diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6460427..24aa643 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "shipchain-common"
-version = "1.0.29"
+version = "1.0.30"
 description = "A PyPI package containing shared code for ShipChain's Python/Django projects."
 
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/shipchain_common/viewsets.py b/src/shipchain_common/viewsets.py
index 4447e9e..dc684f7 100644
--- a/src/shipchain_common/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/shipchain_common/viewsets.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         serialization_type = kwargs.pop('serialization_type', mixins.SerializationType.REQUEST)
         serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class(serialization_type)
-        kwargs['context'] = self.get_serializer_context()
+        kwargs.setdefault('context', self.get_serializer_context())
         return serializer_class(*args, **kwargs)
 
     # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
diff --git a/tests/test_viewsets.py b/tests/test_viewsets.py
index 33b852f..f294df5 100644
--- a/tests/test_viewsets.py
+++ b/tests/test_viewsets.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 from shipchain_common.mixins import SerializationType, MultiSerializerViewSetMixin, MultiPermissionViewSetMixin
 from shipchain_common.viewsets import ActionConfiguration, ConfigurableGenericViewSet
+from rest_framework_json_api import serializers
+from tests.django_mocking.models import EnumObject
 
 
 class FakePermission:
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@ class CustomActionCSVSerializer(DefaultSerializer):
     pass
 
 
+class ModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = EnumObject
+        fields = '__all__'
+
+
 class TestActionConfiguration:
 
     def test_validation_list(self):
@@ -469,6 +477,18 @@ def test_configurable_generic_view_set(self, viewset):
         assert 'update' not in viewset.configuration
         assert 'update' not in viewset.action_user_permissions
 
+    def test_custom_context(self, viewset):
+        viewset.default_required_user_permissions = ['feature.default_permission']
+        viewset.configuration = {
+            'create': ActionConfiguration(
+                request_serializer=ModelSerializer
+            ),
+        }
+
+        viewset.action = 'create'
+        serializer = viewset.get_serializer(context={'custom key': 'custom value'})
+        assert serializer.context['custom key'] == 'custom value'
+
     def test_configurable_generic_view_set_default_user_perms(self, viewset):
         viewset.default_required_user_permissions = ['feature.default_permission']
         viewset.configuration = {