diff --git a/lib/patches/active_record/rails7_1/serialization.rb b/lib/patches/active_record/rails7_1/serialization.rb
index 47a05229..617e5247 100644
--- a/lib/patches/active_record/rails7_1/serialization.rb
+++ b/lib/patches/active_record/rails7_1/serialization.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ module Globalize
   module AttributeMethods
     module Serialization
       def serialize(attr_name, class_name_or_coder = Object, **options)
-        if class_name_or_coder == ::JSON || [:load, :dump].all? { |x| class_name_or_coder.respond_to?(x) }
-          options = options.merge(coder: class_name_or_coder, type: Object)
-        else
-          options = options.merge(coder: default_column_serializer, type: class_name_or_coder)
+        if options[:coder].blank?
+          if class_name_or_coder == ::JSON || [:load, :dump].all? { |x| class_name_or_coder.respond_to?(x) }
+            options = options.merge(coder: class_name_or_coder, type: Object)
+          else
+            options = options.merge(coder: default_column_serializer, type: class_name_or_coder)
+          end
         end
 
         super(attr_name, **options)
@@ -19,4 +21,4 @@ def serialize(attr_name, class_name_or_coder = Object, **options)
   end
 end
 
-ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Serialization::ClassMethods.send(:prepend, Globalize::AttributeMethods::Serialization)
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+ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Serialization::ClassMethods.send(:prepend, Globalize::AttributeMethods::Serialization)