diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 542b57d..3deeb0e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ python:
     - "nightly"
 
 install:
-    - pip install coveralls
-    - pip install codecov
+    - pip install coveralls codecov jsonschema
     - pip install -r website/REQUIREMENTS.txt
     - pip install .
 
diff --git a/pytaxonomies/api.py b/pytaxonomies/api.py
index e699fda..b01ee89 100644
--- a/pytaxonomies/api.py
+++ b/pytaxonomies/api.py
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     HAS_REQUESTS = False
 
+try:
+    import jsonschema
+    HAS_JSONSCHEMA = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_JSONSCHEMA = False
+
 
 class EncodeTaxonomies(JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, obj):
@@ -207,6 +213,16 @@ class Taxonomies(collections.Mapping):
         self.description = self.manifest['description']
         self.__init_taxonomies()
 
+    def validate_with_schema(self):
+        if not HAS_JSONSCHEMA:
+            raise ImportError('jsonschema is required: pip install jsonschema')
+        schema = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.modules['pytaxonomies'].__file__)),
+                                              'data', 'misp-taxonomies', 'schema.json')
+        with open(schema, 'r') as f:
+            loaded_schema = json.load(f)
+        for t in self.taxonomies.values():
+            jsonschema.validate(t.taxonomy, loaded_schema)
+
     def __load_path(self, path):
         with open(path, 'r') as f:
             return json.load(f)
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 0d50fd9..3849f0b 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class TestPyTaxonomies(unittest.TestCase):
             out = t._json()
             self.assertDictEqual(out, self.loaded_tax[t.name])
 
+    def test_validate_schema(self):
+        self.taxonomies_offline.validate_with_schema()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()