diff --git a/features/belongs_to.feature b/features/belongs_to.feature
index ed83e8b0177..f94615b07ad 100644
--- a/features/belongs_to.feature
+++ b/features/belongs_to.feature
@@ -50,6 +50,27 @@ Feature: Belongs To
     When I press "Update Post"
     Then I should see "Post was successfully updated."
 
+  Scenario: Updating a child resource page with custom configuration
+    Given a configuration of:
+    """
+      ActiveAdmin.register User
+      ActiveAdmin.register Post do
+        belongs_to :author, class_name: "User", param: "user_id", route_name: "user"
+        permit_params :title
+
+        form do |f|
+          f.actions
+        end
+      end
+    """
+    When I go to the last author's last post page
+    And I follow "Edit Post"
+    Then I should see the element "form[action='/admin/users/2/posts/2']"
+    And I should see a link to "Hello World" in the breadcrumb
+
+    When I press "Update Post"
+    Then I should see "Post was successfully updated."
+
   Scenario: Creating a child resource page
     Given a configuration of:
     """
diff --git a/lib/active_admin/resource/belongs_to.rb b/lib/active_admin/resource/belongs_to.rb
index 1f25ee14087..3aa5e3cda89 100644
--- a/lib/active_admin/resource/belongs_to.rb
+++ b/lib/active_admin/resource/belongs_to.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def required?
       end
 
       def to_param
-        :"#{@target_name}_id"
+        (@options[:param] || "#{@target_name}_id").to_sym
       end
     end
   end