diff --git a/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/apps/xread.java b/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/apps/xread.java
index 3c7717b..0c5d3e4 100644
--- a/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/apps/xread.java
+++ b/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/apps/xread.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ import org.apache.xml.resolver.helpers.Debug;
  * <dd>Perform a well-formed parse, not a validating parse.</dd>
  * <dt><code>-v</code> (the default)</dt>
  * <dd>Perform a validating parse.</dd>
+ * <dt><code>-s</code></dt>
+ * <dd>Enable W3C XML Schema validation.</dd>
  * <dt><code>-n</code></dt>
  * <dd>Perform a namespace-ignorant parse.</dd>
  * <dt><code>-N</code> (the default)</dt>
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ public class xread
     int     maxErrs    = 10;
     boolean nsAware    = true;
     boolean validating = true;
+    boolean useSchema  = false;
     boolean showWarnings = (debuglevel > 2);
     boolean showErrors = true;
     Vector catalogFiles = new Vector();
@@ -144,6 +147,11 @@ public class xread
 	continue;
       }
 
+      if (args[i].equals("-s")) {
+	useSchema = true;
+	continue;
+      }
+
       if (args[i].equals("-n")) {
 	nsAware = false;
 	continue;
@@ -196,6 +204,9 @@ public class xread
     try {
       reader.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces", nsAware);
       reader.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/validation", validating);
+      if (useSchema) {
+	reader.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", true);
+      }
     } catch (SAXException e) {
       // nop;
     }