diff --git a/hapi-fhir-validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/dstu3/hapi/validation/ValidationSupportChain.java b/hapi-fhir-validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/dstu3/hapi/validation/ValidationSupportChain.java
index c4a87b4f8d5..1d7fb84585b 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/dstu3/hapi/validation/ValidationSupportChain.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/dstu3/hapi/validation/ValidationSupportChain.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.hapi.ctx.IValidationSupport;
 import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.CodeSystem;
 import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.StructureDefinition;
 import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.UriType;
+import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.ValueSet;
 import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.ValueSet.ConceptSetComponent;
 import org.hl7.fhir.dstu3.model.ValueSet.ValueSetExpansionComponent;
 import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
@@ -101,6 +102,17 @@ public class ValidationSupportChain implements IValidationSupport {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public ValueSet fetchValueSet(FhirContext theCtx, String uri) {
+		for (IValidationSupport next : myChain) {
+			ValueSet retVal = next.fetchValueSet(theCtx, uri);
+			if (retVal != null) {
+				return retVal;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <T extends IBaseResource> T fetchResource(FhirContext theContext, Class<T> theClass, String theUri) {
 		for (IValidationSupport next : myChain) {