diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index a3edb4a1..f9a9173b 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
           relation.type === 'referencesMany') {
           ModelCtor.hasManyRemoting(relationName, relation, define);
         }
+        // Automatically enable nestRemoting if the flag is set to true in the
+        // relation options
+        if (relation.options && relation.options.nestRemoting) {
+          ModelCtor.nestRemoting(relationName);
+        }
       }
 
       // handle scopes
diff --git a/test/relations.integration.js b/test/relations.integration.js
index 8b70fc20..3000a395 100644
--- a/test/relations.integration.js
+++ b/test/relations.integration.js
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ describe('relations - integration', function() {
       );
       app.model(Chapter, {dataSource: 'db'});
 
-      Book.hasMany(Page);
+      Book.hasMany(Page, {options: {nestRemoting: true}});
       Book.hasMany(Chapter);
       Page.hasMany(Note);
       Chapter.hasMany(Note);
@@ -1488,7 +1488,8 @@ describe('relations - integration', function() {
 
       Page.remoteMethod('__throw__errors', {isStatic: false, http: {path: '/throws', verb: 'get'}});
 
-      Book.nestRemoting('pages');
+      // Now `pages` has nestRemoting set to true and no need to call nestRemoting()
+      // Book.nestRemoting('pages');
       Book.nestRemoting('chapters');
       Image.nestRemoting('book');