diff --git a/addon/serializers/json.js b/addon/serializers/json.js
index 6d45fe10604..5de6c37f478 100644
--- a/addon/serializers/json.js
+++ b/addon/serializers/json.js
@@ -705,6 +705,17 @@ const JSONSerializer = Serializer.extend({
         }
         relationship = { data };
       }
+
+      let linkKey = this.keyForLink(key, relationshipMeta.kind);
+      if (resourceHash.links && resourceHash.links[linkKey] !== undefined) {
+        let related = resourceHash.links[linkKey];
+        relationship = relationship || {};
+        relationship.links = { related };
+      }
+
+      if (relationship) {
+        relationships[key] = relationship;
+      }
     });
 
     return relationships;