diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39c1ade6..012b3782 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -247,6 +247,18 @@ end
 BlogSerializer.new(object, key_format: :lower_camel)
 ```
 
+## Changing the default association key type
+
+You can specify that serializers use unsuffixed names as association keys by default.
+
+`````ruby
+ActiveModel::Serializer.setup do |config|
+  config.default_key_type = :name
+end
+````
+
+This will build association keys like `comments` or `author` instead of `comment_ids` or `author_id`. 
+
 ## Getting the old version
 
 If you find that your project is already relying on the old rails to_json
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_many.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_many.rb
index d1b8d8eb..52d66d26 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_many.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_many.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ module ActiveModel
         def initialize(name, *args)
           super
           @root_key = @embedded_key
-          @key ||= "#{name.to_s.singularize}_ids"
+          @key ||= case CONFIG.default_key_type
+            when :name then name.to_s.pluralize
+            else "#{name.to_s.singularize}_ids"
+          end
+
         end
 
         def serializer_class(object, _)
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_one.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_one.rb
index 3b9acddf..38c8b9bc 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_one.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/association/has_one.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ module ActiveModel
         def initialize(name, *args)
           super
           @root_key = @embedded_key.to_s.pluralize
-          @key ||= "#{name}_id"
+          @key ||= case CONFIG.default_key_type
+            when :name then name.to_s.singularize
+            else "#{name}_id"
+          end
         end
 
         def serializer_class(object, options = {})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/poro.rb b/test/fixtures/poro.rb
index fae44cb3..410481fd 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/poro.rb
+++ b/test/fixtures/poro.rb
@@ -148,3 +148,25 @@ module TestNamespace
   class ProfileSerializer < ::ProfileSerializer; end
   class UserSerializer    < ::UserSerializer;    end
 end
+
+ActiveModel::Serializer.setup do |config|
+  config.default_key_type = :name
+end
+
+class NameKeyUserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :name, :email
+
+  has_one :profile
+end
+
+class NameKeyPostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  attributes :title, :body
+  
+  has_many :comments
+end
+
+ActiveModel::Serializer.setup do |config|
+  config.default_key_type = nil
+end
+
+
diff --git a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_many_test.rb b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_many_test.rb
index 2e5d212f..f8b2c738 100644
--- a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_many_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_many_test.rb
@@ -242,6 +242,24 @@ module ActiveModel
           }
         }, @post_serializer.as_json)
       end
+
+      def test_associations_name_key_embedding_ids_serialization_using_serializable_hash
+        @association = NameKeyPostSerializer._associations[:comments]
+        @association.embed = :ids
+
+        assert_equal({
+          title: 'Title 1', body: 'Body 1', 'comments' => @post.comments.map { |c| c.object_id }
+        }, NameKeyPostSerializer.new(@post).serializable_hash)
+      end
+
+      def test_associations_name_key_embedding_ids_serialization_using_as_json
+        @association = NameKeyPostSerializer._associations[:comments]
+        @association.embed = :ids
+
+        assert_equal({
+          'name_key_post' => { title: 'Title 1', body: 'Body 1', 'comments' => @post.comments.map { |c| c.object_id } }
+        }, NameKeyPostSerializer.new(@post).as_json)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_one_test.rb b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_one_test.rb
index 52fac88d..9f7e393c 100644
--- a/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_one_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/active_model/serializer/has_one_test.rb
@@ -216,6 +216,24 @@ module ActiveModel
           }
         }, @user_serializer.as_json)
       end
+
+      def test_associations_name_key_embedding_ids_serialization_using_serializable_hash
+        @association = NameKeyUserSerializer._associations[:profile]
+        @association.embed = :ids
+
+        assert_equal({
+          name: 'Name 1', email: 'mail@server.com', 'profile' => @user.profile.object_id
+        }, NameKeyUserSerializer.new(@user).serializable_hash)
+      end
+
+      def test_associations_name_key_embedding_ids_serialization_using_as_json
+        @association = NameKeyUserSerializer._associations[:profile]
+        @association.embed = :ids
+
+        assert_equal({
+          'name_key_user' => { name: 'Name 1', email: 'mail@server.com', 'profile' => @user.profile.object_id }
+        }, NameKeyUserSerializer.new(@user).as_json)
+      end
     end
   end
 end