diff --git a/app/adapters/application.js b/app/adapters/application.js
index f3b4799e..58d1e98b 100644
--- a/app/adapters/application.js
+++ b/app/adapters/application.js
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@ export default ActiveModelAdapter.extend({
     }
 
     return this._super(...arguments);
+  },
+
+  // this can be removed once this PR is merged and live:
+  // https://github.com/emberjs/data/pull/4204
+  findRecord(store, type, id, snapshot) {
+    return this.ajax(this.buildURL(type.modelName, id, snapshot, 'findRecord'), 'GET');
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/adapters/v3.js b/app/adapters/v3.js
index b693f760..7838dd4c 100644
--- a/app/adapters/v3.js
+++ b/app/adapters/v3.js
@@ -54,5 +54,11 @@ export default RESTAdapter.extend({
   pathForType: function(modelName, id) {
     var underscored = Ember.String.underscore(modelName);
     return id ? underscored :  Ember.String.pluralize(underscored);
+  },
+
+  // this can be removed once this PR is merged and live:
+  // https://github.com/emberjs/data/pull/4204
+  findRecord(store, type, id, snapshot) {
+    return this.ajax(this.buildURL(type.modelName, id, snapshot, 'findRecord'), 'GET');
   }
 });