diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index f0fe62ae..106c5e71 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -98,14 +98,23 @@ module ActiveModel
       @object = object
     end
 
-    def attributes
+    def attributes(options = {})
       self.class._attributes.dup.each_with_object({}) do |name, hash|
         hash[name] = send(name)
       end
     end
 
-    def associations
-      self.class._associations.dup
+    def associations(options = {})
+      self.class._associations.dup.each_with_object({}) do |(name, value), hash|
+        association = object.send(name)
+        serializer_class = ActiveModel::Serializer.serializer_for(association)
+        if serializer_class
+          serializer = serializer_class.new(association)
+          hash[name] = serializer
+        else
+          hash[name] = association
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/array_serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/array_serializer.rb
index d385d6bf..13ab08c7 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/array_serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/array_serializer.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 module ActiveModel
   class Serializer
-    class ArraySerializer
-
+    class ArraySerializer < Serializer
+      def initialize(object)
+        @object = object
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/serializers/associations_test.rb b/test/serializers/associations_test.rb
index 46dcb63b..45fbd8d1 100644
--- a/test/serializers/associations_test.rb
+++ b/test/serializers/associations_test.rb
@@ -26,58 +26,38 @@ module ActiveModel
           end
         end
       end
+      Post = Class.new(Model)
+      Comment = Class.new(Model)
+      PostSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer) do
+        attributes :title, :body
+
+        has_many :comments
+      end
+
+      CommentSerializer = Class.new(ActiveModel::Serializer) do
+        attributes :id, :body
+
+        belongs_to :post
+      end
 
       def setup
-        @post = Model.new({ title: 'New Post', body: 'Body' })
-        @comment = Model.new({ id: 1, body: 'ZOMG A COMMENT' })
+        @post = Post.new({ title: 'New Post', body: 'Body' })
+        @comment = Comment.new({ id: 1, body: 'ZOMG A COMMENT' })
         @post.comments = [@comment]
         @comment.post = @post
 
-        @post_serializer_class = def_serializer do
-          attributes :title, :body
-        end
-
-        @comment_serializer_class = def_serializer do
-          attributes :id, :body
-        end
-
-        @post_serializer = @post_serializer_class.new(@post)
-        @comment_serializer = @comment_serializer_class.new(@comment)
+        @post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(@post)
+        @comment_serializer = CommentSerializer.new(@comment)
       end
 
       def test_has_many
-        @post_serializer_class.class_eval do
-          has_many :comments
-        end
-
         assert_equal({comments: {type: :has_many, options: {}}}, @post_serializer.class._associations)
+        assert_kind_of(ActiveModel::Serializer::ArraySerializer, @post_serializer.associations[:comments])
       end
 
       def test_has_one
-        @comment_serializer_class.class_eval do
-          belongs_to :post
-        end
-
         assert_equal({post: {type: :belongs_to, options: {}}}, @comment_serializer.class._associations)
-      end
-
-      def test_associations
-        @comment_serializer_class.class_eval do
-          belongs_to :post
-          has_many :comments
-        end
-
-        expected_associations = {
-          post: {
-            type: :belongs_to,
-            options: {}
-          },
-          comments: {
-            type: :has_many,
-            options: {}
-          },
-        }
-        assert_equal(expected_associations, @comment_serializer.associations)
+        assert_kind_of(PostSerializer, @comment_serializer.associations[:post])
       end
     end
   end