diff --git a/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts b/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
index 98f0f8cfb..5296cd3b0 100644
--- a/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
+++ b/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import type {CodeKeywordDefinition, AnySchemaObject, KeywordErrorDefinition} from "../../types"
+import type {AnySchemaObject, CodeKeywordDefinition, KeywordErrorDefinition} from "../../types"
 import type {KeywordCxt} from "../../compile/validate"
 import {_, getProperty, Name} from "../../compile/codegen"
-import {DiscrError, DiscrErrorObj} from "../discriminator/types"
+import {DiscrError, DiscrErrorObj} from "./types"
 import {resolveRef, SchemaEnv} from "../../compile"
 import {schemaHasRulesButRef} from "../../compile/util"
 
@@ -69,18 +69,46 @@ const def: CodeKeywordDefinition = {
           sch = resolveRef.call(it.self, it.schemaEnv.root, it.baseId, sch?.$ref)
           if (sch instanceof SchemaEnv) sch = sch.schema
         }
-        const propSch = sch?.properties?.[tagName]
-        if (typeof propSch != "object") {
+        let propSch = sch?.properties?.[tagName]
+        let hasSubSchRequired = false
+        if (!propSch && sch?.allOf) {
+          const {hasRequired, propertyObject} = mapDiscriminatorFromAllOf(propSch, sch)
+          hasSubSchRequired = hasRequired
+          propSch = propertyObject
+        }
+        if (!propSch || typeof propSch != "object") {
           throw new Error(
             `discriminator: oneOf subschemas (or referenced schemas) must have "properties/${tagName}"`
           )
         }
-        tagRequired = tagRequired && (topRequired || hasRequired(sch))
+        tagRequired = tagRequired && (topRequired || hasRequired(sch) || hasSubSchRequired)
         addMappings(propSch, i)
       }
       if (!tagRequired) throw new Error(`discriminator: "${tagName}" must be required`)
       return oneOfMapping
 
+      function mapDiscriminatorFromAllOf(
+        propSch: any,
+        sch: any
+      ): {hasRequired: boolean; propertyObject: any} {
+        let subSchObj: any = null
+        for (const subSch of sch.allOf) {
+          if (subSch?.properties) {
+            propSch = subSch.properties[tagName]
+            subSchObj = subSch
+          } else if (subSch?.$ref) {
+            subSchObj = resolveRef.call(it.self, it.schemaEnv.root, it.baseId, subSch.$ref)
+            if (subSchObj instanceof SchemaEnv) subSchObj = subSchObj.schema
+            propSch = subSchObj?.properties?.[tagName]
+          }
+          if (propSch) {
+            //found discriminator mapping in one of the allOf objects, stop searching
+            return {hasRequired: hasRequired(subSchObj), propertyObject: propSch}
+          }
+        }
+        return {hasRequired: false, propertyObject: null}
+      }
+
       function hasRequired({required}: AnySchemaObject): boolean {
         return Array.isArray(required) && required.includes(tagName)
       }
diff --git a/spec/discriminator.spec.ts b/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
index 28ff12146..2522c4383 100644
--- a/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,84 @@ describe("discriminator keyword", function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("validation with referenced schemas and allOf", () => {
+    const definitions = {
+      baseObject: {
+        properties: {
+          base: {type: "string"},
+        },
+        required: ["base"],
+      },
+      schema1: {
+        properties: {
+          foo: {const: "x"},
+          a: {type: "string"},
+        },
+        required: ["foo", "a"],
+      },
+      schema2: {
+        properties: {
+          foo: {enum: ["y", "w"]},
+          b: {type: "string"},
+        },
+        required: ["foo", "b"],
+      },
+      schema1Object: {
+        allOf: [
+          {
+            $ref: "#/definitions/baseObject",
+          },
+          {
+            $ref: "#/definitions/schema1",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    }
+    const mainSchema = {
+      type: "object",
+      discriminator: {propertyName: "foo"},
+      oneOf: [
+        {
+          //referenced allOf
+          $ref: "#/definitions/schema1Object",
+        },
+        {
+          //inline allOf
+          allOf: [
+            {
+              $ref: "#/definitions/baseObject",
+            },
+            {
+              $ref: "#/definitions/schema2",
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          //plain object
+          properties: {
+            base: {type: "string"},
+            foo: {const: "z"},
+            c: {type: "string"},
+          },
+          required: ["base", "foo", "c"],
+        },
+      ],
+    }
+
+    const schema = [{definitions: definitions, ...mainSchema}]
+
+    it("should validate data", () => {
+      assertValid(schema, {foo: "x", a: "a", base: "base"})
+      assertValid(schema, {foo: "y", b: "b", base: "base"})
+      assertValid(schema, {foo: "z", c: "c", base: "base"})
+      assertInvalid(schema, {})
+      assertInvalid(schema, {foo: 1})
+      assertInvalid(schema, {foo: "bar"})
+      assertInvalid(schema, {foo: "x", b: "b"})
+      assertInvalid(schema, {foo: "y", a: "a"})
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("validation with deeply referenced schemas", () => {
     const schema = [
       {