diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cb573f24..7fe7df63d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Features:
 - [#1426](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1426) Add ActiveModelSerializers.config.default_includes (@empact)
 
 Fixes:
+- [#1754](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1754) Fixes #1759, Grape integration, improves serialization_context
+  missing error message on pagination. Document overriding CollectionSerializer#paginated?. (@bf4)
 - [#1710](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1710) Prevent association loading when `include_data` option
   is set to `false`. (@groyoh)
 - [#1747](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1747) Improve jsonapi mime type registration for Rails 5 (@remear)
diff --git a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/pagination_links.rb b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/pagination_links.rb
index a07de69a9..6e0b51a0d 100644
--- a/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/pagination_links.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model_serializers/adapter/json_api/pagination_links.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module ActiveModelSerializers
   module Adapter
     class JsonApi < Base
       class PaginationLinks
+        MissingSerializationContextError = Class.new(KeyError)
         FIRST_PAGE = 1
 
         attr_reader :collection, :context
@@ -9,7 +10,12 @@ class PaginationLinks
         def initialize(collection, adapter_options)
           @collection = collection
           @adapter_options = adapter_options
-          @context = adapter_options.fetch(:serialization_context)
+          @context = adapter_options.fetch(:serialization_context) do
+            fail MissingSerializationContextError, 'JsonApi::PaginationLinks requires a'\
+              "ActiveModelSerializers::SerializationContext.\n"\
+              "Please pass a ':serialization_context' option or override CollectionSerializer#paginated?"\
+              "to return 'false'.".freeze
+          end
         end
 
         def as_json
diff --git a/lib/active_model_serializers/serialization_context.rb b/lib/active_model_serializers/serialization_context.rb
index c61a43b94..9ef604f2e 100644
--- a/lib/active_model_serializers/serialization_context.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model_serializers/serialization_context.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/array/extract_options'
 module ActiveModelSerializers
   class SerializationContext
     class << self
@@ -22,9 +23,15 @@ def default_url_options
 
     attr_reader :request_url, :query_parameters, :key_transform
 
-    def initialize(request, options = {})
-      @request_url = request.original_url[/\A[^?]+/]
-      @query_parameters = request.query_parameters
+    def initialize(*args)
+      options = args.extract_options!
+      if args.size == 1
+        request = args.pop
+        options[:request_url] = request.original_url[/\A[^?]+/]
+        options[:query_parameters] = request.query_parameters
+      end
+      @request_url = options.delete(:request_url)
+      @query_parameters = options.delete(:query_parameters)
       @url_helpers = options.delete(:url_helpers) || self.class.url_helpers
       @default_url_options = options.delete(:default_url_options) || self.class.default_url_options
     end
diff --git a/lib/grape/helpers/active_model_serializers.rb b/lib/grape/helpers/active_model_serializers.rb
index 370c52d81..baaa166d8 100644
--- a/lib/grape/helpers/active_model_serializers.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/helpers/active_model_serializers.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Helpers can be included in your Grape endpoint as: helpers Grape::Helpers::ActiveModelSerializers
+
+require 'active_model_serializers/serialization_context'
+
 module Grape
   module Helpers
     module ActiveModelSerializers
@@ -8,6 +11,12 @@ module ActiveModelSerializers
       #
       # Example: To include pagination meta data: render(posts, meta: { page: posts.page, total_pages: posts.total_pages })
       def render(resource, active_model_serializer_options = {})
+        active_model_serializer_options.fetch(:serialization_context) do
+          active_model_serializer_options[:serialization_context] = ::ActiveModelSerializers::SerializationContext.new(
+            original_url: request.url[/\A[^?]+/],
+            query_parameters: request.params
+          )
+        end
         env[:active_model_serializer_options] = active_model_serializer_options
         resource
       end
diff --git a/test/active_model_serializers/serialization_context_test_isolated.rb b/test/active_model_serializers/serialization_context_test_isolated.rb
index 981d80752..5720e84a1 100644
--- a/test/active_model_serializers/serialization_context_test_isolated.rb
+++ b/test/active_model_serializers/serialization_context_test_isolated.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@
 class SerializationContextTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   include ActiveSupport::Testing::Isolation
 
-  def create_request
-    request = Minitest::Mock.new
-    request.expect(:original_url, 'original_url')
-    request.expect(:query_parameters, 'query_parameters')
-  end
-
   class WithRails < SerializationContextTest
+    def create_request
+      request = ActionDispatch::Request.new({})
+      def request.original_url
+        'http://example.com/articles?page=2'
+      end
+
+      def request.query_parameters
+        { 'page' => 2 }
+      end
+      request
+    end
+
     setup do
       require 'rails'
       require 'active_model_serializers'
@@ -20,8 +26,8 @@ class WithRails < SerializationContextTest
     end
 
     test 'create context with request url and query parameters' do
-      assert_equal @context.request_url, 'original_url'
-      assert_equal @context.query_parameters, 'query_parameters'
+      assert_equal @context.request_url, 'http://example.com/articles'
+      assert_equal @context.query_parameters, 'page' => 2
     end
 
     test 'url_helpers is set up for Rails url_helpers' do
@@ -36,14 +42,21 @@ class WithRails < SerializationContextTest
   end
 
   class WithoutRails < SerializationContextTest
+    def create_request
+      {
+        request_url: 'http://example.com/articles',
+        query_parameters: { 'page' => 2 }
+      }
+    end
+
     setup do
       require 'active_model_serializers/serialization_context'
       @context = ActiveModelSerializers::SerializationContext.new(create_request)
     end
 
     test 'create context with request url and query parameters' do
-      assert_equal @context.request_url, 'original_url'
-      assert_equal @context.query_parameters, 'query_parameters'
+      assert_equal @context.request_url, 'http://example.com/articles'
+      assert_equal @context.query_parameters, 'page' => 2
     end
 
     test 'url_helpers is a module when Rails is not present' do
diff --git a/test/adapter/json_api/pagination_links_test.rb b/test/adapter/json_api/pagination_links_test.rb
index 071956ea6..46c6b56a7 100644
--- a/test/adapter/json_api/pagination_links_test.rb
+++ b/test/adapter/json_api/pagination_links_test.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ def test_not_showing_pagination_links
 
           assert_equal expected_response_without_pagination_links, adapter.serializable_hash
         end
+
+        def test_raises_descriptive_error_when_serialization_context_unset
+          render_options = { adapter: :json_api }
+          adapter = serializable(using_kaminari, render_options)
+          exception = assert_raises do
+            adapter.as_json
+          end
+          exception_class = ActiveModelSerializers::Adapter::JsonApi::PaginationLinks::MissingSerializationContextError
+          assert_equal exception_class, exception.class
+          assert_match(/CollectionSerializer#paginated\?/, exception.message)
+        end
       end
     end
   end