diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index fba7fffa..aa5598f4 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ require 'active_model/array_serializer'
 require 'active_model/serializable'
 require 'active_model/serializer/associations'
 require 'active_model/serializer/config'
+require 'active_model/serializer/dsl'
 
 require 'thread'
+require 'forwardable'
 
 module ActiveModel
   class Serializer
@@ -68,36 +70,14 @@ end
         name.demodulize.underscore.sub(/_serializer$/, '') if name
       end
 
-      def attributes(*attrs)
-        @_attributes.concat attrs
+      extend Forwardable
 
-        attrs.each do |attr|
-          define_method attr do
-            object.read_attribute_for_serialization attr
-          end unless method_defined?(attr)
-        end
-      end
-
-      def has_one(*attrs)
-        associate(Association::HasOne, *attrs)
-      end
-
-      def has_many(*attrs)
-        associate(Association::HasMany, *attrs)
-      end
+      def_delegators :dsl, :attributes, :has_one, :has_many
 
       private
 
-      def associate(klass, *attrs)
-        options = attrs.extract_options!
-
-        attrs.each do |attr|
-          define_method attr do
-            object.send attr
-          end unless method_defined?(attr)
-
-          @_associations[attr] = klass.new(attr, options)
-        end
+      def dsl
+        @dsl ||= DSL.new self
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce5bdf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/dsl.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module ActiveModel
+  class Serializer
+    class DSL
+      attr_reader :serializer_class
+
+      def initialize(serializer_class)
+        @serializer_class = serializer_class
+      end
+
+      def attributes(*names)
+        serializer_class._attributes.concat names
+
+        names.each do |name|
+          serializer_class.send :define_method, name do
+            object.read_attribute_for_serialization name
+          end unless serializer_class.method_defined? name
+        end
+      end
+
+      def has_one(*names)
+        associate Association::HasOne, *names
+      end
+
+      def has_many(*names)
+        associate Association::HasMany, *names
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def associate(klass, *names)
+        options = names.extract_options!
+
+        names.each do |name|
+          serializer_class.send :define_method, name do
+            object.send name
+          end unless serializer_class.method_defined? name
+
+          serializer_class._associations[name] = klass.new name, options
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end