diff --git a/addon/adapters/rest.js b/addon/adapters/rest.js
index c7bc6c73adc..a36aecf39be 100644
--- a/addon/adapters/rest.js
+++ b/addon/adapters/rest.js
@@ -881,10 +881,19 @@ export default Adapter.extend(BuildURLMixin, {
         Ember.run.join(null, reject, error);
       };
 
-      Ember.$.ajax(hash);
+      adapter._ajaxRequest(hash);
     }, 'DS: RESTAdapter#ajax ' + type + ' to ' + url);
   },
 
+  /**
+    @method _ajaxRequest
+    @private
+    @param {Object} options jQuery ajax options to be used for the ajax request
+  */
+  _ajaxRequest(options) {
+    Ember.$.ajax(options);
+  },
+
   /**
     @method ajaxOptions
     @private