diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/Jaxp10ValidatorFactory.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/Jaxp10ValidatorFactory.java
index 88443ab5..192cb6ce 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/Jaxp10ValidatorFactory.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/Jaxp10ValidatorFactory.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.xml.sax.SaxUtils;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
@@ -54,8 +55,7 @@ abstract class Jaxp10ValidatorFactory {
     static XmlValidator createValidator(Resource[] schemaResources, String schemaLanguage) throws IOException {
         InputSource[] inputSources = new InputSource[schemaResources.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < schemaResources.length; i++) {
-            inputSources[i] = new InputSource(schemaResources[i].getInputStream());
-            inputSources[i].setSystemId(SchemaLoaderUtils.getSystemId(schemaResources[i]));
+            inputSources[i] = SaxUtils.createInputSource(schemaResources[i]);
         }
         return new Jaxp10Validator(inputSources, schemaLanguage);
     }
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/SchemaLoaderUtils.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/SchemaLoaderUtils.java
index 7864f12f..09def490 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/SchemaLoaderUtils.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/SchemaLoaderUtils.java
@@ -17,18 +17,17 @@
 package org.springframework.xml.validation;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.validation.Schema;
 import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.ResourceSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 /**
- * Convenient utility methods for loading of <code>javax.xml.validation.Schema</code> objects, performing standard
- * handling of input streams.
+ * Convenient utility methods for loading of {@link Schema} objects, performing standard handling of input streams.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 1.0.0
@@ -64,26 +63,14 @@ public abstract class SchemaLoaderUtils {
     public static Schema loadSchema(Resource[] resources, String schemaLanguage) throws IOException, SAXException {
         Assert.notEmpty(resources, "No resources given");
         Assert.hasLength(schemaLanguage, "No schema language provided");
-        StreamSource[] schemaSources = new StreamSource[resources.length];
-        try {
-            for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
-                Assert.notNull(resources[i], "Resource is null");
-                Assert.isTrue(resources[i].exists(), "Resource " + resources[i] + " does not exist");
-                schemaSources[i] = new StreamSource(resources[i].getInputStream(), getSystemId(resources[i]));
-            }
-            SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(schemaLanguage);
-            return schemaFactory.newSchema(schemaSources);
-        }
-        finally {
-            for (int i = 0; i < schemaSources.length; i++) {
-                if (schemaSources[i] != null) {
-                    InputStream inputStream = schemaSources[i].getInputStream();
-                    if (inputStream != null) {
-                        inputStream.close();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+        Source[] schemaSources = new Source[resources.length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
+            Assert.notNull(resources[i], "Resource is null");
+            Assert.isTrue(resources[i].exists(), "Resource " + resources[i] + " does not exist");
+            schemaSources[i] = new ResourceSource(resources[i]);
         }
+        SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(schemaLanguage);
+        return schemaFactory.newSchema(schemaSources);
     }
 
     /** Retrieves the URL from the given resource as System ID. Returns <code>null</code> if it cannot be openened. */
diff --git a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.java b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.java
index 656533db..3d0f81f2 100644
--- a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.java
+++ b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/validation/AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.xml.validation;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.ResourceSource;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
@@ -102,4 +104,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("ValidationErrors returned", 3, errors.length);
     }
 
+    public void testMultipleSchemasValidMessage() throws Exception {
+        Resource[] schemaResources = new Resource[]{
+                new ClassPathResource("multipleSchemas1.xsd", AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.class),
+                new ClassPathResource("multipleSchemas2.xsd", AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.class)};
+        validator = createValidator(schemaResources, XmlValidatorFactory.SCHEMA_W3C_XML);
+
+        Source document = new ResourceSource(
+                new ClassPathResource("multipleSchemas1.xml", AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.class));
+        SAXParseException[] errors = validator.validate(document);
+        assertEquals("ValidationErrors returned", 0, errors.length);
+        validator = createValidator(schemaResources, XmlValidatorFactory.SCHEMA_W3C_XML);
+        document = new ResourceSource(
+                new ClassPathResource("multipleSchemas2.xml", AbstractValidatorFactoryTestCase.class));
+        errors = validator.validate(document);
+        assertEquals("ValidationErrors returned", 0, errors.length);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xml b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d4dac66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<multipleSchemas1 xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/test/multipleSchemas1">abc</multipleSchemas1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xsd b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d474711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas1.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+        targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/test/multipleSchemas1"
+        elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+    <element name="multipleSchemas1">
+        <simpleType>
+            <restriction base="string">
+                <pattern value="[a-c]+"/>
+            </restriction>
+        </simpleType>
+    </element>
+
+</schema>
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xml b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de67c5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<multipleSchemas2 xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/test/multipleSchemas2">123</multipleSchemas2>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xsd b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6ecc97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/validation/multipleSchemas2.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+        targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws/test/multipleSchemas2"
+        elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+    <element name="multipleSchemas2">
+        <simpleType>
+            <restriction base="string">
+                <pattern value="[1-3]+"/>
+            </restriction>
+        </simpleType>
+    </element>
+
+</schema>