diff --git a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChainedValidationTester.cs b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChainedValidationTester.cs
index 612f21e10..3796852a9 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChainedValidationTester.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChainedValidationTester.cs
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ public class ChainedValidationTester {
 		[Fact]
 		public void Separate_validation_on_chained_property() {
 			var validator = new DepartmentValidator();
-			var result = validator.Validate(new Department
-			{
+			var result = validator.Validate(new Department {
 				Manager = new Person(),
 				Assistant = new Person()
 			});
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ public class ChainedValidationTester {
 			var validator = new InlineValidator<Person>();
 			validator.RuleFor(x => x.Address).SetValidator(addressValidator, ruleSets: "ruleset1");
 
-			var result = validator.Validate(new Person {Address = new Address()});
+			var result = validator.Validate(new Person { Address = new Address() });
 			result.Errors.Count.ShouldEqual(1);
 			result.Errors[0].PropertyName.ShouldEqual("Address.Line1");
 		}
diff --git a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChildRulesTests.cs b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChildRulesTests.cs
index 36308c71a..f6851eb38 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChildRulesTests.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation.Tests/ChildRulesTests.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 namespace FluentValidation.Tests {
+	using FluentValidation.Results;
 	using System.Collections.Generic;
 	using Xunit;
 
@@ -33,11 +34,13 @@ public class ChildRulesTests {
 				order.RuleFor(x => x.Amount).GreaterThan(0);
 			});
 
-			var result = validator.Validate(new Person {Orders = new List<Order> {
+			var result = validator.Validate(new Person {
+				Orders = new List<Order> {
 				new Order { ProductName = null, Amount = 10 },
 				new Order { ProductName = "foo", Amount = 0},
 				new Order { ProductName = "foo", Amount = 10 }
-			}});
+			}
+			});
 
 			result.Errors.Count.ShouldEqual(2);
 			result.Errors[0].PropertyName.ShouldEqual("Orders[0].ProductName");
@@ -71,7 +74,24 @@ public class ChildRulesTests {
 			result.Errors.Count.ShouldEqual(0);
 		}
 
-		private class RulesetChildRulesValidator : AbstractValidator<Person>  {
+		[Fact]
+		public void ChildRules_works_with_SetValidator_and_RuleSet() {
+			var validator = new RulesetChildValidatorRulesValidator();
+
+			// If the validator inside a child rule specifies a rule set "b",
+			// the rules inside the rule set "b" should not be used for the validation
+			// if the validation context specified the ruleset "a"
+			var result = validator.Validate(new Person {
+				Orders = new List<Order> {
+					new Order()
+				}
+			}, options => options.IncludeRuleSets("a"));
+
+			result.Errors.Count.ShouldEqual(1);
+			result.Errors[0].PropertyName.ShouldEqual("Surname");
+		}
+
+		private class RulesetChildRulesValidator : AbstractValidator<Person> {
 			public RulesetChildRulesValidator() {
 				RuleSet("testing", () => {
 					RuleFor(a => a.Surname).NotEmpty();
@@ -81,5 +101,26 @@ private class RulesetChildRulesValidator : AbstractValidator<Person>  {
 				});
 			}
 		}
+
+		private class RulesetChildValidatorRulesValidator : AbstractValidator<Person> {
+			public RulesetChildValidatorRulesValidator() {
+				RuleSet("a, b", () => {
+					RuleFor(x => x.Surname).NotEmpty();
+					RuleFor(x => x).ChildRules(child => {
+						child.RuleForEach(o => o.Orders).SetValidator(new RulesetOrderValidator());
+					});
+				});
+			}
+
+			private class RulesetOrderValidator : AbstractValidator<Order> {
+				public RulesetOrderValidator() {
+					RuleSet("b", () => {
+						RuleFor(o => o.ProductName).NotEmpty();
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 }
+
diff --git a/src/FluentValidation/DefaultValidatorExtensions.cs b/src/FluentValidation/DefaultValidatorExtensions.cs
index 3096ab40c..26418a1da 100644
--- a/src/FluentValidation/DefaultValidatorExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/FluentValidation/DefaultValidatorExtensions.cs
@@ -1169,8 +1169,14 @@ public static partial class DefaultValidatorExtensions {
 	public static IRuleBuilderOptions<T, TProperty> ChildRules<T, TProperty>(this IRuleBuilder<T, TProperty> ruleBuilder, Action<InlineValidator<TProperty>> action) {
 		if (action == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(action));
 		var validator = new InlineValidator<TProperty>();
+		var ruleSets = DefaultValidatorOptions.Configurable(ruleBuilder).RuleSets;
 		action(validator);
-		return ruleBuilder.SetValidator(validator, "*");
+		foreach(var rule in validator.Rules) {
+			if (rule.RuleSets == null) {
+				rule.RuleSets = ruleSets;
+			}
+		}
+		return ruleBuilder.SetValidator(validator);
 	}
 
 	/// <summary>