diff --git a/addon-test-support/helpers/element.js b/addon-test-support/helpers/element.js
index 7a8cf8729..c42fa69dd 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/helpers/element.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/helpers/element.js
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-export function getScale(element) {
-  let rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+import { getScale } from 'ember-table/-private/utils/element';
 
-  if (element.offsetHeight === rect.height || rect.height === 0) {
-    return 1;
-  } else {
-    return element.offsetHeight / rect.height;
-  }
-}
+export { getScale };
diff --git a/addon-test-support/pages/ember-table.js b/addon-test-support/pages/ember-table.js
index d90898f1a..a9be52c58 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/pages/ember-table.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/pages/ember-table.js
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ export default PageObject.extend({
     return findElement(this, 'table').offsetWidth;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the logical width of the table.
+   */
+  get logicalWidth() {
+    return window.getComputedStyle(findElement(this, 'table')).width;
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the rendered width of the table.
+   */
+  get renderedWidth() {
+    return findElement(this, 'table').getBoundingClientRect().width;
+  },
+
   /**
    * Returns the table container width.
    *
@@ -72,6 +86,20 @@ export default PageObject.extend({
     return findElement(this).offsetWidth;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the logical width of the container.
+   */
+  get logicalContainerWidth() {
+    return window.getComputedStyle(findElement(this)).width;
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieves the rendered width of the container.
+   */
+  get renderedContainerWidth() {
+    return findElement(this).getBoundingClientRect().width;
+  },
+
   /**
    * Returns the specified scroll indicator element
    */
diff --git a/addon/-private/sticky/table-sticky-polyfill.js b/addon/-private/sticky/table-sticky-polyfill.js
index 7ff1e3c56..f6784fe5f 100644
--- a/addon/-private/sticky/table-sticky-polyfill.js
+++ b/addon/-private/sticky/table-sticky-polyfill.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { getScale } from '../utils/element';
+
 /* global ResizeSensor */
 /* eslint-disable ember/no-observers */
 
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ class TableStickyPolyfill {
    */
   repositionStickyElements = () => {
     let table = this.element.parentNode;
-    let scale = table.offsetHeight / table.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+    let scale = getScale(table);
     let containerHeight = table.parentNode.offsetHeight;
 
     // exclude ResizeSensor divs
diff --git a/addon/-private/utils/element.js b/addon/-private/utils/element.js
index cd5dce4cd..695d33318 100644
--- a/addon/-private/utils/element.js
+++ b/addon/-private/utils/element.js
@@ -30,13 +30,45 @@ export function closest(el, selector) {
   return null;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Calculate the scale of difference between an element's logical height
+ * (the offsetHeight or getComputedStyle height) compared to its rendered
+ * height (via getBoundingClientRect).
+ *
+ * Note that there are some interesting edge cases to consider around
+ * these APIs.
+ *
+ *   - `getComputedStyle` returns a string from styles in pixels. For
+ *     example `48.23px`. The precision of this API in Chrome seems to
+ *     be 3 decimal places. Additionally, there can be unexpected values
+ *     such as `auto`. Finally, this API may be slow compared to other
+ *     DOM API calls.
+ *   - `offsetHeight` always returns in integer. If the height of an
+ *     element is at float precision, then the value is rounded. This
+ *     makes it at best useful as a fallback.
+ *
+ */
 export function getScale(element) {
   let rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+  let renderedHeight = rect.height;
 
-  if (element.offsetHeight === rect.height || rect.height === 0) {
+  if (renderedHeight === 0) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  let computedHeightStyleValue = window.getComputedStyle(element).height;
+  let computedHeightInPixels = Number(
+    computedHeightStyleValue.substring(0, computedHeightStyleValue.length - 2)
+  );
+
+  if (isNaN(computedHeightInPixels)) {
+    computedHeightInPixels = element.offsetHeight;
+  }
+
+  if (computedHeightInPixels === renderedHeight) {
     return 1;
   } else {
-    return element.offsetHeight / rect.height;
+    return computedHeightInPixels / renderedHeight;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/-private/element-utils-test.js b/tests/unit/-private/element-utils-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e6eee045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/-private/element-utils-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { getScale } from 'ember-table/-private/utils/element';
+
+module('Unit | Private | element', function(hooks) {
+  hooks.beforeEach(function() {
+    /*
+     * Use an element outside the normal test harness as that harness
+     * uses scale() on the test container.
+     */
+    this.element = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.append(this.element);
+  });
+
+  hooks.afterEach(function() {
+    this.element.remove();
+  });
+
+  test('can get the scale of a transformed element', function(assert) {
+    let div = document.createElement('div');
+    div.style.height = '4px';
+    this.element.append(div);
+
+    assert.equal(getScale(div), 1, 'scale on a simple element is correct');
+
+    div.style.transform = 'scale(0.5)';
+
+    assert.equal(getScale(div), 2, 'scale on a scaled element is correct');
+
+    div.style.height = '1.5px';
+
+    assert.equal(getScale(div), 2, 'scale on a scaled element is correct');
+  });
+});