diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/environment/lib/env.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/environment/lib/env.ts
index e6d907a62ff..7e42a6f04ef 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/environment/lib/env.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/environment/lib/env.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ export const ENV = {
   */
   _JQUERY_INTEGRATION: true,
 
+  /**
+    Controls the maximum number of scheduled rerenders without "settling". In general,
+    applications should not need to modify this environment variable, but please
+    open an issue so that we can determine if a better default value is needed.
+
+    @property _RERENDER_LOOP_LIMIT
+    @for EmberENV
+    @type number
+    @default 1000
+    @private
+   */
+  _RERENDER_LOOP_LIMIT: 1000,
+
   EMBER_LOAD_HOOKS: {} as {
     [hook: string]: Function[];
   },
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderer.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderer.ts
index 50d2ee1c45a..0a91acfd7c3 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { ENV } from '@ember/-internals/environment';
 import { runInTransaction, setHasViews } from '@ember/-internals/metal';
 import {
   fallbackViewRegistry,
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ let loops = 0;
 function loopEnd() {
   for (let i = 0; i < renderers.length; i++) {
     if (!renderers[i]._isValid()) {
-      if (loops > 10) {
+      if (loops > ENV._RERENDER_LOOP_LIMIT) {
         loops = 0;
         // TODO: do something better
         renderers[i].destroy();
diff --git a/tests/docs/expected.js b/tests/docs/expected.js
index 3a9e419fca3..1842c944a95 100644
--- a/tests/docs/expected.js
+++ b/tests/docs/expected.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '[]',
     '_APPLICATION_TEMPLATE_WRAPPER',
     '_JQUERY_INTEGRATION',
+    '_RERENDER_LOOP_LIMIT',
     '_TEMPLATE_ONLY_GLIMMER_COMPONENTS',
     '__container__',
     '_activeQPChanged',