diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index e973cf8bdf..7c1af20cbd 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ lazy val rootProject = (project in file("."))
   .aggregate(
     core,
     tapirCats,
+    tapirRefined,
     circeJson,
     playJson,
     sprayJson,
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ lazy val tests: Project = (project in file("tests"))
 
 // cats
 
-lazy val tapirCats: Project = (project in file("cats"))
+lazy val tapirCats: Project = (project in file("integration/cats"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(
     name := "tapir-cats",
@@ -112,6 +113,17 @@ lazy val tapirCats: Project = (project in file("cats"))
   )
   .dependsOn(core)
 
+lazy val tapirRefined: Project = (project in file("integration/refined"))
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "tapir-refined",
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "eu.timepit" %% "refined" % Versions.refined,
+      scalaTest % "test"
+    )
+  )
+  .dependsOn(core)
+
 // json
 
 lazy val circeJson: Project = (project in file("json/circe"))
diff --git a/doc/endpoint/customtypes.md b/doc/endpoint/customtypes.md
index cd63b619af..049c81b79d 100644
--- a/doc/endpoint/customtypes.md
+++ b/doc/endpoint/customtypes.md
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ For example, given following coproduct:
 sealed trait Entity{
   def kind: String
 } 
-case class Person(firstName:String, lastName:String) extends Entity {
-  def kind: String = "person"
+case class Person(firstName:String, lastName:String) extends Entity { def kind: String = "person"
 }
 case class Organization(name: String) extends Entity {
   def kind: String = "org"  
@@ -139,6 +138,18 @@ Non-standard collections can be unwrapped in the modification path by providing
 The `tapir-cats` module contains `Schema[_]` instances for some cats datatypes. See the `tapir.codec.cats.TapirCodecCats` 
 trait or `import sttp.tapir.codec.cats._` to bring the implicit values into scope.
 
+### Schema for refined type
+
+If you use [refined](https://github.com/fthomas/refined), the `tapir-refined` module will provide an implicit codecs for
+`T Refined P` as long as a codecs for `T` already exists.
+It will add a validator to your already existing codecs and just wrap/unwrap the value from/to its refined equivalent.
+Some predicates will bind correctly to the vanilla tapir Validator, while others will bind to a custom validator that
+might not be very clear when reading the generated OpenAPI documentation. Correctly bound predicates can be found in
+`integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefined.scala`.
+If you are not satisfied with the validator generated by `tapir-refined`, you can provide an implicit
+`RefinedValidatorTranslation[T, P]` in scope using  `RefinedValidator.fromPrimitiveValidator' to build it (do not
+hesitate to contribute your work).
+
 ## Next
 
 Read on about [validation](validation.html).
diff --git a/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCats.scala b/integration/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCats.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCats.scala
rename to integration/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCats.scala
diff --git a/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/package.scala b/integration/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/package.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/package.scala
rename to integration/cats/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/package.scala
diff --git a/cats/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCatsTest.scala b/integration/cats/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCatsTest.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from cats/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCatsTest.scala
rename to integration/cats/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/cats/TapirCodecCatsTest.scala
diff --git a/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefined.scala b/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefined.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f106cae2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefined.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package sttp.tapir.codec.refined
+
+import sttp.tapir._
+import eu.timepit.refined.api.{Max, Refined, Validate}
+import eu.timepit.refined.collection.NonEmpty
+import eu.timepit.refined.refineV
+import eu.timepit.refined.string.MatchesRegex
+import eu.timepit.refined.numeric.{Greater, GreaterEqual, Less, LessEqual}
+import shapeless.Witness
+
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+trait RefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P] {
+  def tapirValidator: Validator[V]
+  def listError(value: V, refinedErrorMessage: String): List[ValidationError[_]]
+}
+
+object RefinedValidatorTranslation {
+  def fromPrimitiveValidator[V, P](validator: Validator.Primitive[V]) = new RefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P] {
+    override def tapirValidator: Validator[V] = validator
+    override def listError(value: V, refinedErrorMessage: String): List[ValidationError[_]] = List(ValidationError[V](validator, value))
+  }
+}
+
+trait TapirCodecRefined extends ImplicitGenericRefinedValidator {
+  implicit def codecForRefined[V, P, CF <: CodecFormat, R](implicit tm: Codec[V, CF, R], refinedValidator: Validate[V, P], refinedValidatorTranslation: RefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P]): Codec[V Refined P, CF, R] = {
+    implicitly[Codec[V, CF, R]]
+      .validate(refinedValidatorTranslation.tapirValidator) // in reality if this validator has to fail, it will fail before in mapDecode while trying to construct refined type
+      .mapDecode { v: V =>
+        refineV[P](v) match {
+          case Right(refined) => DecodeResult.Value(refined)
+          case Left(errorMessage) => {
+            DecodeResult.InvalidValue(refinedValidatorTranslation.listError(v, errorMessage))
+          }
+        }
+      }(_.value)
+  }
+
+  implicit val nonEmptyStringRefinedTranslator: RefinedValidatorTranslation[String, NonEmpty] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator[String, NonEmpty](Validator.minLength(1))
+
+  implicit def matchesRegexRefinedTranslator[S <: String](implicit ws: Witness.Aux[S]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[String, MatchesRegex[S]] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator(Validator.pattern(ws.value))
+
+  implicit def lessRefinedTranslator[N: Numeric, NM <: N](implicit ws: Witness.Aux[NM]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[N, Less[NM]] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator(Validator.max(ws.value, exclusive = true))
+
+  implicit def lessEqualRefinedTranslator[N: Numeric, NM <: N](implicit ws: Witness.Aux[NM]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[N, LessEqual[NM]] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator(Validator.max(ws.value, exclusive = false))
+
+  implicit def maxRefinedTranslator[N: Numeric, NM <: N](implicit ws: Witness.Aux[NM]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[N, Greater[NM]] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator(Validator.min(ws.value, exclusive = true))
+
+  implicit def maxEqualRefinedTranslator[N: Numeric, NM <: N](implicit ws: Witness.Aux[NM]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[N, GreaterEqual[NM]] =
+    RefinedValidatorTranslation.fromPrimitiveValidator(Validator.min(ws.value, exclusive = false))
+}
+
+trait ImplicitGenericRefinedValidator {
+  implicit def genericRefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P: ClassTag](implicit refinedValidator: Validate[V, P]): RefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P] = new RefinedValidatorTranslation[V, P] {
+    override val tapirValidator: Validator.Custom[V] = Validator.Custom(
+      refinedValidator.isValid(_),
+      implicitly[ClassTag[P]].runtimeClass.toString) //for the moment there is no way to get a human description of a predicate/validator without having a concrete value to run it
+
+    override def listError(value: V, refinedErrorMessage: String): List[ValidationError[_]] = List(ValidationError[V](tapirValidator.copy(message = refinedErrorMessage), value))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/package.scala b/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/package.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c41822793a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/refined/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/package.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package sttp.tapir.codec
+
+package object refined extends TapirCodecRefined
diff --git a/integration/refined/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefinedTest.scala b/integration/refined/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefinedTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3222175c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/refined/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/codec/refined/TapirCodecRefinedTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package sttp.tapir.codec.refined
+
+import eu.timepit.refined.api.{Max, Refined}
+import eu.timepit.refined.collection.NonEmpty
+import eu.timepit.refined.numeric.{Greater, GreaterEqual, Less, LessEqual}
+import eu.timepit.refined.string.{IPv4, MatchesRegex}
+import eu.timepit.refined.{W, refineMV, refineV}
+import eu.timepit.refined.types.string.NonEmptyString
+import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
+import sttp.tapir.Codec.PlainCodec
+import sttp.tapir.{DecodeResult, ValidationError, Validator}
+
+class TapirCodecRefinedTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers with TapirCodecRefined {
+
+  val nonEmptyStringCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[NonEmptyString]]
+
+
+  "Generated codec" should "return DecodResult.Invalid if subtype can't be refined with correct tapir validator if available" in {
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[String] = Validator.minLength(1)
+    nonEmptyStringCodec.decode("") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, "", _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+
+  it should "correctly delegate to raw parser and refine it" in {
+    nonEmptyStringCodec.decode("vive le fromage") shouldBe DecodeResult.Value(refineMV[NonEmpty]("vive le fromage"))
+  }
+
+  it should "return DecodResult.Invalid if subtype can't be refined with derived tapir validator if non tapir validator available" in {
+    type IPString = String Refined IPv4
+    val IPStringCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[IPString]]
+
+    val expectedMsg = refineV[IPv4]("192.168.0.1000").left.get
+    IPStringCodec.decode("192.168.0.1000") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(Validator.Custom(_, `expectedMsg`), "192.168.0.1000", _)))=>}
+  }
+
+  "Generated codec for MatchesRegex" should "use tapir Validator.Pattern" in {
+    type VariableConstraint = MatchesRegex[W.`"[a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9_]*"`.T]
+    type VariableString = String Refined VariableConstraint
+    val identifierCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[VariableString]]
+
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[String] = Validator.pattern("[a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9_]*")
+    identifierCodec.decode("-bad") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, "-bad", _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+
+  "Generated codec for Less" should "use tapir Validator.drMax" in {
+    type IntConstraint = Less[W.`3`.T]
+    type LimitedInt = Int Refined IntConstraint
+    val limitedIntCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[LimitedInt]]
+
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[Int] = Validator.max(3, exclusive = true)
+    limitedIntCodec.decode("3") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, 3, _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+
+  "Generated codec for LessEqual" should "use tapir Validator.drMax" in {
+    type IntConstraint = LessEqual[W.`3`.T]
+    type LimitedInt = Int Refined IntConstraint
+    val limitedIntCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[LimitedInt]]
+
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[Int] = Validator.max(3, exclusive = false)
+    limitedIntCodec.decode("4") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, 4, _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+
+  "Generated codec for Max" should "use tapir Validator.drMax" in {
+    type IntConstraint = Greater[W.`3`.T]
+    type LimitedInt = Int Refined IntConstraint
+    val limitedIntCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[LimitedInt]]
+
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[Int] = Validator.min(3, exclusive = true)
+    limitedIntCodec.decode("3") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, 3, _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+
+  "Generated codec for MaxEqual" should "use tapir Validator.drMax" in {
+    type IntConstraint = GreaterEqual[W.`3`.T]
+    type LimitedInt = Int Refined IntConstraint
+    val limitedIntCodec = implicitly[PlainCodec[LimitedInt]]
+
+    val expectedValidator: Validator[Int] = Validator.min(3, exclusive = false)
+    limitedIntCodec.decode("2") should matchPattern{case DecodeResult.InvalidValue(List(ValidationError(validator, 2, _))) if validator == expectedValidator=>}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/project/Versions.scala b/project/Versions.scala
index ef310aa1f2..ee35534516 100644
--- a/project/Versions.scala
+++ b/project/Versions.scala
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ object Versions {
   val sprayJson = "1.3.5"
   val scalaCheck = "1.14.1"
   val scalaTest = "3.0.8"
+  val refined = "0.9.12"
 }