diff --git a/lib/route.js b/lib/route.js
index 5fbfd4061..262024205 100644
--- a/lib/route.js
+++ b/lib/route.js
@@ -661,6 +661,158 @@ function route(name, model, routeOptions) {
      * @return {Object}
      */
 
+    function linkedIds(resources, path) {
+        var ids = [];
+        _.each(resources, function(resource) {
+            if (resource.links && resource.links[path]) {
+                var id = resource.links[path];
+                if (_.isArray(id)) {
+                    ids = ids.concat(id);
+                } else {
+                    ids.push(id);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        return ids;
+    }
+
+    function findResources(type, config, ids, req, res) {
+        var resourceName = inflect.pluralize(type);
+
+        if (!config.baseUri) {
+            var adapter = this.adapter,
+                modelName = inflect.singularize(type),
+                model = adapter.model(modelName);
+
+            return adapter.findMany(model, ids)
+                .then(function(resources) {
+                    return RSVP.all(_.map(resources, function(resource) {
+                        //Make req,res optionally used; if not present, skip the after transform.
+                        if(req && res){
+                            return afterTransform(modelName, resource, req, res);
+                        }else{
+                            var deferred = RSVP.defer();
+                            deferred.resolve(resource);
+                            return deferred.promise;
+                        }
+                    }));
+                })
+                .then(function(resources) {
+                    return _.set({}, resourceName, resources);
+                });
+        } else {
+            // the related resource is defined on another domain
+            // fetch with an http call with inclusion of the deep linked resources for this resource
+            return $http(config.baseUri + '/' + resourceName + '?id='+ids.join(',') + '&include='+config.remoteIncludes, {json: true})
+                .spread(function (response, body){
+                    // get results for the primary resource
+                    var primary = _.set({}, resourceName, body[resourceName]);
+                    return _.reduce(body.linked, function(accum, val, key) {
+                        // accumulate results for the linked resources
+                       return _.set(accum, key, val);
+                    }, primary);
+                });
+        }
+    }
+
+    function getLinked(fetchedIds, resources, schema, config, key, req, res) {
+        var ids = linkedIds(resources, key);
+        if (ids.length > 0) {
+
+            var type = config.refs[key].type;
+
+            fetchedIds[type] = fetchedIds[type] || [];
+            ids = _.without(ids, fetchedIds[type]);
+            fetchedIds[type] = fetchedIds[type].concat(ids);
+
+            return findResources.call(this,type, config.refs[key], ids);
+        }
+
+        var deferred = RSVP.defer();
+        deferred.resolve();
+        return deferred.promise;
+    }
+
+    function fetchChildren(context,fetchedIds,body,config, resources, schema, req, res) {
+        var _this=context;
+        return RSVP.all(_.map(_.keys(config?config.refs:[]), function(key) {
+            if (key !=='refs') {
+                return getLinked.call(_this, fetchedIds, resources, schema, config, key, req, res)
+                    .then(function (result) {
+                        if (result) {
+                            _.forEach(_.keys(result), function (resourceName) {
+                                body.linked[resourceName] = body.linked[resourceName] || [];
+                                body.linked[resourceName] = body.linked[resourceName].concat(result[resourceName]);
+                            });
+                            return fetchChildren(context, fetchedIds, body, config[key], result[config.refs[key]], _this._schema[inflect.singularize(config.refs[key].type)], req, res);
+                        }
+                    });
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
+    //BEGIN FlyVector Port:
+    /*
+     * Append a top level "linked" object for hypermedia.
+     * @param {Object} body deserialized response body
+     *      * @param {Object} body deserialized response body
+
+     * @return {Object} body
+     */
+
+    function appendLinked(body, inclusions, req, res) {
+        var schemas = this._schema;
+        var _this = this;
+        var promises = [];
+
+        _.each(body, function(value, key) {
+            if (key === 'meta' || key === 'links') return;
+            var modelName = inflect.singularize(key);
+            var schema = schemas[modelName];
+            if (schema && inclusions) {
+                var resources = body[key];
+                var fetchedIds = {};
+                body.linked = {};
+
+                // build of tree of paths to fetch and maybe include
+                var includePaths = {};
+                _.forEach(inclusions, function(include) {
+                    var splitInclude = include.split('.');
+                    var location = includePaths;
+                    _.forEach(splitInclude, function(part) {
+
+                        location.refs = location.refs || {};
+
+                        var type = _.isArray(schema[part]) ? schema[part][0] : schema[part];
+                        var baseUri = _.isPlainObject(type) ? type.baseUri : null;
+                        type = _.isPlainObject(type) ? type.ref : type;
+
+                        if (!location.refs[part]) {
+
+                            location.refs[part] = {type: type};
+                            if (baseUri) {
+                                var remoteIncludes =  _.drop(splitInclude, _.indexOf(splitInclude, part) + 1).join('.');
+                                location.refs[part] = _.merge(location.refs[part], {baseUri: baseUri, remoteIncludes: remoteIncludes});
+                                location = location.refs[part];
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        location = location.refs[part];
+                    });
+                });
+
+                promises.push(fetchChildren(_this,fetchedIds,body,includePaths, resources, schema, req, res).then(function() {
+                    return body;
+                }));
+            }
+
+        });
+        return RSVP.all(promises).then(function() {
+            return body;
+        });
+    }
+    this.appendLinked = appendLinked;
+
     function appendLinkForKey(body, key) {
         var schema = _this._schema[options.inflect ? inflect.singularize(key) : key];
         var associations = getAssociations.call(_this, schema);
diff --git a/test/events-reader.spec.js b/test/events-reader.spec.js
index 6f41743bd..03edbcb0f 100644
--- a/test/events-reader.spec.js
+++ b/test/events-reader.spec.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('onChange callback, event capture and at-least-once delivery semantics'
         before(function (done) {
 
             var that = this;
-            that.timeout(100000);
+            that.timeout(30000);
 
             harvesterApp = harvester(harvesterOptions).resource('post', {
                         title: String
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe('onChange callback, event capture and at-least-once delivery semantics'
 
         beforeEach(function (done) {
             var that = this;
-            that.timeout(100000);
+            that.timeout(30000);
 
             createReportResponseDfd = RSVP.defer();
             createReportPromise = createReportResponseDfd.promise;
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe('onChange callback, event capture and at-least-once delivery semantics'
             it('should skip as there is only a change handler fn defined on delete', function (done) {
 
                 var that = this;
-                that.timeout(100000);
+                that.timeout(30000);
 
                 that.eventsReader.skip = function (dfd, doc) {
                     if (doc.ns === 'testDB.posts') {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ describe('onChange callback, event capture and at-least-once delivery semantics'
 
     function test(done, mockReports) {
         var that = this;
-        that.timeout(100000);
+        that.timeout(30000);
 
         mockReports();
 
diff --git a/test/remoteIncludes.spec.js b/test/remoteIncludes.spec.js
index 2ecf29ca9..a0d3e60ab 100644
--- a/test/remoteIncludes.spec.js
+++ b/test/remoteIncludes.spec.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('remote link', function () {
         before(function () {
 
             var that = this;
-            that.timeout(100000);
+            this.timeout(30000);
 
 
             that.harvesterApp1 =
diff --git a/test/sse.spec.js b/test/sse.spec.js
index 7a09e54a8..5ad63343f 100644
--- a/test/sse.spec.js
+++ b/test/sse.spec.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe('EventSource implementation for resource changes', function () {
 
     var harvesterApp;
     describe('Server Sent Events', function () {
-        this.timeout(100000);
+        this.timeout(30000);
         var lastEventId;
 
         before(function () {