diff --git a/lib/remote-connector.js b/lib/remote-connector.js
index 624ee31..848c9d5 100644
--- a/lib/remote-connector.js
+++ b/lib/remote-connector.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function RemoteConnector(settings) {
   // handle mixins in the define() method
   var DAO = this.DataAccessObject = function() {
   };
-  
+
 }
 
 RemoteConnector.prototype.connect = function() {
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ RemoteConnector.prototype.resolve = function(Model) {
       createProxyMethod(Model, remotes, remoteMethod);
     }
   });
+
+  // setup a remoting type converter for this model
+  remotes.defineType(Model.modelName, function(val) {
+    return val ? new Model(val) : val;
+  });
 };
 
 function createProxyMethod(Model, remotes, remoteMethod) {