diff --git a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api.rb b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api.rb
index 3d241e349..04bf5ca74 100644
--- a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 # {http://jsonapi.org/format/ JSON API specification}
 # rubocop:disable Style/AsciiComments
 # TODO: implement!
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def success_document
         #     ]
         hash[:included] = included if included.any?
 
-        Jsonapi.add!(hash)
+        Jsonapi.add!(hash, instance_options)
 
         if instance_options[:links]
           hash[:links] ||= {}
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ def success_document
       def failure_document
         hash = {}
         # PR Please :)
-        # Jsonapi.add!(hash)
+        # Jsonapi.add!(hash, instance_options)
 
         # toplevel_errors
         # definition:
diff --git a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/jsonapi.rb b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/jsonapi.rb
index e94578af6..9425e05b7 100644
--- a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/jsonapi.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/jsonapi.rb
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@ class JsonApi < Base
       module Jsonapi
         module_function
 
-        def add!(hash)
-          hash.merge!(object) if include_object?
+        def add!(hash, instance_options)
+          hash.merge!(object) if include_object?(instance_options)
         end
 
-        def include_object?
-          ActiveModelSerializers.config.jsonapi_include_toplevel_object
+        def include_object?(instance_options)
+          instance_options.fetch(
+            :jsonapi_include_toplevel_object,
+            ActiveModelSerializers.config.jsonapi_include_toplevel_object
+          )
         end
 
         # TODO: see if we can cache this
diff --git a/lib/active_model_serializers/serializable_resource.rb b/lib/active_model_serializers/serializable_resource.rb
index f67cf2385..6d9ce59cf 100644
--- a/lib/active_model_serializers/serializable_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model_serializers/serializable_resource.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module ActiveModelSerializers
   class SerializableResource
-    ADAPTER_OPTION_KEYS = Set.new([:include, :fields, :adapter, :meta, :meta_key, :links, :serialization_context, :key_transform])
+    ADAPTER_OPTION_KEYS = Set.new([:include, :fields, :adapter, :meta, :meta_key, :links, :serialization_context, :key_transform, :jsonapi_include_toplevel_object])
     include ActiveModelSerializers::Logging
 
     delegate :serializable_hash, :as_json, :to_json, to: :adapter
diff --git a/test/adapter/json_api/toplevel_jsonapi_test.rb b/test/adapter/json_api/toplevel_jsonapi_test.rb
index 7b0357e52..71645eadd 100644
--- a/test/adapter/json_api/toplevel_jsonapi_test.rb
+++ b/test/adapter/json_api/toplevel_jsonapi_test.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ def test_disable_toplevel_jsonapi
           end
         end
 
+        def test_disable_toplevel_jsonapi_using_instance_options
+          with_config(jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: true) do
+            hash = serialize(@post, jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: false)
+            assert_nil(hash[:jsonapi])
+          end
+        end
+
         def test_enable_toplevel_jsonapi
           with_config(jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: true) do
             hash = serialize(@post)
@@ -44,6 +51,13 @@ def test_enable_toplevel_jsonapi
           end
         end
 
+        def test_enable_toplevel_jsonapi_using_instance_options
+          with_config(jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: false) do
+            hash = serialize(@post, jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: true)
+            refute_nil(hash[:jsonapi])
+          end
+        end
+
         def test_default_toplevel_jsonapi_version
           with_config(jsonapi_include_toplevel_object: true) do
             hash = serialize(@post)