diff --git a/Code/Network/RKRequest.h b/Code/Network/RKRequest.h
index 2fc7f502d6..a651562658 100644
--- a/Code/Network/RKRequest.h
+++ b/Code/Network/RKRequest.h
@@ -784,6 +784,14 @@ typedef void(^RKRequestDidFailLoadWithErrorBlock)(NSError *error);
 ///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// @name Observing Request Progress
 ///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ Tells the delegate the request is about to be prepared for sending to the remote host.
+ 
+ @param request The RKRequest object that is about to be sent.
+ */
+- (void)requestWillPrepareForSend:(RKRequest *)request;
+
 /**
  Sent when a request has started loading
  
diff --git a/Code/Network/RKRequest.m b/Code/Network/RKRequest.m
index be5273290b..653e6babb7 100644
--- a/Code/Network/RKRequest.m
+++ b/Code/Network/RKRequest.m
@@ -365,12 +365,17 @@ - (void)addHeadersToRequest {
 // Setup the NSURLRequest. The request must be prepared right before dispatching
 - (BOOL)prepareURLRequest {
 	[_URLRequest setHTTPMethod:[self HTTPMethod]];
+    
+    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(requestWillPrepareForSend:)]) {
+        [self.delegate requestWillPrepareForSend:self];
+    }
+    
 	[self setRequestBody];
 	[self addHeadersToRequest];
 
     NSString* body = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[_URLRequest HTTPBody] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
     RKLogTrace(@"Prepared %@ URLRequest '%@'. HTTP Headers: %@. HTTP Body: %@.", [self HTTPMethod], _URLRequest, [_URLRequest allHTTPHeaderFields], body);
-    [body release];
+    [body release];        
 
     return YES;
 }
diff --git a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.h b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.h
index 79cbf9a19a..36ceb02a73 100644
--- a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.h
+++ b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.h
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ typedef void(^RKObjectLoaderDidLoadObjectsDictionaryBlock)(NSDictionary *diction
  */
 - (void)objectLoaderDidFinishLoading:(RKObjectLoader *)objectLoader;
 
+/**
+ Informs the delegate that the object loader has serialized the source object into a serializable representation
+ for sending to the remote system. The serialization can be modified to allow customization of the request payload independent of mapping.
+ 
+ @param objectLoader The object loader performing the serialization.
+ @param sourceObject The object that was serialized.
+ @param serialization The serialization of sourceObject to be sent to the remote backend for processing.
+ */
+- (void)objectLoader:(RKObjectLoader *)objectLoader didSerializeSourceObject:(id)sourceObject toSerialization:(inout id<RKRequestSerializable> *)serialization;
+
 /**
  Sent when an object loader encounters a response status code or MIME Type that RestKit does not know how to handle.
  
diff --git a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.m b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.m
index 67fc97c8f3..fb46c67f04 100644
--- a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.m
+++ b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectLoader.m
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ - (BOOL)prepareURLRequest {
             [self didFailLoadWithError:error];
             return NO;
         }
+        
+        if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(objectLoader:didSerializeSourceObject:toSerialization:)]) {
+            [self.delegate objectLoader:self didSerializeSourceObject:self.sourceObject toSerialization:&params];
+        }
 
         self.params = params;
     }
diff --git a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectSerializer.m b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectSerializer.m
index 1def68c982..42f9e52383 100644
--- a/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectSerializer.m
+++ b/Code/ObjectMapping/RKObjectSerializer.m
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ - (id)serializedObjectForMIMEType:(NSString*)MIMEType error:(NSError**)error {
     return nil;
 }
 
-- (id<RKRequestSerializable>)serializationForMIMEType:(NSString*)MIMEType error:(NSError**)error {    
+- (id<RKRequestSerializable>)serializationForMIMEType:(NSString *)MIMEType error:(NSError **)error {
     if ([MIMEType isEqualToString:RKMIMETypeFormURLEncoded]) {
         // Dictionaries are natively RKRequestSerializable as Form Encoded
         return [self serializedObject:error];