diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index bd43ca683..c6e7f0c4c 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import { createSpectral } from './spectral';
 import type { Spectral } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
 import type { ParseOptions, ParseOutput } from './parse';
 import type { ValidateOptions } from './validate';
+import type { ResolverOptions } from './resolver';
 import type { SchemaParser } from './schema-parser';
 import type { Diagnostic, Input } from './types';
 
 export interface ParserOptions {
   schemaParsers?: Array<SchemaParser>;
+  __unstableResolver?: ResolverOptions;
 }
 
 export class Parser {
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ export class Parser {
   constructor(
     private readonly options: ParserOptions = {}
   ) {
-    this.spectral = createSpectral(this);
+    this.spectral = createSpectral(this, options);
     this.registerSchemaParser(AsyncAPISchemaParser());
     this.options.schemaParsers?.forEach(parser => this.registerSchemaParser(parser));
   }
diff --git a/src/resolver.ts b/src/resolver.ts
index a207c9e8a..fa8576de6 100644
--- a/src/resolver.ts
+++ b/src/resolver.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,81 @@
-import { Resolver as SpectralResolver } from '@stoplight/json-ref-resolver';
+import { Resolver as SpectralResolver } from '@stoplight/spectral-ref-resolver';
 import { resolveFile, resolveHttp } from '@stoplight/json-ref-readers';
 
+import type Uri from 'urijs';
+
 export interface Resolver {
+  schema: 'file' | 'http' | 'https' | string;
   order?: number;
-  canRead?: boolean | ((input: ResolverInput) => boolean); 
-  read: (input: ResolverInput) => string | Buffer | Promise<string | Buffer>;
+  canRead?: boolean | ((uri: Uri, ctx?: any) => boolean); 
+  read: (uri: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | undefined | Promise<string | undefined>;
 }
 
-export interface ResolverInput {
-  url: string;
-  extension: string;
+export interface ResolverOptions {
+  resolvers?: Array<Resolver>;
 }
 
-interface ResolverOptions {
-  resolvers: Array<Resolver>;
-}
+export function createResolver(options: ResolverOptions = {}): SpectralResolver {
+  const availableResolvers: Array<Resolver> = [
+    ...createDefaultResolvers(),
+    ...(options?.resolvers || [])
+  ].map(r => ({ 
+    ...r,
+    order: r.order || Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+    canRead: typeof r.canRead === 'undefined' ? true: r.canRead, 
+  }));
+  const availableSchemas = [...new Set(availableResolvers.map(r => r.schema))];
+  const resolvers = availableSchemas.reduce((acc, schema) => {
+    acc[schema] = { resolve: createSchemaResolver(schema, availableResolvers) };
+    return acc;
+  }, {} as Record<string, { resolve: (uri: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | Promise<string> }>);
 
-export function createResolver(options?: ResolverOptions): SpectralResolver {
   return new SpectralResolver({
-    resolvers: {
-      https: { resolve: resolveHttp },
-      http: { resolve: resolveHttp },
-      file: { resolve: resolveFile },
-    },
+    resolvers: resolvers as any,
   });
 }
 
-export function createFileResolver() {
+function createDefaultResolvers(): Array<Resolver> {
+  return [
+    {
+      schema: 'file',
+      read: resolveFile as (input: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | Promise<string>,
+    },
+    {
+      schema: 'https',
+      read: resolveHttp as (input: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | Promise<string>,
+    },
+    {
+      schema: 'http',
+      read: resolveHttp as (input: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | Promise<string>,
+    },
+  ]
+}
+
+function createSchemaResolver(schema: string, allResolvers: Array<Resolver>): (uri: Uri, ctx?: any) => string | Promise<string> {
+  const resolvers = allResolvers.filter(r => r.schema === schema).sort((a, b) => { return (a.order as number) - (b.order as number); });
+  return async (uri, ctx) => {
+    let result: string | undefined = undefined;
+    let lastError: Error | undefined;
+    for (const resolver of resolvers) {
+      try {
+        if (!canRead(resolver, uri, ctx)) continue;
 
+        result = await resolver.read(uri, ctx);
+        if (typeof result === 'string') {
+          break;
+        }
+      } catch(e: any) {
+        lastError = e;
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+    if (typeof result !== 'string') {
+      throw lastError || new Error(`None of the available resolvers for "${schema}" can resolve the given reference.`);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
 }
 
-export function createHttpResolver() {
-  
+function canRead(resolver: Resolver, uri: Uri, ctx?: any) {
+  return typeof resolver.canRead === 'function' ? resolver.canRead(uri, ctx) : resolver.canRead;
 }
diff --git a/src/spectral.ts b/src/spectral.ts
index 7155ff2ac..214ae8baa 100644
--- a/src/spectral.ts
+++ b/src/spectral.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 import { Spectral, createRulesetFunction } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
 import aasRuleset from '@stoplight/spectral-rulesets/dist/asyncapi';
 
+import { createResolver } from './resolver';
 import { asyncApi2SchemaParserRule } from './schema-parser/spectral-rule-v2';
 import { specVersions } from './constants';
 import { isObject } from './utils';
 
 import type { RuleDefinition, RulesetDefinition } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
-import type { Parser } from './parser';
+import type { Parser, ParserOptions } from './parser';
 import type { MaybeAsyncAPI } from './types';
 
-export function createSpectral(parser: Parser): Spectral {
+export function createSpectral(parser: Parser, options: ParserOptions): Spectral {
+  const spectral = new Spectral({ resolver: createResolver(options.__unstableResolver) });
   const ruleset = configureRuleset(parser);
-  const spectral = new Spectral();
   spectral.setRuleset(ruleset);
   return spectral;
 }
diff --git a/src/stringify.ts b/src/stringify.ts
index 95d3c253b..4797d9549 100644
--- a/src/stringify.ts
+++ b/src/stringify.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ export function copy(data: Record<string, any>) {
   return unstringifiedData;
 }
 
+export function unfreeze(data: Record<string, any>) {
+  const stringifiedData = JSON.stringify(data, refReplacer());
+  const unstringifiedData = JSON.parse(stringifiedData);
+  traverseStringifiedDoc(unstringifiedData, undefined, unstringifiedData, new Map(), new Map());
+  return unstringifiedData;
+}
+
 function refReplacer() {
   const modelPaths = new Map();
   const paths = new Map();
diff --git a/test/mocks/simple-message.yaml b/test/mocks/simple-message.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14ef70324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mocks/simple-message.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+payload:
+  type: object
+  properties:
+    someProperty:
+      type: string
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/resolver.spec.ts b/test/resolver.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d9586ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resolver.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import { AsyncAPIDocumentV2 } from '../src/models';
+import { Parser } from '../src/parser';
+import { parse } from '../src/parse';
+
+describe('custom resolver', function() {
+  it('should resolve document references', async function() {
+    const parser = new Parser();
+
+    const document = {
+      asyncapi: '2.0.0',
+      info: {
+        title: 'Valid AsyncApi document',
+        version: '1.0',
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          publish: {
+            operationId: 'publish',
+            message: {
+              $ref: '#/components/messages/message'
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      },
+      components: {
+        messages: {
+          message: {
+            payload: {
+              type: 'string'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    const { parsed } = await parse(parser, document);
+    
+    expect(parsed).toBeInstanceOf(AsyncAPIDocumentV2);
+    const refMessage = parsed?.channels().get('channel')?.operations().get('publish')?.messages()[0];
+    expect(refMessage?.json()).not.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(refMessage?.json() === parsed?.components().messages().get('message')?.json()).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve file references', async function() {
+    const parser = new Parser();
+
+    const document = {
+      asyncapi: '2.0.0',
+      info: {
+        title: 'Valid AsyncApi document',
+        version: '1.0',
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          publish: {
+            operationId: 'publish',
+            message: {
+              $ref: './mocks/simple-message.yaml'
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      },
+    }
+    const { parsed } = await parse(parser, document, { validateOptions: { path: __filename } });
+    
+    expect(parsed).toBeInstanceOf(AsyncAPIDocumentV2);
+    const refMessage = parsed?.channels().get('channel')?.operations().get('publish')?.messages()[0];
+    expect(refMessage?.json()).not.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(refMessage?.json('$ref')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve http references', async function() {
+    const parser = new Parser();
+
+    const document = {
+      asyncapi: '2.0.0',
+      info: {
+        title: 'Valid AsyncApi document',
+        version: '1.0',
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          publish: {
+            operationId: 'publish',
+            message: {
+              $ref: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/asyncapi/spec/v2.0.0/examples/2.0.0/streetlights.yml#/components/messages/lightMeasured'
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      },
+    }
+    const { parsed } = await parse(parser, document);
+    
+    expect(parsed).toBeInstanceOf(AsyncAPIDocumentV2); // we should have parsed document
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve custom protocols', async function() {
+    const parser = new Parser({
+      __unstableResolver: {
+        resolvers: [
+          {
+            schema: 'customProtocol',
+            read(uri) {
+              if (uri.path() === '/someRef') {
+                return '{"someRef": "value"}';
+              }
+              return '{"anotherRef": "value"}';
+            },
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    });
+
+    const document = {
+      asyncapi: '2.0.0',
+      info: {
+        title: 'Valid AsyncApi document',
+        version: '1.0',
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          publish: {
+            operationId: 'publish',
+            message: {
+              payload: {
+                $ref: 'customProtocol:///someRef'
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          subscribe: {
+            operationId: 'subscribe',
+            message: {
+              payload: {
+                $ref: 'customProtocol:///anotherRef'
+              }
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      },
+    }
+    const { parsed } = await parse(parser, document);
+    
+    expect(parsed).toBeInstanceOf(AsyncAPIDocumentV2);
+    const someRef = parsed?.channels().get('channel')?.operations().get('publish')?.messages()[0]?.payload();
+    expect(someRef?.json()).toEqual({ someRef: 'value' });
+    expect(someRef?.json('$ref')).toBeUndefined();
+    const anotherRef = parsed?.channels().get('channel')?.operations().get('subscribe')?.messages()[0]?.payload();
+    expect(anotherRef?.json()).toEqual({ anotherRef: 'value' });
+    expect(anotherRef?.json('$ref')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});