diff --git a/itsdangerous.py b/itsdangerous.py
index 0d7767f..b83d7fd 100644
--- a/itsdangerous.py
+++ b/itsdangerous.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class _CompactJSON(object):
     def loads(self, payload):
         return json.loads(payload)
 
-    def dumps(self, obj):
-        return json.dumps(obj, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ':'))
+    def dumps(self, obj, **kwargs):
+        return json.dumps(obj, ensure_ascii=False, separators=(',', ':'), **kwargs)
 
 
 compact_json = _CompactJSON()
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class Serializer(object):
     default_signer = Signer
 
     def __init__(self, secret_key, salt=b'itsdangerous', serializer=None,
-                 signer=None, signer_kwargs=None):
+                 signer=None, signer_kwargs=None, serializer_kwargs=None):
         self.secret_key = want_bytes(secret_key)
         self.salt = want_bytes(salt)
         if serializer is None:
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ def __init__(self, secret_key, salt=b'itsdangerous', serializer=None,
             signer = self.default_signer
         self.signer = signer
         self.signer_kwargs = signer_kwargs or {}
+        self.serializer_kwargs = serializer_kwargs or {}
 
     def load_payload(self, payload, serializer=None):
         """Loads the encoded object.  This function raises :class:`BadPayload`
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ def dump_payload(self, obj):
         bytestring.  If the internal serializer is text based the value
         will automatically be encoded to utf-8.
         """
-        return want_bytes(self.serializer.dumps(obj))
+        return want_bytes(self.serializer.dumps(obj, **self.serializer_kwargs))
 
     def make_signer(self, salt=None):
         """A method that creates a new instance of the signer to be used.
@@ -664,9 +665,9 @@ class JSONWebSignatureSerializer(Serializer):
     default_serializer = compact_json
 
     def __init__(self, secret_key, salt=None, serializer=None,
-                 signer=None, signer_kwargs=None, algorithm_name=None):
+                 signer=None, signer_kwargs=None, serializer_kwargs=None, algorithm_name=None):
         Serializer.__init__(self, secret_key, salt, serializer,
-                            signer, signer_kwargs)
+                            signer, signer_kwargs, serializer_kwargs)
         if algorithm_name is None:
             algorithm_name = self.default_algorithm
         self.algorithm_name = algorithm_name
@@ -702,8 +703,8 @@ def load_payload(self, payload, return_header=False):
         return payload
 
     def dump_payload(self, header, obj):
-        base64d_header = base64_encode(self.serializer.dumps(header))
-        base64d_payload = base64_encode(self.serializer.dumps(obj))
+        base64d_header = base64_encode(self.serializer.dumps(header, **self.serializer_kwargs))
+        base64d_payload = base64_encode(self.serializer.dumps(obj, **self.serializer_kwargs))
         return base64d_header + b'.' + base64d_payload
 
     def make_algorithm(self, algorithm_name):
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 067cc3e..44e34af 100755
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ def test_signer_kwargs(self):
         ts = s.dumps(value)
         self.assertEqual(s.loads(ts), u'hello')
 
+    def test_serializer_kwargs(self):
+        secret_key = 'predictable-key'
+
+        s = self.make_serializer(secret_key, serializer_kwargs={'sort_keys': True})
+
+        ts1 = s.dumps({'c': 3, 'a': 1, 'b': 2})
+        ts2 = s.dumps(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3))
+
+        self.assertEqual(ts1, ts2)
+
 
 class TimedSerializerTestCase(SerializerTestCase):
     serializer_class = idmod.TimedSerializer
@@ -282,6 +292,7 @@ def test_invalid_base64_does_not_fail_load_payload(self):
 class PickleSerializerMixin(object):
 
     def make_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.pop('serializer_kwargs', '')
         kwargs.setdefault('serializer', pickle)
         return super(PickleSerializerMixin, self).make_serializer(*args, **kwargs)