diff --git a/lib/schema/index.js b/lib/schema/index.js
index b46cdd6..f50dc8f 100644
--- a/lib/schema/index.js
+++ b/lib/schema/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var tv4 = require('tv4'),
     assert = require('assert'),
     fs = require('fs'),
+    thing = require('core-util-is'),
     path = require('path');
 
 var schemaPath, baseSchemaPath, baseSchema, modelSchema;
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ module.exports = {
     validate: function validate(data, schema) {
         var results;
 
+        if (thing.isString(schema)) {
+            schema = require(path.join(schemaPath, schema));
+        }
+
         results = tv4.validateResult(data, schema || baseSchema, true);
 
         return results;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccbf9bd..bfb3a6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "swaggerize-builder",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.2",
   "author": "Trevor Livingston <trlivingston@paypal.com>",
   "description": "Swagger based route building.",
   "main": "./lib/index",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/listing.json b/test/fixtures/listing.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a0115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/listing.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "swaggerVersion": "1.2",
+    "apiVersion": "v1",
+    "info": {
+        "title": "Greetings",
+        "description": "This is a resource listing document for greetings api."
+    },
+    "apis": [
+        {
+            "path": "/greetings",
+            "description": "operations on greetings."
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/test-schema.js b/test/test-schema.js
index fe5598c..019840f 100644
--- a/test/test-schema.js
+++ b/test/test-schema.js
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ test('schema', function (t) {
         t.ok(results.valid, 'no errors');
     });
 
+    t.test('validate against cached schema', function (t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+
+        var results = schema.validate(require('./fixtures/listing.json'), 'resourceListing.json');
+
+        t.ok(results.valid, 'no errors');
+    });
+
     t.test('bad api', function (t) {
         t.plan(2);