diff --git a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
index 94bf08982d..b62bc0cacb 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/main/java/io/swagger/jaxrs/Reader.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public class Reader {
     private final ReaderConfig config;
     private Swagger swagger;
 
+    private Set<Class<?>> scannedResources;
+
     public Reader(Swagger swagger) {
         this(swagger, null);
     }
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public Reader(Swagger swagger) {
     public Reader(Swagger swagger, ReaderConfig config) {
         this.swagger = swagger == null ? new Swagger() : swagger;
         this.config = new DefaultReaderConfig(config);
+        this.scannedResources =  new HashSet<Class<?>>();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -309,7 +312,8 @@ protected Swagger read(Class<?> cls, String parentPath, String parentMethod, boo
                         apiProduces = both.toArray(new String[both.size()]);
                     }
                     final Class<?> subResource = getSubResource(method);
-                    if (subResource != null) {
+                    if (subResource != null && !scannedResources.contains(subResource)) {
+                        scannedResources.add(subResource);
                         read(subResource, operationPath, httpMethod, true, apiConsumes, apiProduces, tags, operation.getParameters());
                     }
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/test/java/io/swagger/SimpleScannerTest.java b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/test/java/io/swagger/SimpleScannerTest.java
index 0b8ca5fcd1..3dde187de3 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/test/java/io/swagger/SimpleScannerTest.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-jaxrs/src/test/java/io/swagger/SimpleScannerTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Functions;
 import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+
 import io.swagger.jaxrs.Reader;
 import io.swagger.jaxrs.config.DefaultReaderConfig;
 import io.swagger.models.ArrayModel;
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@
 import io.swagger.resources.ResourceWithVoidReturns;
 import io.swagger.resources.SimpleResource;
 import io.swagger.resources.SimpleResourceWithoutAnnotations;
+import io.swagger.resources.SimpleSelfReferencingSubResource;
 import io.swagger.resources.TaggedResource;
+
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -318,6 +321,19 @@ public void scanSimpleResourceWithoutAnnotations() {
         assertNull(param2.getDescription());
     }
 
+    @Test(description = "scan a simple self-referencing subresource")
+    public void scanSimpleSelfReferencingSubResource() {
+        DefaultReaderConfig config = new DefaultReaderConfig();
+        config.setScanAllResources(true);
+        Swagger swagger = new Reader(new Swagger(), config).read(SimpleSelfReferencingSubResource.class);
+
+        assertEquals(swagger.getPaths().size(), 1);
+
+        Operation get = getGet(swagger, "/sub");
+        assertNotNull(get);
+        assertEquals(get.getParameters().size(), 0);
+    }
+
     @Test(description = "scan resource with ApiOperation.code() value")
     public void scanResourceWithApiOperationCodeValue() {
         Swagger swagger = getSwagger(ResourceWithApiOperationCode.class);