diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/associations.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/associations.rb
index 3defb93e..e69a6da9 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/associations.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/associations.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require 'active_model/serializer'
 module ActiveModel
   class Serializer
     class Association
-      def initialize(name, options = {})
+      def initialize(name, options = {}, configuration = nil)
         if options.has_key?(:include)
           ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn <<-WARN
 ** Notice: include was renamed to embed_in_root. **
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ module ActiveModel
 
         @name          = name.to_s
         @options       = options
-        self.embed     = options.fetch(:embed) { Configuration.global.embed }
-        @embed_in_root = options.fetch(:embed_in_root) { options.fetch(:include) { Configuration.global.embed_in_root } }
+        self.embed     = options.fetch(:embed) { configuration.embed }
+        @embed_in_root = options.fetch(:embed_in_root) { options.fetch(:include) { configuration.embed_in_root } }
         @embed_key     = options[:embed_key] || :id
         @key           = options[:key]
         @embedded_key  = options[:root] || name
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb
index 1c55887d..02b0fa96 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ module ActiveModel
       end
 
       def embed(type, options = {})
-        Configuration.global.embed = type
-        Configuration.global.embed_in_root = true if options[:embed_in_root] || options[:include]
+        configuration.embed = type
+        configuration.embed_in_root = true if options[:embed_in_root] || options[:include]
       end
 
+      extend Forwardable
+
+      def_delegators :serializer_class, :configuration
+
       private
 
       def associate(klass, *names)
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ module ActiveModel
             object.send name
           end unless serializer_class.method_defined? name
 
-          serializer_class._associations[name] = klass.new name, options
+          serializer_class._associations[name] = klass.new name, options, configuration
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/associations/build_serializer_test.rb b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/associations/build_serializer_test.rb
index 2848badf..0124533b 100644
--- a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/associations/build_serializer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/associations/build_serializer_test.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module ActiveModel
     class Association
       class BuildSerializerTest < Minitest::Test
         def setup
-          @association = Association::HasOne.new('post', serializer: PostSerializer)
+          @association = Association::HasOne.new('post', { serializer: PostSerializer }, PostSerializer.configuration)
           @post = Post.new({ title: 'Title 1', body: 'Body 1', date: '1/1/2000' })
         end