   transform(ast) {
+    let b = this.syntax.builders;
+
     this.syntax.traverse(ast, {
       BlockStatement(node) {
         if (node.path.original === 'in-element') {
           node.path.original = '-in-element';
           node.path.parts = ['-in-element'];
+
+          let insertBeforeHash = node.hash.pairs.find(pair => pair.key === "insertBefore");
+          if (insertBeforeHash) {
+            if (insertBeforeHash.value.type !== "NullLiteral") {
+              throw new SyntaxError('insertBefore only takes `null` as an argument');
+            }
+
+            node.hash.pairs = node.hash.pairs.filter(hash => hash !== insertBeforeHash);
+          } else {
+            let [targetNode] = node.params;
+
+            node.params[0] = b.sexpr(
+              '-clear-element',
+              [targetNode]
+            );
+          }
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/tests/integration/.gitkeep b/tests/integration/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers/clear-element-test.js b/tests/integration/helpers/clear-element-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5517066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers/clear-element-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+import { helper } from '@ember/component/helper';
+
+module('Integration | Helper | clear-element', function(hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it clears the provided element', async function(assert) {
+    let element = document.createElement('div');
+    element.innerHTML = `<p>Some Contents!</p>`;
+
+    this.set('elementToClear', element);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      element.outerHTML,
+      '<div><p>Some Contents!</p></div>',
+      'precond'
+    );
+
+    await render(hbs`{{-clear-element this.elementToClear}}`);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(element.outerHTML, '<div></div>', 'element was emptied');
+  });
+
+  test('it returns the element', async function(assert) {
+    let element = document.createElement('div');
+    element.setAttribute('class', 'test-div');
+    element.innerHTML = `<p>Some Contents!</p>`;
+
+    this.set('elementToClear', element);
+
+    await render(hbs`{{-clear-element this.elementToClear}}`);
+
+    assert.dom('.test-div').exists();
+  });
+
+  test('it can be used with -in-element', async function(assert) {
+    this.owner.register(
+      'helper:query-selector',
+      helper(function([selector]) {
+        return document.querySelector(selector);
+      })
+    );
+
+    await render(hbs`
+      <div id='test-div'>Original Content!</div>
+      {{#-in-element (-clear-element (query-selector '#test-div'))}}
+        Replacement Content!
+      {{/-in-element}}
+    `);
+
+    assert.dom('#test-div').hasText('Replacement Content!');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/in-element-test.js b/tests/integration/in-element-test.js
index 70527d1..631dbaa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/in-element-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/in-element-test.js
@@ -6,15 +6,27 @@ import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
 module('Integration | in-element', function(hooks) {
   setupRenderingTest(hooks);
 
-  test('renders into destination element', async function(assert) {
+  test('renders into destination element by replacing', async function(assert) {
     await render(hbs`
-        <div id="test-destination-element"></div>
+        <div id="test-destination-element">Dummy</div>
         {{#if ready}}
           {{#in-element destinationElement}}Some text{{/in-element}}
         {{/if}}
       `);
     this.set('destinationElement', document.querySelector('#test-destination-element'));
     this.set('ready', true);
-    assert.dom('#test-destination-element').containsText('Some text', 'The content has been rendered in the destination element');
+    assert.dom('#test-destination-element').hasText('Some text', 'The content has been rendered in the destination element');
+  });
+
+  test('renders into destination element by appending', async function(assert) {
+    await render(hbs`
+        <div id="test-destination-element">Dummy</div>
+        {{#if ready}}
+          {{#in-element destinationElement insertBefore=null}}Some text{{/in-element}}
+        {{/if}}
+      `);
+    this.set('destinationElement', document.querySelector('#test-destination-element'));
+    this.set('ready', true);
+    assert.dom('#test-destination-element').hasText('DummySome text', 'The content has been rendered in the destination element');
   });
 });