diff --git a/lib/jsonapi/basic_resource.rb b/lib/jsonapi/basic_resource.rb
index ea8b19ea7..e7cdd93c4 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi/basic_resource.rb
+++ b/lib/jsonapi/basic_resource.rb
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ def _replace_fields(field_data)
 
     class << self
       def inherited(subclass)
+        super
         subclass.abstract(false)
         subclass.immutable(false)
         subclass.caching(_caching)
diff --git a/test/unit/resource/resource_test.rb b/test/unit/resource/resource_test.rb
index 0bb8d1aa7..10f8b1e13 100644
--- a/test/unit/resource/resource_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resource/resource_test.rb
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ def test_derived_not_abstract
     refute PersonResource._abstract
   end
 
+  def test_inherited_calls_superclass
+    assert_equal(BaseResource.subclasses, [PersonResource, SpecialBaseResource])
+  end
+
   def test_nil_model_class
     # ToDo:Figure out why this test does not work on Rails 4.0
     # :nocov: