diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
index eb896011..fb4f2f01 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { Thing } from '../../test/models/thing';
 import { getSampleThing } from '../../test/fixtures/thing.fixture';
 import { ModelConfig } from '../interfaces/model-config.interface';
 import { JsonApiQueryData } from '../models/json-api-query-data';
+import { getSampleChapter } from 'projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/fixtures/chapter.fixture';
 
 let datastore: Datastore;
 let datastoreWithConfig: DatastoreWithConfig;
@@ -208,6 +209,29 @@ describe('JsonApiDatastore', () => {
       queryRequest.flush(getSampleThing());
     });
 
+    it('should handle related resource objects that are listed in primary data', () => {
+      const expectedUrl = encodeURI(`${BASE_URL}/${API_VERSION}/chapters`);
+
+      datastore.findAll(Chapter).subscribe((document) => {
+        expect(document).toBeDefined();
+        const chapters = document.getModels();
+        expect(chapters[0].relatesTo).toBeDefined();
+        expect(chapters[0].relatesTo.id).toBe('b');
+        expect(chapters[1].related).toBeDefined();
+        expect(chapters[1].related.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(chapters[0].relatesTo.related[0].id).toBe('a');
+      });
+
+      const queryRequest = httpMock.expectOne(expectedUrl);
+      queryRequest.flush({
+        data: [
+          getSampleChapter(1, 'a', 'Chapter A', null, 'b'),
+          getSampleChapter(1, 'b', 'Chapter B', ['a', 'c'], null),
+          getSampleChapter(1, 'c', 'Chapter C', null, 'b'),
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should fire error', () => {
       const expectedUrl = `${BASE_URL}/${API_VERSION}/authors`;
       const dummyResponse = {
diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
index e059719b..cc396e70 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export class JsonApiDatastore {
             };
           }
         }  else if (data[key] === null) {
-          const entity = belongsToMetadata.find((entity: any) => entity.propertyName === key);
+          const entity = belongsToMetadata.find((anEntity: any) => anEntity.propertyName === key);
 
           if (entity) {
             relationships = relationships || {};
@@ -340,14 +340,14 @@ export class JsonApiDatastore {
     const body: any = response.body;
     const models: T[] = [];
 
+    const resourceObjects = [...body.data, ...(body.included || [])];
+
     body.data.forEach((data: any) => {
       const model: T = this.deserializeModel(modelType, data);
       this.addToStore(model);
 
-      if (body.included) {
-        model.syncRelationships(data, body.included.concat(data));
-        this.addToStore(model);
-      }
+      model.syncRelationships(data, resourceObjects);
+      this.addToStore(model);
 
       models.push(model);
     });
diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/fixtures/chapter.fixture.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/fixtures/chapter.fixture.ts
index 27126ec1..90f432e9 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/fixtures/chapter.fixture.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/fixtures/chapter.fixture.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-export function getSampleChapter(i: number, chapterId: string, chapterTitle: string = 'Dummy title') {
-  return {
+export function getSampleChapter(
+  i: number, chapterId: string,
+  chapterTitle: string = 'Dummy title',
+  related?: string[],
+  relatesTo?: string
+) {
+  const response: any = {
     id: chapterId,
     type: 'chapters',
     attributes: {
@@ -30,4 +35,15 @@ export function getSampleChapter(i: number, chapterId: string, chapterTitle: str
       self: '/v1/authors/288'
     }
   };
+  if (related) {
+    response.relationships.related = {
+      data: related.map(id => ({id, type: 'chapters'})),
+    };
+  }
+  if (relatesTo) {
+    response.relationships.relatesTo = {
+      data: {id: relatesTo, type: 'chapters'}
+    };
+  }
+  return response;
 }
diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/models/chapter.model.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/models/chapter.model.ts
index 21e82e20..d7011ceb 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/models/chapter.model.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/test/models/chapter.model.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { JsonApiModelConfig } from '../../src/decorators/json-api-model-config.d
 import { JsonApiModel } from '../../src/models/json-api.model';
 import { Attribute } from '../../src/decorators/attribute.decorator';
 import { BelongsTo } from '../../src/decorators/belongs-to.decorator';
+import { HasMany } from '../../src/decorators/has-many.decorator';
 import { Section } from './section.model';
 
 @JsonApiModelConfig({
@@ -28,4 +29,10 @@ export class Chapter extends JsonApiModel {
 
   @BelongsTo()
   firstSection: Section;
+
+  @HasMany()
+  related: Chapter[];
+
+  @BelongsTo()
+  relatesTo: Chapter;
 }