diff --git a/rest_framework/generics.py b/rest_framework/generics.py
index 36ecf9150..3bf828917 100644
--- a/rest_framework/generics.py
+++ b/rest_framework/generics.py
@@ -253,3 +253,24 @@ class RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView(mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
 
     def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.destroy(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class RetrieveRelationshipAPIView(mixins.RetrieveRelationshipMixin,
+                                  SingleObjectAPIView):
+    """
+    Rails-like relationship access
+
+    Eg. /api/album/1/tracks
+        to access the related field `tracks` of the album with pk=1
+    """
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_serializer_class(self):
+        relationship = self.get_related_field_from_relationship()
+
+        class DefaultSerializer(self.model_serializer_class):
+            class Meta:
+                model = relationship.model
+
+        return DefaultSerializer
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index 7d9a6e654..5b63aa6a8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.request import clone_request
+from rest_framework.relations import Relationship
+from rest_framework.compat import get_concrete_model
 
 
 def _get_validation_exclusions(obj, pk=None, slug_field=None):
@@ -168,3 +170,37 @@ class DestroyModelMixin(object):
         obj = self.get_object()
         obj.delete()
         return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+
+class RetrieveRelationshipMixin(object):
+    """
+    Retrieve relationships
+    """
+    def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        relationship = self.get_related_field_from_relationship()
+        self.object = self.get_object()
+
+        self.related_object_or_list = getattr(self.object, relationship.field_name)
+        if relationship.to_many:
+            self.related_object_or_list = self.related_object_or_list.all()
+
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(self.related_object_or_list, many=relationship.to_many)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
+
+    def get_related_field_from_relationship(self):
+        """
+        Return a `Relationship` instance for the related field specified in the request arguments
+        """
+        relationship = self.kwargs.get('relationship', None)
+        relation = None
+        if relationship:
+            opts = get_concrete_model(self.model)._meta
+            fields = opts.get_all_field_names()
+            if relationship in fields:
+                field, model, direct, m2m = opts.get_field_by_name(relationship)
+                relation = Relationship(field)
+
+        if not relation:
+            raise Exception("No relationship found for '%s'" % relationship)
+
+        return relation
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 2a10e9af5..5d296010e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from django import forms
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.forms.models import ModelChoiceIterator
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.db.models.related import RelatedObject
+from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignKey
 from rest_framework.fields import Field, WritableField, get_component
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.compat import urlparse
@@ -478,6 +480,38 @@ class HyperlinkedIdentityField(Field):
         raise Exception('Could not resolve URL for field using view name "%s"' % view_name)
 
 
+class Relationship(object):
+    """
+    Wrapper for a relationship
+
+    Encapsulate the `RelatedObject` & `ForeignKey` resolution.
+    """
+    _field = None
+
+    def __init__(self, field):
+        if not isinstance(field, RelatedObject) and not isinstance(field, ForeignKey):
+            raise Exception("Unsupported type of relationship '%s'" % field)
+        self._field = field
+
+    @property
+    def to_many(self):
+        if isinstance(self._field, RelatedObject):
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    @property
+    def field_name(self):
+        if isinstance(self._field, RelatedObject):
+            return self._field.field.related_query_name()
+        return self._field.name
+
+    @property
+    def model(self):
+        if isinstance(self._field, RelatedObject):
+            return self._field.model
+        return self._field.related.parent_model
+
+
 ### Old-style many classes for backwards compat
 
 class ManyRelatedField(RelatedField):