diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
index bc96fbfa..5adf4049 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ module ActiveModel
 
     def serializable_array
       @object.map do |item|
-        if item.respond_to?(:active_model_serializer) && (serializer = item.active_model_serializer)
+        if @options.has_key? :each_serializer
+          serializer = @options[:each_serializer]
+        elsif item.respond_to?(:active_model_serializer)
+          serializer = item.active_model_serializer
+        end
+
+        if serializer
           serializer.new(item, @options)
         else
           item
@@ -522,4 +528,4 @@ module ActiveModel
       ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument("#{name}.serializer", payload, &block)
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/serializer_test.rb b/test/serializer_test.rb
index 082cd6bf..4d02715e 100644
--- a/test/serializer_test.rb
+++ b/test/serializer_test.rb
@@ -411,6 +411,24 @@ class SerializerTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     assert_equal({ :items => [ hash.as_json ]}, serializer.as_json)
   end
 
+  class CustomPostSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+    attributes :title
+  end
+
+  def test_array_serializer_with_specified_seriailizer
+    post1 = Post.new(:title => "Post1", :author => "Author1", :id => 1)
+    post2 = Post.new(:title => "Post2", :author => "Author2", :id => 2)
+
+    array = [ post1, post2 ]
+
+    serializer = array.active_model_serializer.new array, :each_serializer => CustomPostSerializer
+
+    assert_equal([
+      { :title => "Post1" },
+      { :title => "Post2" }
+    ], serializer.as_json)
+  end
+
   class CustomBlog < Blog
     attr_accessor :public_posts, :public_user
   end