diff --git a/src/SchemaReader.php b/src/SchemaReader.php
index 8b742854..dc055a90 100644
--- a/src/SchemaReader.php
+++ b/src/SchemaReader.php
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ private function schemaNode(Schema $schema, DOMElement $node, Schema $parent = n
                 case 'import':
                     $functions[] = $this->loadImport($schema, $childNode);
                     break;
+                case 'redefine':
+                    $functions[] = $this->loadRedefine($schema, $childNode);
+                    break;
                 case 'element':
                     $functions[] = $this->loadElementDef($schema, $childNode);
                     break;
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ private function loadElement(Schema $schema, DOMElement $node)
 
         $xp = new \DOMXPath($node->ownerDocument);
         $xp->registerNamespace('xs', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema');
-        
+
         if ($xp->query('ancestor::xs:choice', $node)->length) {
             $element->setMin(0);
         }
@@ -639,6 +642,41 @@ private function fillItem(Item $element, DOMElement $node)
         }
     }
 
+    private function loadRedefine(Schema $schema, DOMElement $node)
+    {
+        $base = urldecode($node->ownerDocument->documentURI);
+        $file = UrlUtils::resolveRelativeUrl($base, $node->getAttribute("schemaLocation"));
+
+        if (isset($this->loadedFiles[$file])) {
+            /* @var $redefined Schema */
+            $redefined = clone $this->loadedFiles[$file];
+
+            if($schema->getTargetNamespace() != $redefined->getTargetNamespace()){
+                $redefined->setTargetNamespace($schema->getTargetNamespace());
+            }
+
+            $schema->addSchema($redefined);
+
+            $callbacks = $this->schemaNode($redefined, $node, $schema);
+        }
+        else{
+            $redefined = new Schema();
+            $redefined->addSchema($this->getGlobalSchema());
+
+            $xml = $this->getDOM(isset($this->knownLocationSchemas[$file]) ? $this->knownLocationSchemas[$file] : $file);
+
+            $callbacks = $this->schemaNode($redefined, $xml->documentElement, $schema);
+
+            $schema->addSchema($redefined);
+        }
+
+        return function () use ($callbacks) {
+            foreach ($callbacks as $callback) {
+                call_user_func($callback);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     private function loadImport(Schema $schema, DOMElement $node)
     {
         $base = urldecode($node->ownerDocument->documentURI);
@@ -722,7 +760,7 @@ public function getGlobalSchema()
     /**
      * @param DOMNode $node
      * @param string  $file
-     * 
+     *
      * @return Schema
      */
     public function readNode(DOMNode $node, $file = 'schema.xsd')
diff --git a/tests/RedefineTest.php b/tests/RedefineTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8d03a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/RedefineTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+namespace GoetasWebservices\XML\XSDReader\Tests;
+
+class RedefineTest extends BaseTest
+{
+    public function testBase()
+    {
+        $remoteSchema = $this->reader->readString(
+            '
+            <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+                <xs:complexType name="personName">
+                  <xs:sequence>
+                   <xs:element name="title" minOccurs="0"/>
+                   <xs:element name="forename" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+                  </xs:sequence>
+                 </xs:complexType>
+
+                <xs:element name="addressee" type="personName"/>
+            </xs:schema>', 'http://www.example.com/xsd.xsd');
+
+
+        $schema = $this->reader->readString(
+            '
+            <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.user.com" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"  xmlns:ex="http://www.example.com">
+                <xs:redefine schemaLocation="http://www.example.com/xsd.xsd">
+                  <xs:complexType name="personName">
+                   <xs:complexContent>
+                    <xs:extension base="personName">
+                     <xs:sequence>
+                      <xs:element name="generation" minOccurs="0"/>
+                     </xs:sequence>
+                    </xs:extension>
+                   </xs:complexContent>
+                  </xs:complexType>
+                 </xs:redefine>
+
+                 <xs:element name="author" type="personName"/>
+            </xs:schema>');
+
+        // check if schema is not included
+        // we don't want to redefine original schema
+        $this->assertNotContains($remoteSchema, $schema->getSchemas(), '', true);
+
+        /* @var $localAttr \GoetasWebservices\XML\XSDReader\Schema\Element\ElementDef */
+
+        // it should inherit namespace of main schema
+        $localAttr = $schema->findElement("addressee", "http://www.user.com");
+        $this->assertNotNull($localAttr);
+
+        // find author element
+        $localAttr = $schema->findElement("author", "http://www.user.com");
+        $this->assertNotNull($localAttr);
+
+        /* @var $type \GoetasWebservices\XML\XSDReader\Schema\Type\ComplexType */
+        $type = $localAttr->getType();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\GoetasWebservices\XML\XSDReader\Schema\Type\ComplexType', $type);
+
+        $children = array();
+        foreach($type->getElements() as $element){
+            $children[] = $element->getName();
+        }
+
+        $this->assertContains('generation', $children);
+    }
+}