diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78cb67c..d56e3b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "change-case": "^3.0.0",
     "i": "^0.3.5",
+    "inflect": "^0.4.0",
     "jsonapi-serializer": "^3.5.0",
     "lodash.keysin": "^4.2.0",
     "lodash.mapkeys": "^4.6.0",
diff --git a/src/JsonApiView.js b/src/JsonApiView.js
index cc5833a..3fcf15f 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiView.js
+++ b/src/JsonApiView.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class JsonApiView {
     this.use = use;
   }
 
+  static typeForAttribute(attribute, record) {
+    return i.dasherize(i.underscore(attribute));
+  }
+
   get primaryKey() {
     return 'id';
   }
@@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ class JsonApiView {
       }
     });
 
+    obj.typeForAttribute = this.constructor.typeForAttribute;
+
     obj.meta = meta || {};
 
     return obj;