diff --git a/src/JsonSchema/RefResolver.php b/src/JsonSchema/RefResolver.php
index cd96beb7..232c4ade 100644
--- a/src/JsonSchema/RefResolver.php
+++ b/src/JsonSchema/RefResolver.php
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ class RefResolver
      */
     protected $uriRetriever = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var object
+     */
+    protected $rootSchema = null;
+
     /**
      * @param UriRetriever $retriever
      */
@@ -110,6 +115,10 @@ public function resolve($schema, $sourceUri = null)
             $sourceUri = $schema->id;
         }
 
+        if (null === $this->rootSchema) {
+            $this->rootSchema = $schema;
+        }
+
         // Resolve $ref first
         $this->resolveRef($schema, $sourceUri);
 
@@ -205,7 +214,30 @@ public function resolveRef($schema, $sourceUri)
             return;
         }
 
-        $refSchema = $this->fetchRef($schema->$ref, $sourceUri);
+        $splitRef = explode('#', $schema->$ref, 2);
+
+        $refDoc = $splitRef[0];
+        $refPath = null;
+        if (count($splitRef) === 2) {
+            $refPath = explode('/', $splitRef[1]);
+            array_shift($refPath);
+        }
+
+        if (empty($refDoc) && empty($refPath)) {
+            // TODO: Not yet implemented - root pointer ref, causes recursion issues
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($refDoc)) {
+            $refSchema = $this->fetchRef($refDoc, $sourceUri);
+        } else {
+            $refSchema = $this->rootSchema;
+        }
+
+        if (null !== $refPath) {
+            $refSchema = $this->resolveRefSegment($refSchema, $refPath);
+        }
+
         unset($schema->$ref);
 
         // Augment the current $schema object with properties fetched
@@ -226,4 +258,19 @@ public function setUriRetriever(UriRetriever $retriever)
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    protected function resolveRefSegment($data, $pathParts)
+    {
+        foreach ($pathParts as $path) {
+            $path = strtr($path, array('~1' => '/', '~0' => '~', '%25' => '%'));
+
+            if (is_array($data)) {
+                $data = $data[$path];
+            } else {
+                $data = $data->{$path};
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Constraints/BaseTestCase.php b/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Constraints/BaseTestCase.php
index fe351781..903df42b 100644
--- a/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Constraints/BaseTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Constraints/BaseTestCase.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 namespace JsonSchema\Tests\Constraints;
 
+use JsonSchema\RefResolver;
+use JsonSchema\Uri\UriRetriever;
 use JsonSchema\Validator;
 
 abstract class BaseTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
@@ -18,9 +20,14 @@ abstract class BaseTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     public function testInvalidCases($input, $schema, $checkMode = Validator::CHECK_MODE_NORMAL, $errors = array())
     {
+        $schema = json_decode($schema);
+
+        $refResolver = new RefResolver(new UriRetriever);
+        $refResolver->resolve($schema);
+
         $validator = new Validator($checkMode);
 
-        $validator->check(json_decode($input), json_decode($schema));
+        $validator->check(json_decode($input), $schema);
 
         if (array() !== $errors) {
             $this->assertEquals($errors, $validator->getErrors(), print_r($validator->getErrors(),true));
@@ -33,13 +40,18 @@ public function testInvalidCases($input, $schema, $checkMode = Validator::CHECK_
      */
     public function testValidCases($input, $schema, $checkMode = Validator::CHECK_MODE_NORMAL)
     {
+        $schema = json_decode($schema);
+
+        $refResolver = new RefResolver(new UriRetriever);
+        $refResolver->resolve($schema);
+
         $validator = new Validator($checkMode);
 
-        $validator->check(json_decode($input), json_decode($schema));
+        $validator->check(json_decode($input), $schema);
         $this->assertTrue($validator->isValid(), print_r($validator->getErrors(), true));
     }
 
     abstract public function getValidTests();
 
     abstract public function getInvalidTests();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Drafts/Draft4Test.php b/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Drafts/Draft4Test.php
index 3f1d566c..26d2d1c6 100644
--- a/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Drafts/Draft4Test.php
+++ b/tests/JsonSchema/Tests/Drafts/Draft4Test.php
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ protected function getSkippedTests()
         );
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}