diff --git a/src/jesse.erl b/src/jesse.erl
index bec342fd..566e870b 100644
--- a/src/jesse.erl
+++ b/src/jesse.erl
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
         , del_schema/1
         , load_schemas/2
         , load_schemas/3
+        , materialize_refs/2
+        , materialize_refs_for_schema/2
         , validate/2
         , validate/3
         , validate_with_schema/2
@@ -117,6 +119,23 @@ load_schemas(Path, ParserFun) ->
 load_schemas(Path, ParserFun, ValidationFun) ->
   jesse_database:add_path(Path, ParserFun, ValidationFun).
 
+%% @doc Returns corresponding schema with all references recursively resolved.
+-spec materialize_refs( SchemaKey :: any()
+                      , Options :: [{Key :: atom(), Data :: any()}]
+                      ) -> json_term().
+materialize_refs(SchemaKey, Options) ->
+  JsonSchema = jesse_database:load(SchemaKey),
+  materialize_refs_for_schema(JsonSchema, Options).
+
+%% @doc Returns the same schema, but with all references recursively resolved.
+-spec materialize_refs_for_schema( Schema :: json_term() | binary()
+                                 , Options :: [{Key :: atom(), Data :: any()}]
+                                 ) -> json_term().
+materialize_refs_for_schema(Schema, Options) ->
+  ParserFun    = proplists:get_value(parser_fun, Options, fun(X) -> X end),
+  ParsedSchema = try_parse(schema, ParserFun, Schema),
+  jesse_lib:materialize_refs(ParsedSchema, Options).
+
 %% @doc Equivalent to {@link validate/3} where `Options' is an empty list.
 -spec validate( Schema :: any()
               , Data   :: json_term() | binary()
diff --git a/src/jesse_json_path.erl b/src/jesse_json_path.erl
index 9f258565..66b3de8c 100644
--- a/src/jesse_json_path.erl
+++ b/src/jesse_json_path.erl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %% @doc Implementation of Key Value Coding style "queries" for commonly
 %% used Erlang data structures.
 -module(jesse_json_path).
--export([parse/1, path/2, path/3, value/3, to_proplist/1, unwrap_value/1]).
+-export([parse/1, path/2, path/3, value/3, to_proplist/1, unwrap_value/1, with_unwrapped/2]).
 
 -ifdef(erlang_deprecated_types).
 -type kvc_obj_node() :: proplist() | {struct, proplist()} | [{}] | dict()
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ unwrap_value([{}]) -> [];
 ?IF_MAPS(unwrap_value(Map) when erlang:is_map(Map) -> maps:to_list(Map);)
 unwrap_value(L) -> L.
 
+%% @doc Unwrap data, call `Fun' on unwrapped data and wrap back in the
+%% same format.
+-spec with_unwrapped(kvc_obj(), fun( (list()) -> list())) -> kvc_obj().
+with_unwrapped({struct, L}, Fun) -> {struct, Fun(L)};
+with_unwrapped({L}, Fun) -> {Fun(L)};
+with_unwrapped({}, _Fun) -> {};
+with_unwrapped([], _Fun) -> [];
+with_unwrapped([{}], _Fun) -> [{}];
+?IF_MAPS(with_unwrapped(Map, Fun) when erlang:is_map(Map) -> maps:from_list(Fun(maps:to_list(Map)));)
+with_unwrapped(L, Fun) when is_list(L) -> Fun(L);
+with_unwrapped(Other, _) -> Other.
+
+
 %% Internal API
 
 -ifdef(erlang_deprecated_types).
diff --git a/src/jesse_lib.erl b/src/jesse_lib.erl
index 0a026c0c..2ac64a10 100644
--- a/src/jesse_lib.erl
+++ b/src/jesse_lib.erl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         , is_array/1
         , is_json_object/1
         , is_null/1
+        , materialize_refs/2
         ]).
 
 %% Includes
@@ -67,3 +68,42 @@ is_json_object(_)                                   -> false.
 -spec is_null(Value :: any()) -> boolean().
 is_null(null)   -> true;
 is_null(_Value) -> false.
+
+
+%% @doc Returns the same schema, but with all references recursively resolved
+-spec materialize_refs(jesse:json_term(), [tuple()]) -> jesse:json_term().
+materialize_refs(JsonSchema, Options) ->
+  State = jesse_state:new(JsonSchema, Options),
+  jesse_json_path:with_unwrapped(
+    JsonSchema,
+    fun(Elements) -> do_materialize_refs(Elements, State) end).
+
+do_materialize_refs([{?REF, RefSchemaURI} | Attrs], State) ->
+  RefState = jesse_state:resolve_ref(State, RefSchemaURI),
+  RefSchema = jesse_state:get_current_schema(RefState),
+  RefResolvedSchema = do_materialize_refs(jesse_json_path:unwrap_value(RefSchema), RefState),
+  %% Recurse
+  NextSchema = do_materialize_refs(Attrs, State),
+  RefResolvedSchema ++ NextSchema;
+do_materialize_refs([{Key, Value} | Attrs], State) ->
+  NewVal = case is_json_object(Value) of
+             true ->
+               jesse_json_path:with_unwrapped(
+                 Value,
+                 fun(Elements) ->
+                     do_materialize_refs(Elements, State)
+                 end);
+             false ->
+               case is_array(Value) of
+                 true ->
+                   [jesse_json_path:with_unwrapped(
+                      Item,
+                      fun(Elements) ->
+                          do_materialize_refs(Elements, State)
+                      end)
+                    || Item <- Value];
+                 false -> Value
+               end
+           end,
+  [{Key, NewVal} | do_materialize_refs(Attrs, State)];
+do_materialize_refs(Other, _) -> Other.