diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ajax_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ajax_helper.rb
index 5a9c4e7386..f6c9952031 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ajax_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/ajax_helper.rb
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ module ActionView
 
       private
         def set_callbacks(options, html)
-          [:uninitialized, :complete, :failure, :success, :interactive, :loaded, :loading].each do |type|
+          [:before, :after, :uninitialized, :complete, :failure, :success, :interactive, :loaded, :loading].each do |type|
             html["data-on#{type}"]  = options.delete(type.to_sym)
           end
 
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/ajax_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/ajax_helper_test.rb
index 095454977e..4d76007d52 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/ajax_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/ajax_helper_test.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ class AjaxHelperTest < AjaxHelperBaseTest
       link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :url => { :action => "whatnot" }, :position => :bottom)
   end
 
+  test "link_to_remote with before/after callbacks" do
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href=\"#\" data-remote=\"true\" data-url=\"http://www.example.com/whatnot\" data-onbefore=\"before();\" data-onafter=\"after();\">Remote outauthor</a>),
+      link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", :url => { :action => "whatnot" }, :before => "before();", :after => "after();")
+  end
+
   test "link_to_remote with method delete" do
     assert_dom_equal %(<a class=\"fine\" href=\"#\" data-remote=\"true\" data-url=\"http://www.example.com/whatnot\" data-method=\"delete\" rel=\"nofollow\">Remote outauthor</a>),
       link_to_remote("Remote outauthor", { :url => { :action => "whatnot" }, :method => "delete"}, { :class => "fine"  })