diff --git a/src/Model.js b/src/Model.js
index d0185f2..b61f281 100644
--- a/src/Model.js
+++ b/src/Model.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 import Store from './Store';
 import { invariant, snakeToCamel, camelToSnake, relationsToNestedKeys, forNestedRelations } from './utils';
 import Axios from 'axios';
+import {Relation} from "./Relations";
 
 function concatInDict(dict, key, value) {
     dict[key] = dict[key] ? dict[key].concat(value) : value;
@@ -172,7 +173,12 @@ export default class Model {
 
         // Find all attributes. Not all observables are an attribute.
         forIn(this, (value, key) => {
-            if (!key.startsWith('__') && isObservableProp(this, key)) {
+
+            // Register relations
+            if (value instanceof Relation) {
+                this.__relations[key] = value.model;
+                this[key] = undefined
+            } else if (!key.startsWith('__') && isObservableProp(this, key)) {
                 invariant(
                     !FORBIDDEN_ATTRS.includes(key),
                     `Forbidden attribute key used: \`${key}\``
@@ -966,4 +972,17 @@ export default class Model {
             this[currentRel].clear();
         });
     }
+
+    /**************
+     * New way of doing relations
+     *************/
+    __relations = {}
+
+    relation(modelOrSTore) {
+        return new Relation(modelOrSTore)
+    }
+
+    relations() {
+        return this.__relations;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Relations.js b/src/Relations.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f94979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Relations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export class Relation {
+    __toModel = null;
+
+    constructor(toModel) {
+        this.__toModel = toModel
+    }
+
+    get model() {
+        return this.__toModel
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/__tests__/NewRelation.js b/src/__tests__/NewRelation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4b28ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/NewRelation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { Kind, Person, PersonStore} from "./fixtures/Animal";
+import {observable} from "mobx";
+import Model from "../Model";
+import {BinderApi} from "../index";
+
+class Animal extends Model {
+    urlRoot = '/api/animal/';
+    api = new BinderApi();
+    static backendResourceName = 'animal';
+    @observable id = null;
+    @observable name = '';
+
+    @observable kind =  this.relation(Kind);
+
+    @observable owner = this.relation(Person);
+
+    @observable pastOwner = this.relation(PersonStore)
+}
+
+describe('Model with new way of defining relations', () => {
+    test('Initialize model with valid data', () => {
+        const animal = new Animal({})
+    });
+
+    test('Relation should not be initialized by default', () => {
+        const animal = new Animal();
+
+        expect(animal.kind).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    test('Initialize one-level relation', () => {
+        const animal = new Animal(null, {
+            relations: ['kind'],
+        });
+
+        expect(animal.kind).toBeInstanceOf(Kind);
+    });
+    test('Initialize multiple relations', () => {
+        const animal = new Animal(null, {
+            relations: ['kind', 'owner'],
+        });
+
+        expect(animal.kind).toBeInstanceOf(Kind);
+        expect(animal.owner).toBeInstanceOf(Person);
+    });
+
+    test('Non existent relation should throw an error', () => {
+        expect(() => {
+            return new Animal(null, {
+                relations: ['ponyfoo'],
+            });
+        }).toThrow('Specified relation "ponyfoo" does not exist on model.');
+    });
+
+
+})
+
+
+