diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/OpenAPIV3Parser.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/OpenAPIV3Parser.java
index 58e9201f1f..2dffb33439 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/OpenAPIV3Parser.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/OpenAPIV3Parser.java
@@ -197,19 +197,36 @@ public SwaggerParseResult readContents(String swaggerAsString, List<Authorizatio
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Locates extensions on the current thread class loader and then, if it differs
+     * from this class classloader (as in OSGi), locates extensions from this
+     * class classloader as well.
+     * 
+     * @return a list of extensions
+     */
     protected List<SwaggerParserExtension> getExtensions() {
+        ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        List<SwaggerParserExtension> extensions = getExtensions(tccl);
+        ClassLoader cl = SwaggerParserExtension.class.getClassLoader();
+        if (cl != tccl) {
+            extensions.addAll(getExtensions(cl));
+        }
+        extensions.add(0, new OpenAPIV3Parser());
+        return extensions;
+    }
+
+    protected List<SwaggerParserExtension> getExtensions(ClassLoader cl) {
         List<SwaggerParserExtension> extensions = new ArrayList<>();
 
-        ServiceLoader<SwaggerParserExtension> loader = ServiceLoader.load(SwaggerParserExtension.class);
+        ServiceLoader<SwaggerParserExtension> loader = ServiceLoader.load(SwaggerParserExtension.class, cl);
         Iterator<SwaggerParserExtension> itr = loader.iterator();
         while (itr.hasNext()) {
             extensions.add(itr.next());
         }
-        extensions.add(0, new OpenAPIV3Parser());
         return extensions;
     }
 
-    /**
+   /**
      * Transform the swagger-model version of AuthorizationValue into a parser-specific one, to avoid
      * dependencies across extensions
      *
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/test/OpenAPIV3ParserTest.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/test/OpenAPIV3ParserTest.java
index 7e2eb2d52b..ab02650f62 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/test/OpenAPIV3ParserTest.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/test/OpenAPIV3ParserTest.java
@@ -1803,6 +1803,23 @@ public void shouldParseExternalSchemaModelHavingReferenceToItsLocalModel() {
         assertThat(((Schema) modelSchema.getProperties().get("id")).get$ref(), equalTo("#/components/schemas/ValueId"));
     }
 
+
+    @Test(description = "Test that extensions can be found on the class classloader in addition to tccl.")
+    public void testIssue1003_ExtensionsClassloader() {
+        ClassLoader tccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        OpenAPI api = null;
+        try {
+            // Temporarily switch tccl to an unproductive cl
+            final ClassLoader tcclTemp = new java.net.URLClassLoader(new java.net.URL[] {},
+                ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(tcclTemp);
+            api = new OpenAPIV3Parser().read("src/test/resources/test.yaml");
+        } finally {
+            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(tccl);
+        }
+        assertNotNull(api);
+    }
+  
     @Test
     public void shouldParseApiWithMultipleParameterReferences() {
         // given
@@ -1821,6 +1838,7 @@ public void shouldParseApiWithMultipleParameterReferences() {
         assertThat(parameters.get("NameParam").getName(), equalTo("name"));
         
         assertThat(result.getMessages(), equalTo(emptyList()));
+
     }
 
     private static int getDynamicPort() {