diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84bd9df0ad..bb00f0bb6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 * added option to pass custom context for the decorators
 
+### Fixes
+
+* validating against a schema will validate against that one instead of every registered one
+
 ### 0.9.0 [BREAKING CHANGE]
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/src/metadata/MetadataStorage.ts b/src/metadata/MetadataStorage.ts
index 26a22be899..4e2bd4c8a7 100644
--- a/src/metadata/MetadataStorage.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/MetadataStorage.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ export class MetadataStorage {
         
         // get metadatas for inherited classes
         const inheritedMetadatas = this.validationMetadatas.filter(metadata => {
-              if (typeof metadata.target === "string")
+            // if target is a string it's means we validate agains a schema, and there is no inheritance support for schemas
+            if (typeof metadata.target === "string")
                 return false;
             if (metadata.target === targetConstructor)
                 return false;