diff --git a/src/project-roots.ts b/src/project-roots.ts
index e3f361b1..221e76e1 100644
--- a/src/project-roots.ts
+++ b/src/project-roots.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { logError, logInfo } from './utils/logger';
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri';
-import { isGlimmerXProject, isELSAddonRoot, isRootStartingWithFilePath, safeWalkAsync, asyncGetPackageJSON } from './utils/layout-helpers';
+import { isEmberLikeProject, isELSAddonRoot, isRootStartingWithFilePath, safeWalkAsync, asyncGetPackageJSON } from './utils/layout-helpers';
 
 import Server from './server';
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default class ProjectRoots {
   async findProjectsInsideRoot(workspaceRoot: string) {
     const roots = await safeWalkAsync(workspaceRoot, {
       directories: false,
-      globs: ['**/ember-cli-build.js', '**/package.json'],
+      globs: ['**/ember-cli-build.js', '**/ember-cli-build.cjs', '**/package.json'],
       ignore: ['**/.git/**', '**/bower_components/**', '**/dist/**', '**/node_modules/**', '**/tmp/**'],
     });
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export default class ProjectRoots {
 
       if (filePath.endsWith('package.json')) {
         try {
-          if (await isGlimmerXProject(fullPath)) {
+          if (await isEmberLikeProject(fullPath)) {
             await this.onProjectAdd(fullPath);
           }
         } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/utils/layout-helpers.ts b/src/utils/layout-helpers.ts
index afd21d52..f60c2c22 100644
--- a/src/utils/layout-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/layout-helpers.ts
@@ -300,10 +300,14 @@ export function getDepIfExists(pack: PackageInfo, depName: string): string | nul
   return version;
 }
 
-export async function isGlimmerXProject(root: string) {
+export async function isEmberLikeProject(root: string) {
   const pack = await asyncGetPackageJSON(root);
 
-  return hasDep(pack, '@glimmerx/core') || hasDep(pack, 'glimmer-lite-core');
+  const isGlimmerXProject = hasDep(pack, '@glimmerx/core') || hasDep(pack, 'glimmer-lite-core');
+  const isEmberAddon = 'ember-addon' in pack;
+  const isEmberApp = 'ember' in pack;
+
+  return isGlimmerXProject || isEmberAddon || isEmberApp;
 }
 
 export async function getProjectAddonsRoots(