diff --git a/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/compile-options.ts b/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/compile-options.ts
index 10fb8e0bf1a..4055acf3e3e 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/compile-options.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/compile-options.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { array, eq, fn, hash, neq } from '@ember/helper';
+import { array, element, eq, fn, hash, neq } from '@ember/helper';
 import { on } from '@ember/modifier';
 import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
 import {
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const RUNTIME_KEYWORDS_NAME = '__ember_keywords__';
 export const keywords: Record<string, unknown> = {
   array,
   eq,
+  element,
   fn,
   hash,
   neq,
diff --git a/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/plugins/auto-import-builtins.ts b/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/plugins/auto-import-builtins.ts
index bf3ee5b993d..c9bb1ea0d0d 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/plugins/auto-import-builtins.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/template-compiler/lib/plugins/auto-import-builtins.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ export default function autoImportBuiltins(env: EmberASTPluginEnvironment): ASTP
         if (isArray(node, hasLocal)) {
           rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'array', '@ember/helper');
         }
+        if (isElement(node, hasLocal)) {
+          rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'element', '@ember/helper');
+        }
         if (isFn(node, hasLocal)) {
           rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'fn', '@ember/helper');
         }
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ export default function autoImportBuiltins(env: EmberASTPluginEnvironment): ASTP
         if (isArray(node, hasLocal)) {
           rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'array', '@ember/helper');
         }
+        if (isElement(node, hasLocal)) {
+          rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'element', '@ember/helper');
+        }
         if (isFn(node, hasLocal)) {
           rewriteKeyword(env, node, 'fn', '@ember/helper');
         }
@@ -120,3 +126,10 @@ function isNeq(
 ): node is (AST.MustacheStatement | AST.SubExpression) & { path: AST.PathExpression } {
   return isPath(node.path) && node.path.original === 'neq' && !hasLocal('neq');
 }
+
+function isElement(
+  node: AST.MustacheStatement | AST.SubExpression,
+  hasLocal: (k: string) => boolean
+): node is (AST.MustacheStatement | AST.SubExpression) & { path: AST.PathExpression } {
+  return isPath(node.path) && node.path.original === 'element' && !hasLocal('element');
+}
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-runtime-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-runtime-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8e25ea0205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-runtime-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { castToBrowser } from '@glimmer/debug-util';
+import {
+  GlimmerishComponent,
+  jitSuite,
+  RenderTest,
+  test,
+} from '@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests';
+
+import { template } from '@ember/template-compiler/runtime';
+
+class KeywordElementRuntime extends RenderTest {
+  static suiteName = 'keyword helper: element (runtime)';
+
+  @test
+  'explicit scope'(assert: Assert) {
+    const compiled = template('{{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}<Tag>Hello</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({}),
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+
+    let h1 = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('h1');
+    assert.ok(h1, 'h1 element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(h1!.textContent, 'Hello');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  'explicit scope (shadowed)'() {
+    const compiled = template('{{element "h1"}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({ element: () => 'surprise' }),
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+    this.assertHTML('surprise');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  'implicit scope (eval)'(assert: Assert) {
+    const compiled = template('{{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}<Tag>Hello</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      eval() {
+        return eval(arguments[0]);
+      },
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+
+    let h1 = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('h1');
+    assert.ok(h1, 'h1 element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(h1!.textContent, 'Hello');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  'no eval and no scope'(assert: Assert) {
+    class Foo extends GlimmerishComponent {
+      static {
+        template('{{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}<Tag>Hello</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+          strictMode: true,
+          component: this,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.renderComponent(Foo);
+
+    let h1 = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('h1');
+    assert.ok(h1, 'h1 element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(h1!.textContent, 'Hello');
+  }
+}
+
+jitSuite(KeywordElementRuntime);
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d977653acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/keywords/element-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { castToBrowser } from '@glimmer/debug-util';
+import { jitSuite, RenderTest, test } from '@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests';
+
+import { template } from '@ember/template-compiler';
+
+class KeywordElement extends RenderTest {
+  static suiteName = 'keyword helper: element';
+
+  @test
+  'explicit scope'(assert: Assert) {
+    const compiled = template('{{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}<Tag>Hello</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({}),
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+
+    let h1 = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('h1');
+    assert.ok(h1, 'h1 element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(h1!.textContent, 'Hello');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  'explicit scope (shadowed)'() {
+    let element = () => 'surprise';
+    const compiled = template('{{element "h1"}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({ element }),
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+    this.assertHTML('surprise');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  'implicit scope (eval)'(assert: Assert) {
+    const compiled = template('{{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}<Tag>Hello</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      eval() {
+        return eval(arguments[0]);
+      },
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+
+    let h1 = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('h1');
+    assert.ok(h1, 'h1 element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(h1!.textContent, 'Hello');
+  }
+
+  @test
+  MustacheStatement(assert: Assert) {
+    const Child = template('{{#let @tag as |Tag|}}<Tag>World</Tag>{{/let}}', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({}),
+    });
+
+    const compiled = template('<Child @tag={{element "span"}} />', {
+      strictMode: true,
+      scope: () => ({ Child }),
+    });
+
+    this.renderComponent(compiled);
+
+    let span = castToBrowser(this.element, 'div').querySelector('span');
+    assert.ok(span, 'span element exists');
+    assert.strictEqual(span!.textContent, 'World');
+  }
+}
+
+jitSuite(KeywordElement);
diff --git a/smoke-tests/scenarios/basic-test.ts b/smoke-tests/scenarios/basic-test.ts
index e1c1afc3cc3..91d66355022 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/scenarios/basic-test.ts
+++ b/smoke-tests/scenarios/basic-test.ts
@@ -442,6 +442,36 @@ function basicTest(scenarios: Scenarios, appName: string) {
                 });
               });
             `,
+            'element-as-keyword-test.gjs': `
+              import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+              import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+              import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+
+              module('{{element}} as keyword', function(hooks) {
+                setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+                test('it works', async function(assert) {
+                  await render(
+                    <template>
+                      {{#let (element "h1") as |Tag|}}
+                        <Tag class="greeting">Hello from element keyword</Tag>
+                      {{/let}}
+                    </template>
+                  );
+                  assert.dom('h1.greeting').hasText('Hello from element keyword');
+                });
+
+                test('can be shadowed', async function(assert) {
+                  let element = () => 'surprise';
+                  await render(
+                    <template>
+                      <span data-test>{{element "h1"}}</span>
+                    </template>
+                  );
+                  assert.dom('[data-test]').hasText('surprise');
+                });
+              });
+            `,
             'fn-as-keyword-but-its-shadowed-test.gjs': `
               import QUnit, { module, test } from 'qunit';
               import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';