diff --git a/jaxrs-doclet/src/main/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/parser/ApiClassParser.java b/jaxrs-doclet/src/main/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/parser/ApiClassParser.java
index 60d4ba31..8cb8830b 100644
--- a/jaxrs-doclet/src/main/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/parser/ApiClassParser.java
+++ b/jaxrs-doclet/src/main/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/parser/ApiClassParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.collect.Collections2.transform;
 import static com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.parser.AnnotationHelper.parsePath;
 
+
 public class ApiClassParser {
 
     private final DocletOptions options;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public ApiClassParser(DocletOptions options, ClassDoc classDoc, Collection<Class
 
     /**
      * Creates sub-resource class parser.
+     *
      * @param parentMethod method that creates the sub-resource.
      */
     public ApiClassParser(DocletOptions options, ClassDoc classDoc, Collection<ClassDoc> classes, Method parentMethod) {
@@ -55,36 +57,40 @@ public Collection<Api> parse() {
         List<Api> apis = new ArrayList<Api>();
         Map<String, Collection<Method>> apiMethods = new HashMap<String, Collection<Method>>();
 
-        for (MethodDoc method : classDoc.methods()) {
-            ApiMethodParser methodParser = parentMethod == null ?
-                    new ApiMethodParser(options, rootPath, method) :
-                    new ApiMethodParser(options, parentMethod, method);
-            Method parsedMethod = methodParser.parse();
-            if (parsedMethod == null) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (parsedMethod.isSubResource()) {
-                ClassDoc subResourceClassDoc = lookUpClassDoc(method.returnType());
-                if (subResourceClassDoc != null) {
-                    // delete class from the dictionary to handle recursive sub-resources
-                    Collection<ClassDoc> shrunkClasses = new ArrayList<ClassDoc>(classes);
-                    shrunkClasses.remove(classDoc);
-                    // recursively parse the sub-resource class
-                    ApiClassParser subResourceParser = new ApiClassParser(options, subResourceClassDoc, shrunkClasses, parsedMethod);
-                    apis.addAll(subResourceParser.parse());
-                    models.addAll(subResourceParser.models());
+        ClassDoc currentClassDoc = classDoc;
+        while (currentClassDoc != null) {
+            for (MethodDoc method : currentClassDoc.methods()) {
+                ApiMethodParser methodParser = parentMethod == null ?
+                        new ApiMethodParser(options, rootPath, method) :
+                        new ApiMethodParser(options, parentMethod, method);
+                Method parsedMethod = methodParser.parse();
+                if (parsedMethod == null) {
+                    continue;
                 }
-                continue;
-            }
-            models.addAll(methodParser.models());
+                if (parsedMethod.isSubResource()) {
+                    ClassDoc subResourceClassDoc = lookUpClassDoc(method.returnType());
+                    if (subResourceClassDoc != null) {
+                        // delete class from the dictionary to handle recursive sub-resources
+                        Collection<ClassDoc> shrunkClasses = new ArrayList<ClassDoc>(classes);
+                        shrunkClasses.remove(currentClassDoc);
+                        // recursively parse the sub-resource class
+                        ApiClassParser subResourceParser = new ApiClassParser(options, subResourceClassDoc, shrunkClasses, parsedMethod);
+                        apis.addAll(subResourceParser.parse());
+                        models.addAll(subResourceParser.models());
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                models.addAll(methodParser.models());
 
-            String realPath = parsedMethod.getPath();
-            Collection<Method> matchingMethods = apiMethods.get(realPath);
-            if (matchingMethods == null) {
-                matchingMethods = new ArrayList<Method>();
-                apiMethods.put(realPath, matchingMethods);
+                String realPath = parsedMethod.getPath();
+                Collection<Method> matchingMethods = apiMethods.get(realPath);
+                if (matchingMethods == null) {
+                    matchingMethods = new ArrayList<Method>();
+                    apiMethods.put(realPath, matchingMethods);
+                }
+                matchingMethods.add(parsedMethod);
             }
-            matchingMethods.add(parsedMethod);
+            currentClassDoc = currentClassDoc.superclass();
         }
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, Collection<Method>> apiEntries : apiMethods.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/apidocs/InheritanceTest.java b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/apidocs/InheritanceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b61637f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/java/com/hypnoticocelot/jaxrs/doclet/apidocs/InheritanceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.apidocs;
+
+import com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.DocletOptions;
+import com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.Recorder;
+import com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.model.ApiDeclaration;
+import com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.parser.JaxRsAnnotationParser;
+import com.sun.javadoc.RootDoc;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static com.hypnoticocelot.jaxrs.doclet.apidocs.FixtureLoader.loadFixture;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+
+public class InheritanceTest {
+    private Recorder recorderMock;
+    private DocletOptions options;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        recorderMock = mock(Recorder.class);
+        options = new DocletOptions().setRecorder(recorderMock);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStart() throws IOException {
+        final RootDoc rootDoc = RootDocLoader.fromPath("src/test/resources", "fixtures.inheritance");
+        new JaxRsAnnotationParser(options, rootDoc).run();
+
+        final ApiDeclaration api = loadFixture("/fixtures/inheritance/concrete.json", ApiDeclaration.class);
+        verify(recorderMock).record(any(File.class), eq(api));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/AbstractResource.java b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/AbstractResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54b69ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/AbstractResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package fixtures.inheritance;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+
+
+public abstract class AbstractResource {
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("{id}")
+    public String getById(@PathParam("id") String id) {
+        return getResourceById(id);
+    }
+
+    protected abstract String getResourceById(String id);
+}
diff --git a/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/ConcreteResource.java b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/ConcreteResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25823bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/ConcreteResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package fixtures.inheritance;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+
+
+@Path("/foo")
+public class ConcreteResource extends AbstractResource {
+
+    @GET
+    @Path("bar")
+    public String bar() {
+        return "bar";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getResourceById(String id) {
+        return "Concrete Resource with id " + id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/concrete.json b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/concrete.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c207bd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaxrs-doclet/src/test/resources/fixtures/inheritance/concrete.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+    "apiVersion": "0",
+    "swaggerVersion": "1.1",
+    "basePath": "http://localhost:8080",
+    "resourcePath": "/foo",
+    "apis": [
+        {
+            "path": "/foo/bar",
+            "description": "",
+            "operations": [
+                {
+                    "httpMethod": "GET",
+                    "nickname": "bar",
+                    "responseClass": "string"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "path": "/foo/{id}",
+            "description": "",
+            "operations": [
+                {
+                    "httpMethod": "GET",
+                    "nickname": "getById",
+                    "responseClass": "string",
+                    "parameters": [
+                        {
+                            "paramType": "path",
+                            "name": "id",
+                            "dataType": "string"
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}