diff --git a/lib/relations.js b/lib/relations.js
index 37ec06a9..dca6170a 100644
--- a/lib/relations.js
+++ b/lib/relations.js
@@ -347,14 +347,6 @@ Relation.belongsTo = function (anotherClass, params) {
         // Call the relation method on the declaring model instance
         return relationMethod.apply(this, arguments);
       }
-      // Set the remoting metadata so that it can be accessed as /api/<model>/<id>/<belongsToRelationName>
-      // For example, /api/orders/1/customer
-      fn.shared = true;
-      fn.http = {verb: 'get', path: '/' + methodName};
-      fn.accepts = {arg: 'refresh', type: 'boolean', http: {source: 'query'}};
-      fn.description = 'Fetches belongsTo relation ' + methodName;
-      fn.returns = {arg: methodName, type: 'object', root: true};
-
       // Create an instance of the target model and set the foreign key of the
       // declaring model instance to the id of the target instance
       fn.create = function(targetModelData, cb) {
@@ -374,9 +366,26 @@ Relation.belongsTo = function (anotherClass, params) {
         return new anotherClass(targetModelData);
       }.bind(this);
 
+      fn._targetClass = anotherClass.modelName;
+
       return fn;
     }});
 
+  // Wrap the property into a function for remoting
+  // so that it can be accessed as /api/<model>/<id>/<belongsToRelationName>
+  // For example, /api/orders/1/customer
+  var fn = function() {
+    var f = this[methodName];
+    f.apply(this, arguments);
+  };
+
+  fn.shared = true;
+  fn.http = {verb: 'get', path: '/' + methodName};
+  fn.accepts = {arg: 'refresh', type: 'boolean', http: {source: 'query'}};
+  fn.description = 'Fetches belongsTo relation ' + methodName;
+  fn.returns = {arg: methodName, type: 'object', root: true};
+
+  this.prototype['__get__' + methodName] = fn;
 };
 
 /**