diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/JsonResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/JsonResult.cs
index e4cfdfe4c1..a3874dc2c4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/JsonResult.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/JsonResult.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
+using Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The value to format as JSON.</param>
         public JsonResult(object value)
-            : this(value, serializerSettings: SerializerSettingsProvider.CreateSerializerSettings())
         {
+            Value = value;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -86,12 +87,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
                 response.StatusCode = StatusCode.Value;
             }
 
+            var serializerSettings = _serializerSettings;
+            if (serializerSettings == null)
+            {
+                serializerSettings = context
+                    .HttpContext
+                    .RequestServices
+                    .GetRequiredService<IOptions<MvcJsonOptions>>()
+                    .Options
+                    .SerializerSettings;
+            }
+
             using (var writer = new HttpResponseStreamWriter(response.Body, contentTypeHeader.Encoding))
             {
                 using (var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(writer))
                 {
                     jsonWriter.CloseOutput = false;
-                    var jsonSerializer = JsonSerializer.Create(_serializerSettings);
+                    var jsonSerializer = JsonSerializer.Create(serializerSettings);
                     jsonSerializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, Value);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResult.cs
index 3a18f9dd27..f88ce44b3c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResult.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResult.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Internal;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Internal;
+using Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The value to format as JSON text.</param>
         public JsonViewComponentResult(object value)
-            : this(value, serializerSettings: SerializerSettingsProvider.CreateSerializerSettings())
         {
+            Value = value;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -47,10 +48,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         /// <param name="context">The <see cref="ViewComponentContext"/>.</param>
         public void Execute([NotNull] ViewComponentContext context)
         {
+            var serializerSettings = _serializerSettings;
+            if (serializerSettings == null)
+            {
+                serializerSettings = context
+                    .ViewContext
+                    .HttpContext
+                    .RequestServices
+                    .GetRequiredService<IOptions<MvcJsonOptions>>()
+                    .Options
+                    .SerializerSettings;
+            }
+
             using (var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(context.Writer))
             {
                 jsonWriter.CloseOutput = false;
-                var jsonSerializer = JsonSerializer.Create(_serializerSettings);
+                var jsonSerializer = JsonSerializer.Create(serializerSettings);
                 jsonSerializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, Value);
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/JsonResultTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/JsonResultTest.cs
index bd59594666..cd5d36b50c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/JsonResultTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/JsonResultTest.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Xunit;
@@ -109,15 +111,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             Assert.Equal("application/json; charset=utf-8", context.Response.ContentType);
         }
 
-        private HttpContext GetHttpContext()
+        private static HttpContext GetHttpContext()
         {
             var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
             httpContext.Response.Body = new MemoryStream();
+            var services = new ServiceCollection();
+            services.AddOptions();
+            httpContext.RequestServices = services.BuildServiceProvider();
 
             return httpContext;
         }
 
-        private byte[] GetWrittenBytes(HttpContext context)
+        private static byte[] GetWrittenBytes(HttpContext context)
         {
             context.Response.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
             return Assert.IsType<MemoryStream>(context.Response.Body).ToArray();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResultTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResultTest.cs
index 7bad79686b..76e469b1f4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResultTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Extensions.Test/ViewComponents/JsonViewComponentResultTest.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ModelBinding;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.ViewComponents;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Routing;
+using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Moq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Xunit;
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
     public class JsonViewComponentResultTest
     {
         [Fact]
-        public void Execute_UsesFormatter_WithSpecifiedSerializerSettings()
+        public void Execute_UsesSerializer_WithSpecifiedSerializerSettings()
         {
             // Arrange
             var view = Mock.Of<IView>();
@@ -37,9 +39,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             Assert.Equal("{\r\n  \"foo\": \"abcd\"\r\n}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.ToArray()));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Execute_UsesSerializerSettingsFromOptions_IfNotProvided()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var view = Mock.Of<IView>();
+            var buffer = new MemoryStream();
+            var viewComponentContext = GetViewComponentContext(view, buffer);
+
+            var result = new JsonViewComponentResult(new { foo = "abcd" });
+            viewComponentContext.ViewContext.HttpContext.Response.Body = buffer;
+
+            // Act
+            result.Execute(viewComponentContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("{\"foo\":\"abcd\"}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.ToArray()));
+        }
+
         private static ViewComponentContext GetViewComponentContext(IView view, Stream stream)
         {
-            var actionContext = new ActionContext(new DefaultHttpContext(), new RouteData(), new ActionDescriptor());
+            var actionContext = new ActionContext(GetHttpContext(), new RouteData(), new ActionDescriptor());
             var viewData = new ViewDataDictionary(new EmptyModelMetadataProvider());
             var viewContext = new ViewContext(
                 actionContext,
@@ -59,5 +79,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             var viewComponentContext = new ViewComponentContext(viewComponentDescriptor, new object[0], viewContext, writer);
             return viewComponentContext;
         }
+
+        private static HttpContext GetHttpContext()
+        {
+            var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext();
+            var services = new ServiceCollection();
+            services.AddOptions();
+            httpContext.RequestServices = services.BuildServiceProvider();
+
+            return httpContext;
+        }
     }
 }
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