diff --git a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/model/internal-model.ts b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/model/internal-model.ts
index 6c239c78f9e..15b08ee3fcf 100644
--- a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/model/internal-model.ts
+++ b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/model/internal-model.ts
@@ -477,16 +477,6 @@ export default class InternalModel {
     }
   }
 
-  linkWasLoadedForRelationship(key, data) {
-    let relationships = {};
-    relationships[key] = data;
-    this._recordData.pushData({
-      id: this.id,
-      type: this.modelName,
-      relationships,
-    });
-  }
-
   finishedReloading() {
     this.isReloading = false;
     if (this.hasRecord) {
diff --git a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store.ts b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store.ts
index b8f2b1a7ead..a13024d86ba 100644
--- a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store.ts
+++ b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store.ts
@@ -1401,18 +1401,7 @@ class Store extends Service {
 
     // fetch via link
     if (shouldFindViaLink) {
-      return this.findHasMany(parentInternalModel, resource.links.related, relationshipMeta, options).then(
-        internalModels => {
-          let payload: { data: any[]; meta?: any } = {
-            data: internalModels.map(im => recordDataFor(im).getResourceIdentifier()),
-          };
-          if (internalModels.meta !== undefined) {
-            payload.meta = internalModels.meta;
-          }
-          parentInternalModel.linkWasLoadedForRelationship(relationshipMeta.key, payload);
-          return internalModels;
-        }
-      );
+      return this.findHasMany(parentInternalModel, resource.links.related, relationshipMeta, options);
     }
 
     let preferLocalCache = hasAnyRelationshipData && !relationshipIsEmpty;
@@ -1482,13 +1471,7 @@ class Store extends Service {
     }
     return this.findBelongsTo(parentInternalModel, resource.links.related, relationshipMeta, options).then(
       internalModel => {
-        let response = internalModel && recordDataFor(internalModel).getResourceIdentifier();
-        parentInternalModel.linkWasLoadedForRelationship(relationshipMeta.key, { data: response });
-        if (internalModel === null) {
-          return null;
-        }
-        // TODO Igor this doesn't seem like the right boundary, probably the caller method should extract the record out
-        return internalModel.getRecord();
+        return internalModel ? internalModel.getRecord() : null;
       }
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store/finders.js b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store/finders.js
index c1cf86498a3..e18989befad 100644
--- a/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store/finders.js
+++ b/packages/store/addon/-private/system/store/finders.js
@@ -131,17 +131,24 @@ function syncRelationshipDataFromLink(store, payload, parentInternalModel, relat
 
   // now, push the left hand side (the parent record) to ensure things are in sync, since
   // the payload will be pushed with store._push
-  store.push({
-    data: {
-      id: parentInternalModel.id,
-      type: parentInternalModel.modelName,
-      relationships: {
-        [relationship.key]: {
-          data: relationshipData,
-        },
+  const parentPayload = {
+    id: parentInternalModel.id,
+    type: parentInternalModel.modelName,
+    relationships: {
+      [relationship.key]: {
+        meta: payload.meta,
+        links: payload.links,
+        data: relationshipData,
       },
     },
-  });
+  };
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(payload.included)) {
+    payload.included = [];
+  }
+  payload.included.push(parentPayload);
+
+  return payload;
 }
 
 function ensureRelationshipIsSetToParent(payload, parentInternalModel, store, parentRelationship, index) {
@@ -283,10 +290,9 @@ export function _findHasMany(adapter, store, internalModel, link, relationship,
       let serializer = serializerForAdapter(store, adapter, relationship.type);
       let payload = normalizeResponseHelper(serializer, store, modelClass, adapterPayload, null, 'findHasMany');
 
-      syncRelationshipDataFromLink(store, payload, internalModel, relationship);
+      payload = syncRelationshipDataFromLink(store, payload, internalModel, relationship);
 
       let internalModelArray = store._push(payload);
-      internalModelArray.meta = payload.meta;
       return internalModelArray;
     },
     null,
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ export function _findBelongsTo(adapter, store, internalModel, link, relationship
         return null;
       }
 
-      syncRelationshipDataFromLink(store, payload, internalModel, relationship);
+      payload = syncRelationshipDataFromLink(store, payload, internalModel, relationship);
 
       return store._push(payload);
     },