diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index 5e1c69ea..048ef70c 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,12 @@ module ActiveModel
       return false if self._root == false
 
       class_name = self.class.name.demodulize.underscore.sub(/_serializer$/, '').to_sym unless self.class.name.blank?
-      self._root || class_name
+
+      if self._root == true
+        class_name
+      else
+        self._root || class_name
+      end
     end
 
     def url_options
diff --git a/test/serializer_test.rb b/test/serializer_test.rb
index a5d514e4..6c7cf7b9 100644
--- a/test/serializer_test.rb
+++ b/test/serializer_test.rb
@@ -329,6 +329,16 @@ class SerializerTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     assert_equal({ :author => nil }, serializer.new(blog, :scope => user).as_json)
   end
 
+  def test_true_root
+    blog = Blog.new
+
+    assert_equal({
+      :blog_with_root => {
+        :author => nil,
+      }
+    }, BlogWithRootSerializer.new(blog).as_json)
+  end
+
   def test_root_false_on_load_active_model_serializers
     begin
       ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_model_serializers) do
diff --git a/test/test_fakes.rb b/test/test_fakes.rb
index da5097d5..ab963714 100644
--- a/test/test_fakes.rb
+++ b/test/test_fakes.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ class BlogSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   has_one :author, :serializer => AuthorSerializer
 end
 
+class BlogWithRootSerializer < BlogSerializer
+  root true
+end
+
 class CustomPostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attributes :title
 end