diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/TermReadSvcR4.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/TermReadSvcR4.java
index 361ecf308ef..1041f37e9be 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/TermReadSvcR4.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/term/TermReadSvcR4.java
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ public class TermReadSvcR4 extends BaseTermReadSvcImpl implements ITermReadSvcR4
 		return supportsSystem(theSystem);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean isValueSetSupported(FhirContext theContext, String theValueSetUrl) {
+		return myValidationSupport.fetchResource(myContext, ValueSet.class, theValueSetUrl) != null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public StructureDefinition generateSnapshot(StructureDefinition theInput, String theUrl, String theWebUrl, String theProfileName) {
 		return null;