diff --git a/features/json.feature b/features/json.feature
index bc17487d..ba57beae 100644
--- a/features/json.feature
+++ b/features/json.feature
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Feature: Testing JSONContext
         Given I am on "/json/imajson.json"
         Then the JSON should be valid according to the schema "fixtures/www/json/schema.json"
 
+    Scenario: Json validation with schema containing ref
+        Given I am on "/json/withref.json"
+        Then the JSON should be valid according to the schema "fixtures/www/json/schemaref.json"
+
     Scenario: Json validation
         Given I am on "/json/imajson.json"
         Then the JSON should be valid according to this schema:
diff --git a/fixtures/www/json/definitions.json b/fixtures/www/json/definitions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d226c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/www/json/definitions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema",
+    "required": true,
+    "definitions": {
+        "https": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^https?\\:\\/\\/.+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fixtures/www/json/schemaref.json b/fixtures/www/json/schemaref.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..953cd769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/www/json/schemaref.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "type": "object",
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema",
+    "required": true,
+    "definitions": {
+        "url": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^https?\\:\\/\\/.+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$"
+        }
+    },
+    "properties": {
+        "foo": { "$ref": "#/definitions/url"},
+        "bar": { "$ref": "definitions.json#/definitions/https"}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fixtures/www/json/withref.json b/fixtures/www/json/withref.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5be9cfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/www/json/withref.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "foo": "https://perdu.com",
+    "bar": "https://woot.com"
+}
diff --git a/src/Sanpi/Behatch/Context/JsonContext.php b/src/Sanpi/Behatch/Context/JsonContext.php
index 1c0f08ad..9c5109e3 100644
--- a/src/Sanpi/Behatch/Context/JsonContext.php
+++ b/src/Sanpi/Behatch/Context/JsonContext.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public function theJsonShouldBeValidAccordingToTheSchema($filename)
     {
         if (is_file($filename)) {
             $schema = file_get_contents($filename);
-            $this->validate($schema);
+            $this->validate($schema, array('uri' => 'file://' . getcwd() . '/' . $filename ));
         }
         else {
             throw new \RuntimeException(
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ private function evaluateJson($json, $expression)
         return $result;
     }
 
-    private function validate($schema)
+    private function validate($schema, $context = null)
     {
         try {
             $jsonSchema = $this->decode($schema);
@@ -217,8 +217,22 @@ private function validate($schema)
             throw new \Exception('The schema is not a valid JSON');
         }
 
+        $uri = null;
+        if (null !== $context) {
+            if (is_string($context)) {
+                $uri = $context;
+            } elseif (is_array($context) && array_key_exists('uri', $context)) {
+                $uri = $context['uri'];
+            }
+        }
+
+        $retriever = new \JsonSchema\Uri\UriRetriever;
+        $refResolver = new \JsonSchema\RefResolver($retriever);
+        $refResolver->resolve($jsonSchema, $uri);
+
         $validator = new \JsonSchema\Validator();
         $validator->check($this->getJson(), $jsonSchema);
+
         if (!$validator->isValid()) {
             $msg = "JSON does not validate. Violations:\n";
             foreach ($validator->getErrors() as $error) {