diff --git a/example/tests/integration/test_includes.py b/example/tests/integration/test_includes.py
index 05c59131..8e2a7a2a 100644
--- a/example/tests/integration/test_includes.py
+++ b/example/tests/integration/test_includes.py
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
 from example.tests.utils import load_json
+import mock
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
 
-def test_included_data_on_list(multiple_entries, client):
-    response = client.get(reverse("entry-list") + '?include=comments&page_size=5')
+
+@mock.patch('rest_framework_json_api.utils.get_default_included_resources_from_serializer', new=lambda s: ['comments'])
+def test_default_included_data_on_list(multiple_entries, client):
+    return test_included_data_on_list(multiple_entries=multiple_entries, client=client, query='?page_size=5')
+
+
+def test_included_data_on_list(multiple_entries, client, query='?include=comments&page_size=5'):
+    response = client.get(reverse("entry-list") + query)
     included = load_json(response.content).get('included')
 
     assert len(load_json(response.content)['data']) == len(multiple_entries), 'Incorrect entry count'
@@ -18,8 +25,13 @@ def test_included_data_on_list(multiple_entries, client):
     assert comment_count == expected_comment_count, 'List comment count is incorrect'
 
 
-def test_included_data_on_detail(single_entry, client):
-    response = client.get(reverse("entry-detail", kwargs={'pk': single_entry.pk}) + '?include=comments')
+@mock.patch('rest_framework_json_api.utils.get_default_included_resources_from_serializer', new=lambda s: ['comments'])
+def test_default_included_data_on_detail(single_entry, client):
+    return test_included_data_on_detail(single_entry=single_entry, client=client, query='')
+
+
+def test_included_data_on_detail(single_entry, client, query='?include=comments'):
+    response = client.get(reverse("entry-detail", kwargs={'pk': single_entry.pk}) + query)
     included = load_json(response.content).get('included')
 
     assert [x.get('type') for x in included] == ['comments'], 'Detail included types are incorrect'
diff --git a/requirements-development.txt b/requirements-development.txt
index 6aa243bd..78ccdc91 100644
--- a/requirements-development.txt
+++ b/requirements-development.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pytest-django
 pytest-factoryboy
 fake-factory
 tox
+mock
diff --git a/rest_framework_json_api/renderers.py b/rest_framework_json_api/renderers.py
index 1c66c927..0a11063e 100644
--- a/rest_framework_json_api/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework_json_api/renderers.py
@@ -415,12 +415,6 @@ def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         if resource_name == 'errors':
             return self.render_errors(data, accepted_media_type, renderer_context)
 
-        include_resources_param = request.query_params.get('include') if request else None
-        if include_resources_param:
-            included_resources = include_resources_param.split(',')
-        else:
-            included_resources = list()
-
         json_api_data = data
         json_api_included = list()
         # initialize json_api_meta with pagination meta or an empty dict
@@ -433,6 +427,13 @@ def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
 
         serializer = getattr(serializer_data, 'serializer', None)
 
+        # Build a list of included resources
+        include_resources_param = request.query_params.get('include') if request else None
+        if include_resources_param:
+            included_resources = include_resources_param.split(',')
+        else:
+            included_resources = utils.get_default_included_resources_from_serializer(serializer)
+
         if serializer is not None:
 
             # Get the serializer fields
diff --git a/rest_framework_json_api/utils.py b/rest_framework_json_api/utils.py
index 261640c6..bd7d013d 100644
--- a/rest_framework_json_api/utils.py
+++ b/rest_framework_json_api/utils.py
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ def get_resource_type_from_serializer(serializer):
         return get_resource_type_from_model(serializer.Meta.model)
 
 
+def get_default_included_resources_from_serializer(serializer):
+    try:
+        return list(serializer.JSONAPIMeta.included_resources)
+    except AttributeError:
+        return []
+
+
 def get_included_serializers(serializer):
     included_serializers = copy.copy(getattr(serializer, 'included_serializers', dict()))