diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index dc9b10a33..5cd11ce4c 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                         ->scalarNode('view_handler')->defaultValue('fos_rest.view_handler.default')->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
+                ->scalarNode('objects_version')->defaultNull()->end()
             ->end()
         ->end();
 
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/FOSRestExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/FOSRestExtension.php
index a73f82b45..31e55bbdd 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/FOSRestExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/FOSRestExtension.php
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         foreach ($config['service'] as $key => $service) {
             $container->setAlias($this->getAlias().'.'.$key, $config['service'][$key]);
         }
+        $container->setParameter($this->getAlias().'.objects_version', $config['objects_version']);
+
         $container->setParameter($this->getAlias().'.formats', $formats);
         $container->setParameter($this->getAlias().'.default_engine', $config['view']['default_engine']);
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         foreach ($config['exception']['messages'] as $exception => $message) {
             $this->testExceptionExists($exception);
         }
-        
+
         $container->setParameter($this->getAlias().'.exception.codes', $config['exception']['codes']);
         $container->setParameter($this->getAlias().'.exception.messages', $config['exception']['messages']);
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
 
     /**
      * Check if an exception is loadable.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param string $exception class to test
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException if the class was not found.
      */
diff --git a/Tests/View/ViewHandlerTest.php b/Tests/View/ViewHandlerTest.php
index e3039d781..8dc496c22 100644
--- a/Tests/View/ViewHandlerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/View/ViewHandlerTest.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public function testCreateResponseWithoutLocation($format, $expected, $createVie
     {
         $viewHandler = new ViewHandler(array('html' => true, 'json' => false));
 
-        $container = $this->getMock('\Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container', array('get'));
+        $container = $this->getMock('\Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container', array('get', 'getParameter'));
         if ('html' === $format) {
             $templating = $this->getMockBuilder('\Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Templating\PhpEngine')
                 ->setMethods(array('render'))
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public function testCreateResponseWithoutLocation($format, $expected, $createVie
                 ->with('fos_rest.templating')
                 ->will($this->returnValue($templating));
         } else {
-            $serializer = $this->getMock('\stdClass', array('serialize'));
+            $serializer = $this->getMock('\stdClass', array('serialize', 'setVersion'));
             $serializer
                 ->expects($this->once())
                 ->method('serialize')
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ public function testCreateResponseWithoutLocation($format, $expected, $createVie
                 ->method('get')
                 ->with('fos_rest.serializer')
                 ->will($this->returnValue($serializer));
+
+            $container
+                ->expects($this->once())
+                ->method('getParameter')
+                ->with('fos_rest.objects_version')
+                ->will($this->returnValue('1.0'));
         }
 
         $viewHandler->setContainer($container);
diff --git a/View/View.php b/View/View.php
index 207a5f249..da8e71534 100644
--- a/View/View.php
+++ b/View/View.php
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ class View
      */
     private $route;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $objectsVersion;
+
     /**
      * Convenience method to allow for a fluent interface.
      *
@@ -146,6 +151,19 @@ public function setStatusCode($code)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * set the serializer objects version
+     *
+     * @param $objectsVersion
+     * @return View
+     */
+    public function setObjectsVersion($objectsVersion)
+    {
+        $this->objectsVersion = $objectsVersion;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets template to use for the encoding
      *
@@ -318,4 +336,14 @@ public function getRoute()
     {
         return $this->route;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * get the objects version
+     *
+     * @return string objects version
+     */
+    public function getObjectsVersion()
+    {
+        return $this->objectsVersion;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/View/ViewHandler.php b/View/ViewHandler.php
index 9c7237dd7..bf8b7c789 100644
--- a/View/ViewHandler.php
+++ b/View/ViewHandler.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private function getStatusCode(View $view)
      * If the given format uses the templating system for rendering
      *
      * @param string $format
-     * 
+     *
      * @return Boolean
      */
     public function isFormatTemplating($format)
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ protected function getSerializer()
         return $this->container->get('fos_rest.serializer');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the serializer objects version
+     *
+     * @param View $view
+     *
+     * @return string|null "Objects versioning" version
+     */
+    protected function getObjectsVersion(View $view)
+    {
+        return $view->getObjectsVersion() ?: $this->container->getParameter('fos_rest.objects_version');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the templating service
      *
@@ -307,9 +319,13 @@ public function createResponse(View $view, Request $request, $format)
             return $this->createRedirectResponse($view, $location, $format);
         }
 
-        $content = $this->isFormatTemplating($format)
-            ? $this->renderTemplate($view, $format)
-            : $this->getSerializer()->serialize($view->getData(), $format);
+        if ($this->isFormatTemplating($format)) {
+            $content = $this->renderTemplate($view, $format);
+        } else {
+            $serializer = $this->getSerializer();
+            $serializer->setVersion($this->getObjectsVersion($view));
+            $content = $serializer->serialize($view->getData(), $format);
+        }
 
         return new Response($content, $this->getStatusCode($view), $view->getHeaders());
     }