diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a244189c..42698fc2 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "traverse": "0.6.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "ajv": "4.9.2",
     "babel-cli": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.17.0",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
diff --git a/src/new.js b/src/new.js
index 5eb284b4..92a1f093 100755
--- a/src/new.js
+++ b/src/new.js
@@ -316,6 +316,64 @@ export const isNot = (predicate) => {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Validate JSON object using ajv (synchronous)
+ *
+ * @param {Object} schema - json schema (//github.com/json-schema/json-schema)
+ * @param {Function} Ajv - import Ajv from 'ajv'
+ * @param {Object?} options - ajv options
+ *    addNewError optional  reducing function (previousErrs, ajvError, itemsLen, index)
+ *                          to format err.errors in the thrown error
+ *                default   addNewErrorDflt returns an array of error messages.
+ * @returns {undefined}
+ * @throws if hook does not match the schema. err.errors contains the error messages.
+ *
+ * Tutorial: //code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/validating-data-with-json-schema-part-1--cms-25343
+ */
+export const validateSchema = (schema, Ajv, options = { allErrors: true }) => {
+  const addNewError = options.addNewError || addNewErrorDflt;
+  delete options.addNewError;
+  const validate = new Ajv(options).compile(schema); // for fastest execution
+
+  return hook => {
+    const items = getItems(hook);
+    const itemsArray = Array.isArray(items) ? items : [items];
+    const itemsLen = itemsArray.length;
+    let errorMessages;
+    let invalid = false;
+
+    itemsArray.forEach((item, index) => {
+      if (!validate(item)) {
+        invalid = true;
+
+        validate.errors.forEach(ajvError => {
+          errorMessages = addNewError(errorMessages, ajvError, itemsLen, index);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (invalid) {
+      throw new errors.BadRequest('Invalid schema', { errors: errorMessages });
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+function addNewErrorDflt (errorMessages, ajvError, itemsLen, index) {
+  const leader = itemsLen === 1 ? '' : `in row ${index + 1} of ${itemsLen}, `;
+  let message;
+
+  if (ajvError.dataPath) {
+    message = `'${leader}${ajvError.dataPath.substring(1)}' ${ajvError.message}`;
+  } else {
+    message = `${leader}${ajvError.message}`;
+    if (ajvError.params && ajvError.params.additionalProperty) {
+      message += `: '${ajvError.params.additionalProperty}'`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (errorMessages || []).concat(message);
+}
+
+/*
  * Traverse objects and modifies values in place
  *
  * @param {function} converter - conversion function(node).
diff --git a/test/validateSchema.test.js b/test/validateSchema.test.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ba5fefc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validateSchema.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+if (!global._babelPolyfill) { require('babel-polyfill'); }
+
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { validateSchema } from '../src/new';
+import Ajv from 'ajv';
+
+describe('validateSchema', () => {
+  let hookBefore;
+  let hookBeforeArray;
+  let schema;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    hookBefore = {
+      type: 'before',
+      method: 'create',
+      params: { provider: 'rest' },
+      data: { first: 'John', last: 'Doe' }
+    };
+    hookBeforeArray = {
+      type: 'before',
+      method: 'create',
+      params: { provider: 'rest' },
+      data: [
+        { first: 'John', last: 'Doe' },
+        { first: 'Jane', last: 'Doe' },
+        { first: 'Joe', last: 'Doe' }
+      ]
+    };
+    schema = {
+      'properties': {
+        'first': { 'type': 'string' },
+        'last': { 'type': 'string' }
+      },
+      'required': ['first', 'last']
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('works with valid single item', () => {
+    validateSchema(schema, Ajv)(hookBefore);
+  });
+
+  it('works with array of valid items', () => {
+    validateSchema(schema, Ajv)(hookBeforeArray);
+  });
+
+  it('fails with in valid single item', () => {
+    hookBefore.data = { first: 1 };
+
+    try {
+      validateSchema(schema, Ajv)(hookBefore);
+      assert.fail(true, false, 'test succeeds unexpectedly');
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert.deepEqual(err.errors, [
+        '\'first\' should be string',
+        'should have required property \'last\''
+      ]);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fails with array of invalid items', () => {
+    hookBeforeArray.data[0] = { first: 1 };
+    delete hookBeforeArray.data[2].last;
+
+    try {
+      validateSchema(schema, Ajv)(hookBeforeArray);
+      assert.fail(true, false, 'test succeeds unexpectedly');
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert.deepEqual(err.errors, [
+        "'in row 1 of 3, first' should be string",
+        "in row 1 of 3, should have required property 'last'",
+        "in row 3 of 3, should have required property 'last'"
+      ]);
+    }
+  });
+});