diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Schema.java b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Schema.java
index f849e35bf..225c74c95 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Schema.java
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Schema.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class Schema {
     private JsonNode content;
     private JType javaType;
 
-    protected Schema(URI id, JsonNode content) {
+    public Schema(URI id, JsonNode content) {
         this.id = id;
         this.content = content;
     }
diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/SchemaStore.java b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/SchemaStore.java
index cd728dad8..e2c1733ff 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/SchemaStore.java
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/SchemaStore.java
@@ -80,15 +80,24 @@ public Schema create(Schema parent, String path) {
         if (path.equals("#")) {
             return parent;
         }
-
+        
         path = stripEnd(path, "#?&/");
 
         URI id = (parent == null || parent.getId() == null) ? URI.create(path) : parent.getId().resolve(path);
 
+        if (selfReferenceWithoutParentFile(parent, path)) {
+            schemas.put(id, new Schema(id, fragmentResolver.resolve(parent.getContent(), path)));
+            return schemas.get(id);
+        }
+        
         return create(id);
 
     }
 
+    private boolean selfReferenceWithoutParentFile(Schema parent, String path) {
+        return parent != null && parent.getId() == null && path.startsWith("#/");
+    }
+
     public synchronized void clearCache() {
         schemas.clear();
     }
diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/integration/ref/FragmentRefIT.java b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/integration/ref/FragmentRefIT.java
index 1bdec0400..1eeeeb280 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/integration/ref/FragmentRefIT.java
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/integration/ref/FragmentRefIT.java
@@ -16,13 +16,22 @@
 
 package org.jsonschema2pojo.integration.ref;
 
-import static org.jsonschema2pojo.integration.util.CodeGenerationHelper.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.jsonschema2pojo.integration.util.CodeGenerationHelper.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.jsonschema2pojo.Schema;
+import org.jsonschema2pojo.rules.RuleFactory;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.sun.codemodel.JCodeModel;
+import com.sun.codemodel.JPackage;
+
 public class FragmentRefIT {
 
     private static Class<?> fragmentRefsClass;
@@ -53,5 +62,14 @@ public void refToFragmentOfAnotherSchemaIsReadSuccessfully() throws NoSuchMethod
         assertThat(aClass.getName(), is("com.example.AdditionalPropertyValue"));
 
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void selfRefWithoutParentFile() throws IOException {
+        JCodeModel codeModel = new JCodeModel();
+        JsonNode schema = new ObjectMapper().readTree("{\"type\":\"object\", \"properties\":{\"a\":{\"$ref\":\"#/b\"}}, \"b\":\"string\"}");
+        
+        JPackage p = codeModel._package("com.example");
+        new RuleFactory().getSchemaRule().apply("Example", schema, p, new Schema(null, schema));
+    }
 
 }
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