diff --git a/src/rails.js b/src/rails.js
index 309d74d6..79ef1a94 100644
--- a/src/rails.js
+++ b/src/rails.js
@@ -129,7 +129,11 @@
             if (settings.dataType === undefined) {
               xhr.setRequestHeader('accept', '*/*;q=0.5, ' + settings.accepts.script);
             }
-            return rails.fire(element, 'ajax:beforeSend', [xhr, settings]);
+            if (rails.fire(element, 'ajax:beforeSend', [xhr, settings])) {
+              element.trigger('ajax:send', xhr);
+            } else {
+              return false;
+            }
           },
           success: function(data, status, xhr) {
             element.trigger('ajax:success', [data, status, xhr]);
@@ -154,9 +158,7 @@
         // Only pass url to `ajax` options if not blank
         if (url) { options.url = url; }
 
-        var jqxhr = rails.ajax(options);
-        element.trigger('ajax:send', jqxhr);
-        return jqxhr;
+        return rails.ajax(options);
       } else {
         return false;
       }
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@
       button.closest('form').data('ujs:submit-button', data);
     });
 
-    $document.delegate(rails.formSubmitSelector, 'ajax:beforeSend.rails', function(event) {
+    $document.delegate(rails.formSubmitSelector, 'ajax:send.rails', function(event) {
       if (this == event.target) rails.disableFormElements($(this));
     });
 
diff --git a/test/public/test/call-remote-callbacks.js b/test/public/test/call-remote-callbacks.js
index b4c4c7c7..fa785be9 100644
--- a/test/public/test/call-remote-callbacks.js
+++ b/test/public/test/call-remote-callbacks.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module('call-remote-callbacks', {
   teardown: function() {
     $(document).undelegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:beforeSend');
     $(document).undelegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:before');
+    $(document).undelegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:send');
     $(document).undelegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:complete');
     $(document).undelegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:success');
     $(document).unbind('ajaxStop');
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ asyncTest('stopping the "ajax:beforeSend" event aborts the request', 1, function
       ok(true, 'aborting request in ajax:beforeSend');
       return false;
     });
+    form.unbind('ajax:send').bind('ajax:send', function() {
+      ok(false, 'ajax:send should not run');
+    });
     form.unbind('ajax:complete').bind('ajax:complete', function() {
       ok(false, 'ajax:complete should not run');
     });
@@ -315,6 +319,9 @@ asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend" can be observed and stopped with event delegation',
   });
 
   submit(function(form) {
+    form.unbind('ajax:send').bind('ajax:send', function() {
+      ok(false, 'ajax:send should not run');
+    });
     form.unbind('ajax:complete').bind('ajax:complete', function() {
       ok(false, 'ajax:complete should not run');
     });
@@ -324,12 +331,15 @@ asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend" can be observed and stopped with event delegation',
   });
 });
 
-asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:success" and "ajax:complete" are triggered', 8, function() {
+asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:send", "ajax:success" and "ajax:complete" are triggered', 9, function() {
   submit(function(form) {
     form.bind('ajax:beforeSend', function(e, xhr, settings) {
       ok(xhr.setRequestHeader, 'first argument to "ajax:beforeSend" should be an XHR object');
       equal(settings.url, '/echo', 'second argument to "ajax:beforeSend" should be a settings object');
     });
+    form.bind('ajax:send', function(e, xhr) {
+      ok(xhr.abort, 'first argument to "ajax:send" should be an XHR object');
+    });
     form.bind('ajax:success', function(e, data, status, xhr) {
       ok(data.REQUEST_METHOD, 'first argument to ajax:success should be a data object');
       equal(status, 'success', 'second argument to ajax:success should be a status string');
@@ -342,10 +352,11 @@ asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:success" and "ajax:complete" are triggered',
   });
 });
 
-asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:error" and "ajax:complete" are triggered on error', 6, function() {
+asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:send", "ajax:error" and "ajax:complete" are triggered on error', 7, function() {
   submit(function(form) {
     form.attr('action', '/error');
     form.bind('ajax:beforeSend', function(arg) { ok(true, 'ajax:beforeSend') });
+    form.bind('ajax:send', function(arg) { ok(true, 'ajax:send') });
     form.bind('ajax:error', function(e, xhr, status, error) {
       ok(xhr.getResponseHeader, 'first argument to "ajax:error" should be an XHR object');
       equal(status, 'error', 'second argument to ajax:error should be a status string');
@@ -358,11 +369,14 @@ asyncTest('"ajax:beforeSend", "ajax:error" and "ajax:complete" are triggered on
 });
 
 // IF THIS TEST IS FAILING, TRY INCREASING THE TIMEOUT AT THE BOTTOM TO > 100
-asyncTest('binding to ajax callbacks via .delegate() triggers handlers properly', 3, function() {
+asyncTest('binding to ajax callbacks via .delegate() triggers handlers properly', 4, function() {
   $(document)
     .delegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:beforeSend', function() {
       ok(true, 'ajax:beforeSend handler is triggered');
     })
+    .delegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:send', function() {
+      ok(true, 'ajax:send handler is triggered');
+    })
     .delegate('form[data-remote]', 'ajax:complete', function() {
       ok(true, 'ajax:complete handler is triggered');
     })
diff --git a/test/public/test/data-disable.js b/test/public/test/data-disable.js
index ec858787..b73b3035 100644
--- a/test/public/test/data-disable.js
+++ b/test/public/test/data-disable.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ asyncTest('a[data-remote][data-disable-with] disables and re-enables', 6, functi
   checkEnabledState(link, 'Click me');
 
   link
-    .bind('ajax:beforeSend', function() {
+    .bind('ajax:send', function() {
       checkDisabledState(link, 'clicking...');
     })
     .bind('ajax:complete', function() {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ asyncTest('a[data-remote][data-disable-with] re-enables when `ajax:error` event
   checkEnabledState(link, 'Click me');
 
   link
-    .bind('ajax:beforeSend', function() {
+    .bind('ajax:send', function() {
       checkDisabledState(link, 'clicking...');
     })
     .trigger('click');