diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fd4ccc0..6bb38dc1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ dependencies = [
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">= 3.10"
 
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
-[tool.uv]
-managed = true
-dev-dependencies = [
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
     "GitPython",
     "anys>=0.3.1",
     "bumpver",
@@ -70,6 +65,13 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "lxml<=5.3.2",
 ]
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.uv]
+managed = true
+
 [tool.hatch.metadata]
 allow-direct-references = true
 
diff --git a/src/common/mitol/common/mixins.py b/src/common/mitol/common/mixins.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdc3c4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/mitol/common/mixins.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import logging
+
+from mitol.common.serializers import QuerySetSerializer
+
+log = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+class PrefetchQuerySetSerializerMixin:
+    """
+    APIView mixin that derives prefetches from the serializer(s) used to
+    render responses.
+
+    This allows for the prefetches to be specific to what we intend to serialize
+    to JSON and it also allows this to vary if the serializer_class that is used
+    also varies.
+    """
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        """Get the queryset"""
+        serializer_class = self.get_serializer_class()
+
+        if not issubclass(serializer_class, QuerySetSerializer):
+            log.error(
+                "Serializer %s does not subclass QuerySetSerializer, skipping",
+                serializer_class,
+            )
+
+            return super().get_queryset()
+
+        # `self.queryset` defaults to None
+        serializer = serializer_class()
+
+        return serializer.get_queryset_tree(self.queryset, self.request)
diff --git a/src/common/mitol/common/serializers.py b/src/common/mitol/common/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9d0c67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/mitol/common/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+from django.db.models import Prefetch, QuerySet
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+
+class QuerySetSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    """
+    A serializer for serializing QuerySets.
+
+    This provides more functionality over ModelSerializer by implementing functionality
+    analogous to ViewSet's queryset and get_queryset. It recursively constructucts a
+    QuerySet that has been annotated and prefetched appropriately to fulfill serializers
+    without incurring further queries during serialization
+
+    Subclasses can set either queryset or override `get_queryset` if access
+    to `request` is needed.
+
+    Optionally when the `QuerySetSerializer` is initialized `queryset` can be passed
+    and this will override both `queryset` and `get_queryset`.
+    """
+
+    queryset: QuerySet | None = None
+
+    def get_base_queryset(self) -> QuerySet:
+        # critical to compare against None to avoid an evaluation
+        return (
+            self.queryset
+            if self.queryset is not None
+            else self.Meta.model.objects.all()
+        )
+
+    def get_queryset(self, queryset: QuerySet, request: HttpRequest) -> QuerySet:
+        """
+        Get the queryset for this serializer
+
+        Override this method to customize the queryset used for fetching models
+        to be serialized.
+
+        It is *required* that you call `super().get_queryset(queryset, request)` and
+        extend the return value.
+
+        If you need to customize the queryset used for a nested serializer field, define
+        a `get_{field_name}_queryset` with the following signature:
+
+        `
+        def get_books_queryset(
+            self,
+            queryset: QuerySet,
+            request: HttpRequest
+        ) -> QuerySet:
+            ...
+        `
+
+        It is *required* that you extend the queryset passed in so you get the
+        prefetches defined on the nested serializer too.
+
+        """
+        return self.get_nested_prefetches(queryset, request)
+
+    def get_prefetch_for_field(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        field: serializers.Field,
+        serializer: "QuerySetSerializer",
+        request: HttpRequest,
+    ) -> Prefetch:
+        queryset = serializer.get_queryset_tree(serializer.get_base_queryset(), request)
+
+        get_serializer_queryset_func = getattr(self, f"get_{name}_queryset", None)
+
+        if get_serializer_queryset_func is not None and isinstance(
+            get_serializer_queryset_func,
+            Callable,
+        ):
+            queryset = get_serializer_queryset_func(queryset, request)
+
+        return Prefetch(
+            field.source,
+            queryset=queryset,
+            to_attr=name if name != field.source else None,
+        )
+
+    def get_nested_prefetches(
+        self, queryset: QuerySet, request: HttpRequest
+    ) -> QuerySet:
+        """Get prefetches for nested serializers"""
+        for name, field in self.fields.items():
+            serializer = field
+
+            if isinstance(field, serializers.ListSerializer):
+                serializer = field.child
+
+            if isinstance(serializer, QuerySetSerializer):
+                queryset = queryset.prefetch_related(
+                    self.get_prefetch_for_field(name, field, serializer, request)
+                )
+
+        return queryset
+
+    def get_queryset_tree(self, queryset: QuerySet, request: HttpRequest) -> QuerySet:
+        """Get the queryset required for the serializer"""
+        queryset = queryset if queryset is not None else self.get_base_queryset()
+
+        return self.get_queryset(queryset, request)
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/__init__.py b/testapp/libraries/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/apps.py b/testapp/libraries/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..374217a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class LibrariesConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "libraries"
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/factories.py b/testapp/libraries/factories.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e2ac7cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/factories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import factory
+import factory.fuzzy
+from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory
+
+
+class AuthorFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    name = factory.Faker("name")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = "libraries.Author"
+
+
+class BookFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    title = factory.Faker("words")
+
+    author = factory.SubFactory(AuthorFactory)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = "libraries.Book"
+
+
+class LibraryFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+    name = factory.fuzzy.FuzzyText(suffix=" Library")
+
+    @factory.post_generation
+    def books(self, create, extracted, **kwargs):
+        extracted = extracted or BookFactory.create_batch(50, **kwargs)
+
+        if not create:
+            return
+
+        self.books.add(*extracted)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = "libraries.Library"
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/migrations/0001_initial.py b/testapp/libraries/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e080c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.7 on 2025-12-09 19:53
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Author",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Book",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                (
+                    "author",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="books",
+                        to="libraries.author",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Library",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                (
+                    "books",
+                    models.ManyToManyField(
+                        related_name="libraries", to="libraries.book"
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/migrations/__init__.py b/testapp/libraries/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/models.py b/testapp/libraries/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82d38135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Author(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+
+class Book(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    author = models.ForeignKey(Author, related_name="books", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+
+
+class Library(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+    books = models.ManyToManyField(Book, related_name="libraries")
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/serializers.py b/testapp/libraries/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c7c86b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from mitol.common.serializers import QuerySetSerializer
+
+from libraries.models import Author, Book, Library
+
+
+class AuthorSerializer(QuerySetSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        fields = ("name",)
+        model = Author
+
+
+class BookSerializer(QuerySetSerializer):
+    author = AuthorSerializer()
+    also_the_author = AuthorSerializer(source="author")
+
+    class Meta:
+        fields = ("title", "author", "also_the_author")
+        model = Book
+
+
+class LibrarySerializer(QuerySetSerializer):
+    books = BookSerializer(many=True, queryset=Book.objects.order_by("id"))
+
+    class Meta:
+        fields = (
+            "name",
+            "books",
+        )
+        model = Library
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/urls.py b/testapp/libraries/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3b60860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from rest_framework import routers
+
+from libraries import views
+
+router = routers.DefaultRouter()
+router.register(r"libraries", views.LibrariesViewSet, basename="libraries_api")
+
+urlpatterns = router.urls
diff --git a/testapp/libraries/views.py b/testapp/libraries/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0433a726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/libraries/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from mitol.common.mixins import PrefetchQuerySetSerializerMixin
+from rest_framework import viewsets
+
+from libraries.models import Library
+from libraries.serializers import LibrarySerializer
+
+
+class LibrariesViewSet(PrefetchQuerySetSerializerMixin, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+    serializer_class = LibrarySerializer
+    queryset = Library.objects.all()
diff --git a/testapp/main/settings/shared.py b/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
index 739bb257..be6b0814 100644
--- a/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
+++ b/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     # test app, integrates the reusable apps
     "main",
     "users",
+    "libraries",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/testapp/main/urls.py b/testapp/main/urls.py
index 823b0f6f..5ed71f0f 100644
--- a/testapp/main/urls.py
+++ b/testapp/main/urls.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     path("api/", include("mitol.transcoding.urls")),
     path("", include("mitol.scim.urls")),
     path("", include("mitol.apigateway.urls")),
+    path("api/", include("libraries.urls")),
 ]
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 13):
diff --git a/tests/common/test_views.py b/tests/common/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40ab33e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/common/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+from libraries.factories import LibraryFactory
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_list_view(client, django_assert_max_num_queries):
+    libraries = LibraryFactory.create_batch(5)
+
+    with django_assert_max_num_queries(4):
+        resp = client.get(reverse("libraries_api-list"))
+
+    assert resp.json() == [
+        {
+            "name": library.name,
+            "books": [
+                {
+                    "title": book.title,
+                    "author": {
+                        "name": book.author.name,
+                    },
+                    "also_the_author": {
+                        "name": book.author.name,
+                    },
+                }
+                for book in library.books.order_by("id")
+            ],
+        }
+        for library in libraries
+    ]