diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65adf0bfb7..1c5a3feb85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Next Release
 * [#525](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/525): The default status code returned from `error!` has been changed from 403 to 500 - [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
 * [#526](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/526): Allowed specifying headers in `error!` - [@dblock](https://github.com/dblock).
 * [#527](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/527): The `before_validation` callback is now a distinct one - [@myitcv](https://github.com/myitcv).
+* [#530](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/530): Added ability to restrict `declared(params)` to the local endpoint with `include_parent_namespaces: false` - [@myitcv](https://github.com/myitcv).
 * [#531](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/531): Helpers are now available to auth middleware, executing in the context of the endpoint - [@joelvh](https://github.com/joelvh).
 * [#540](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/540): Ruby 2.1.0 is now supported - [@salimane](https://github.com/salimane).
 * [#544](https://github.com/intridea/grape/pull/544): The `rescue_from` keyword now handles subclasses of exceptions by default - [@xevix](https://github.com/xevix).
diff --git a/lib/grape/endpoint.rb b/lib/grape/endpoint.rb
index ccbde50fb2..828652cca3 100644
--- a/lib/grape/endpoint.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/endpoint.rb
@@ -160,12 +160,20 @@ def call!(env)
 
     # A filtering method that will return a hash
     # consisting only of keys that have been declared by a
-    # `params` statement.
+    # `params` statement against the current/target endpoint or parent
+    # namespaces
     #
     # @param params [Hash] The initial hash to filter. Usually this will just be `params`
-    # @param options [Hash] Can pass `:include_missing` and `:stringify` options.
-    def declared(params, options = {}, declared_params = settings.gather(:declared_params))
+    # @param options [Hash] Can pass `:include_missing`, `:stringify` and `:include_parent_namespaces`
+    # options. `:include_parent_namespaces` defaults to true, hence must be set to false if
+    # you want only to return params declared against the current/target endpoint
+    def declared(params, options = {}, declared_params = nil)
       options[:include_missing] = true unless options.key?(:include_missing)
+      options[:include_parent_namespaces] = true unless options.key?(:include_parent_namespaces)
+      if declared_params.nil?
+        declared_params = !options[:include_parent_namespaces] ? settings[:declared_params] :
+          settings.gather(:declared_params)
+      end
 
       unless declared_params
         raise ArgumentError, "Tried to filter for declared parameters but none exist."
diff --git a/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb b/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
index faac50bb20..b225333112 100644
--- a/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/grape/endpoint_spec.rb
@@ -282,6 +282,16 @@ def app
               declared_params: declared(params)
             }
           end
+          params do
+            requires :happy
+            optional :days
+          end
+          get '/test' do
+            {
+              params: params,
+              declared_params: declared(params, include_parent_namespaces: false)
+            }
+          end
         end
       end
     end
@@ -291,7 +301,15 @@ def app
       expect(last_response.status).to eq 200
       json = JSON.parse(last_response.body, symbolize_names: true)
       expect(json[:params][:id]).to eq 123
-      expect(json[:declared_params].keys).to include :foo, :bar, :id
+      expect(json[:declared_params].keys).to match_array [:foo, :bar, :id]
+    end
+
+    it 'does not include params defined in the parent namespace with include_parent_namespaces: false' do
+      get '/something/123/test', happy: 'test', extra: 'hello'
+      expect(last_response.status).to eq 200
+      json = JSON.parse(last_response.body, symbolize_names: true)
+      expect(json[:params][:id]).to eq 123
+      expect(json[:declared_params].keys).to match_array [:happy, :days]
     end
   end