diff --git a/src/packages/application/errors/controller-missing.js b/src/packages/application/errors/controller-missing.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d21d12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/application/errors/controller-missing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class ControllerMissingError extends Error {
+  constructor(resource) {
+    return super(`Could not resolve controller by name '${resource}'`);
+  }
+}
+
+export default ControllerMissingError;
diff --git a/src/packages/application/errors/index.js b/src/packages/application/errors/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7703ee37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/application/errors/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export ControllerMissingError from './controller-missing';
+export SerializerMissingError from './serializer-missing';
diff --git a/src/packages/application/errors/serializer-missing.js b/src/packages/application/errors/serializer-missing.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7afeb761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/application/errors/serializer-missing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class SerializerMissingError extends Error {
+  constructor(resource) {
+    return super(`Could not resolve serializer by name '${resource}'`);
+  }
+}
+
+export default SerializerMissingError;
diff --git a/src/packages/application/index.js b/src/packages/application/index.js
index b319dd84..50c1357f 100644
--- a/src/packages/application/index.js
+++ b/src/packages/application/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Promise from 'bluebird';
 import cluster from 'cluster';
-import { singularize } from 'inflection';
+import { pluralize, singularize } from 'inflection';
 
 import Server from '../server';
 import Router from '../router';
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import Database from '../database';
 
 import loader from '../loader';
 
+import {
+  ControllerMissingError,
+  SerializerMissingError
+} from './errors';
+
 const { defineProperties } = Object;
 
 const { env: { PWD, PORT } } = process;
@@ -115,6 +120,18 @@ class Application {
 
     await store.define(models);
 
+    models.forEach((model, name) => {
+      const resource = pluralize(name);
+
+      if (!controllers.get(resource)) {
+        throw new ControllerMissingError(resource);
+      }
+
+      if (!serializers.get(resource)) {
+        throw new SerializerMissingError(resource);
+      }
+    });
+
     serializers.forEach((serializer, name) => {
       const model = models.get(singularize(name));