diff --git a/lib/jsonapi/view.ex b/lib/jsonapi/view.ex
index a21bf2bb..b2077429 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi/view.ex
+++ b/lib/jsonapi/view.ex
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.View do
 
       #TODO Figure out the nesting of fields
       def attributes(data, conn) do
-        underscore_to_dash = Application.get_env(:jsonapi, :underscore_to_dash, false)
-
-        data = Map.take(data, fields())
+        data = visible_fields(data)
 
         if underscore?() do
           underscore(data)
@@ -99,6 +97,8 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.View do
 
       def fields, do: raise "Need to implement fields/0"
 
+      def hidden, do: []
+
       def show(model, conn, _params),
         do: serialize(__MODULE__, model, conn)
       def index(models, conn, _params),
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.View do
           do: index(data, conn, params)
       end
 
+      defp visible_fields(data), do: Map.take(data, fields() -- hidden())
+
       defp underscore?, do: Application.get_env(:jsonapi, :underscore_to_dash, false)
 
       defp underscore(data) do
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.View do
 
       defoverridable attributes: 2,
                      fields: 0,
+                     hidden: 0,
                      id: 1,
                      meta: 2,
                      relationships: 0,
diff --git a/test/jsonapi/view_test.exs b/test/jsonapi/view_test.exs
index 644a3a07..cb1ad012 100644
--- a/test/jsonapi/view_test.exs
+++ b/test/jsonapi/view_test.exs
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.ViewTest do
       namespace: "/api"
 
     def fields do
-      [:age, :first_name, :last_name]
+      [:age, :first_name, :last_name, :password]
+    end
+
+    def hidden do
+      [:password]
     end
   end
 
@@ -64,9 +68,15 @@ defmodule JSONAPI.ViewTest do
     refute {:render, 2} in PostView.__info__(:functions)
   end
 
+  test "attributes/2 does not display hidden fields" do
+    expected_map = %{age: 100, first_name: "Jason", last_name: "S"}
+    assert expected_map == UserView.attributes(%{age: 100, first_name: "Jason", last_name: "S", password: "securepw"}, nil)
+  end
+
   test "attributes/2 with `:underscore_to_dash` option" do
     Application.put_env(:jsonapi, :underscore_to_dash, true)
     expected_map = %{age: 100, "first-name": "Jason", "last-name": "S"}
     assert expected_map == UserView.attributes(%{age: 100, first_name: "Jason", last_name: "S"}, nil)
+    Application.put_env(:jsonapi, :underscore_to_dash, false)
   end
 end