diff --git a/src/base-validators/oneOf.ts b/src/base-validators/oneOf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23fe12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/base-validators/oneOf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { JSONSchemaObject } from "@json-schema-tools/meta-schema";
+
+export class OneOfValidationError implements Error {
+  public name = "OneOfValidationError";
+  public message: string;
+
+  constructor(schema: JSONSchemaObject, data: any, reason: string) {
+    this.message = [
+      "invalid oneOf",
+      `reason: ${reason}`,
+    ].join("\n");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index fe781bc..df08f9b 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import validator, { ValidationErrors } from "./";
 import { JSONSchema } from "@json-schema-tools/meta-schema";
 import { ObjectValidationError } from "./base-validators/object";
 import { NumberValidationError } from "./base-validators/number";
+import { StringValidationError } from "./base-validators/string";
+import { OneOfValidationError } from "./base-validators/oneOf";
 
 describe("validator", () => {
   it("is a function", () => {
@@ -180,4 +182,82 @@ describe("validator", () => {
       expect(result).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("oneOf", () => {
+    it("validates when data matches exactly one branch", () => {
+      expect(validator({ oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number" }] } as any, "potato")).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("validates when data matches exactly one branch including null", () => {
+      expect(validator({ oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "null" }] } as any, null)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("errors when data matches more than one branch", () => {
+      const result = validator({ oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, {}] } as any, "potato") as any;
+
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(ValidationErrors);
+      expect(result.errors.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.errors[0]).toBeInstanceOf(OneOfValidationError);
+      expect(result.errors[0].message).toContain("but 2 matched");
+    });
+
+    it("errors when data matches no branches", () => {
+      const result = validator({ oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number" }] } as any, true) as any;
+
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(ValidationErrors);
+      expect(result.errors.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.errors[0]).toBeInstanceOf(OneOfValidationError);
+      expect(result.errors[0].message).toContain("but 0 matched");
+    });
+
+    it("supports oneOf nested inside an object property", () => {
+      const testSchema = {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          foo: { oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number" }] },
+        },
+      } as JSONSchema;
+
+      expect(validator(testSchema, { foo: "potato" })).toBe(true);
+
+      const result = validator(testSchema, { foo: true }) as any;
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(ValidationErrors);
+      expect(result.errors[0]).toBeInstanceOf(OneOfValidationError);
+    });
+
+    it("supports oneOf nested inside a oneOf branch", () => {
+      const testSchema = {
+        oneOf: [
+          { oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "integer" }] },
+          { type: "array" },
+        ],
+      } as JSONSchema;
+
+      expect(validator(testSchema, "potato")).toBe(true);
+      expect(validator(testSchema, [1, 2])).toBe(true);
+
+      const result = validator(testSchema, 1.5) as any;
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(ValidationErrors);
+      expect(result.errors[0]).toBeInstanceOf(OneOfValidationError);
+    });
+
+    it("still validates a data property literally named oneOf", () => {
+      const testSchema = {
+        oneOf: [{ type: "string" }, { type: "number" }],
+        properties: {
+          oneOf: { type: "string" },
+        },
+      } as JSONSchema;
+
+      // the real oneOf is satisfied and the property named "oneOf" is a string
+      expect(validator(testSchema, "potato")).toBe(true);
+
+      // the property literally named "oneOf" is validated (not skipped as a branch)
+      const result = validator(testSchema, true) as any;
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(ValidationErrors);
+      expect(result.errors.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(result.errors[0]).toBeInstanceOf(StringValidationError);
+      expect(result.errors[1]).toBeInstanceOf(OneOfValidationError);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5c4dada..91c766a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import NumberValidator, { NumberValidationError } from "./base-validators/number
 import IntegerValidator, { IntegerValidationError } from "./base-validators/integer";
 import ObjectValidator, { ObjectValidationError } from "./base-validators/object";
 import ArrayValidator, { ArrayValidationError } from "./base-validators/array";
+import { OneOfValidationError } from "./base-validators/oneOf";
 
 import traverse from "@json-schema-tools/traverse";
 import jsonpath from "jsonpath";
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ type ValidationError =
   IntegerValidationError |
   NumberValidationError |
   ObjectValidationError |
-  ArrayValidationError;
+  ArrayValidationError |
+  OneOfValidationError;
 
 export class ValidationErrors implements Error {
   public name = "ValidationErrors";
@@ -62,6 +64,20 @@ const validateItem = (schema: JSONSchema, data: any): true | ValidationError[] =
     }
   }
 
+  if (typeof schema !== "boolean" && schema.oneOf !== undefined) {
+    const matched = schema.oneOf
+      .filter((subschema) => validateItem(subschema, data) === true)
+      .length;
+
+    if (matched !== 1) {
+      errors.push(new OneOfValidationError(
+        schema,
+        data,
+        `expected data to match exactly one schema in oneOf, but ${matched} matched`,
+      ));
+    }
+  }
+
   if (errors.length === 0) {
     return true;
   }
@@ -122,6 +138,15 @@ const validator = (schema: JSONSchema, data: any): true | ValidationErrors => {
   let errors: ValidationError[] = [];
 
   traverse(schema, (ss, isCycle, path) => {
+    // Subschemas beneath a oneOf keyword (e.g. `$.oneOf[0]`, `$.properties.foo.oneOf[1]`)
+    // are validated recursively by validateItem at the oneOf schema itself. Validating
+    // them here would check each branch against the parent schema's data, producing
+    // false errors. A data property literally named "oneOf" (e.g. `$.properties.oneOf`)
+    // carries no bracket index, so it is still validated here.
+    if (/(^|\.)oneOf\[\d+\]/.test(path)) {
+      return ss;
+    }
+
     const regularPath = schemaPathToRegularPath(path);
     let reffed = data;
     if (data instanceof Object) {