diff --git a/lib/model-builder.js b/lib/model-builder.js
index a688004d..7d8c1770 100644
--- a/lib/model-builder.js
+++ b/lib/model-builder.js
@@ -110,7 +110,17 @@ ModelBuilder.prototype.define = function defineClass(className, properties, sett
   var args = slice.call(arguments);
   var pluralName = (settings && settings.plural) ||
     inflection.pluralize(className);
-
+  
+  var pathName = (settings && settings.path) || pluralName;
+  var normalize = ModelBuilder.normalizePathName === true || (settings && settings.normalize);
+  
+  if (this.normalizePathName || (normalize && this.normalizePathName !== false)) {
+    pathName = inflection.transform(pathName, ['underscore', 'dasherize']);
+  } else if (typeof ModelBuilder.normalizePathName === 'function' && 
+    this.normalizePathName !== false) {
+    pathName = ModelBuilder.normalizePathName.apply(this, [pathName].concat(args));
+  }
+  
   if (!className) {
     throw new Error('Class name required');
   }
@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ ModelBuilder.prototype.define = function defineClass(className, properties, sett
   hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'dataSource', modelBuilder); // Keep for back-compatibility
   hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'pluralModelName', pluralName);
   hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'relations', {});
-  hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'http', { path: '/' + pluralName });
+  hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'http', { path: '/' + pathName });
   hiddenProperty(ModelClass, 'base', ModelBaseClass);
 
   // inherit ModelBaseClass static methods
diff --git a/test/loopback-dl.test.js b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
index a6f840c3..0e1244eb 100644
--- a/test/loopback-dl.test.js
+++ b/test/loopback-dl.test.js
@@ -548,6 +548,28 @@ describe('DataSource define model', function () {
 
     done();
   });
+  
+  it('should allow an explicit remoting path', function () {
+    var ds = new DataSource('memory');
+    
+    var User = ds.define('User', {name: String, bio: String}, { path: 'accounts' });
+    User.http.path.should.equal('/accounts');
+  });
+  
+  it('should normalize the remoting path - option', function () {
+    var ds = new DataSource('memory');
+    
+    var User = ds.define('UserAccount', {name: String, bio: String}, { normalize: true });
+    User.http.path.should.equal('/user-accounts');
+  });
+  
+  it('should normalize the remoting path - modelBuilder', function () {
+    var ds = new DataSource('memory');
+    ds.modelBuilder.normalizePathName = true;
+    
+    var User = ds.define('UserAccount', {name: String, bio: String});
+    User.http.path.should.equal('/user-accounts');
+  });
 
 });