diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindings.java b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindings.java
index 8406c5e64b9..4dcb47c3eff 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindings.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindings.java
@@ -20,17 +20,19 @@ package ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.util;
  * #L%
  */
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
 import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.AbstractJaxRsProvider;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Search;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RestOperationTypeEnum;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.exceptions.NotImplementedOperationException;
-import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.*;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.BaseMethodBinding;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.OperationMethodBinding;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.server.method.SearchMethodBinding;
 import ca.uhn.fhir.util.ReflectionUtil;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
  * Class that contains the method bindings defined by a ResourceProvider
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ public class JaxRsMethodBindings {
      * @param theProviderClass the class definition contaning the operations 
      */
     public  JaxRsMethodBindings(AbstractJaxRsProvider theProvider, Class<? extends AbstractJaxRsProvider> theProviderClass) {
-        for (final Method m : ReflectionUtil.getDeclaredMethods(theProviderClass)) {
+	    LinkedHashSet<Method> declaredMethodsForCurrentProvider = ReflectionUtil.getDeclaredMethods(theProviderClass);
+	    declaredMethodsForCurrentProvider.addAll(ReflectionUtil.getDeclaredMethods(theProviderClass.getSuperclass()));
+	    for (final Method m : declaredMethodsForCurrentProvider) {
             final BaseMethodBinding<?> foundMethodBinding = BaseMethodBinding.bindMethod(m, theProvider.getFhirContext(), theProvider);
             if (foundMethodBinding == null) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/AbstractDummyPatientProvider.java b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/AbstractDummyPatientProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a36fbc812b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/AbstractDummyPatientProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test;
+
+import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.AbstractJaxRsResourceProvider;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.RequiredParam;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation.Search;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.StringParam;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy patient provider exposing no methods 
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractDummyPatientProvider extends AbstractJaxRsResourceProvider<Patient> {
+
+	public AbstractDummyPatientProvider() {
+		super(FhirContext.forR4());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public abstract String getBaseForServer();
+
+
+	@Search
+	public List<Patient> search(@RequiredParam(name = Patient.SP_NAME) final StringParam name) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<Patient> getResourceType() {
+		return Patient.class;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4.java b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4.java
index 1c3f91f4c1d..981128316bc 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4.java
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 package ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test;
 
-import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.AbstractJaxRsResourceProvider;
-import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
-
 /**
  * A dummy patient provider exposing no methods
  */
-public class TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4 extends AbstractJaxRsResourceProvider<Patient> {
+public class TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4 extends AbstractDummyPatientProvider {
 
-	@Override
-	public Class<Patient> getResourceType() {
-		return Patient.class;
+	@Override public String getBaseForServer() {
+		return "https://fhirserver/fhir/r4";
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType.java b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..719206b1453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/test/TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test;
+
+/**
+ * A dummy patient provider exposing no methods
+ */
+public class TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType extends AbstractDummyPatientProvider {
+
+	@Override public String getBaseForServer() {
+		return "https://fhirserver/fhir";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindingsMimeTypeTest.java b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindingsMimeTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4ea3fb3530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jaxrsserver-base/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jaxrs/server/util/JaxRsMethodBindingsMimeTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.util;
+
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test.AbstractDummyPatientProvider;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test.TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jaxrs.server.test.TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.RestOperationTypeEnum;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.FixMethodOrder;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runners.MethodSorters;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+@FixMethodOrder(MethodSorters.DEFAULT)
+public class JaxRsMethodBindingsMimeTypeTest {
+	
+	 @Before
+	 public void setUp() {
+		 JaxRsMethodBindings.getClassBindings().clear();
+	 }
+
+	@Test
+	public void testFindMethodsFor2ProvidersWithMethods() {
+		assertEquals(AbstractDummyPatientProvider.class, new TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4().getBindings().getBinding(RestOperationTypeEnum.SEARCH_TYPE, "").getMethod().getDeclaringClass());
+		assertEquals(AbstractDummyPatientProvider.class, new TestJaxRsDummyPatientProviderR4MimeType().getBindings().getBinding(RestOperationTypeEnum.SEARCH_TYPE, "").getMethod().getDeclaringClass());
+	}
+	
+	}