diff --git a/src/container.ts b/src/container.ts
index 2a288bde8..da74d0c9a 100644
--- a/src/container.ts
+++ b/src/container.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const defaultContainer: { get<T>(someClass: { new (...args: any[]): T } | Functi
 })();
 
 let userContainer: { get<T>(someClass: { new (...args: any[]): T } | Function): T };
+let userAsyncContainer: { get<T>(someClass: { new (...args: any[]): T } | Function): Promise<T> };
 let userContainerOptions: UseContainerOptions;
 
 /**
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ export function useContainer(iocContainer: { get(someClass: any): any }, options
   userContainerOptions = options;
 }
 
+export function useAsyncContainer(iocContainer: { get(someClass: any): Promise<any> }, options?: UseContainerOptions): void {
+  userAsyncContainer = iocContainer;
+  userContainerOptions = options;
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the IOC container used by this library.
  */
@@ -57,3 +63,17 @@ export function getFromContainer<T>(someClass: { new (...args: any[]): T } | Fun
   }
   return defaultContainer.get<T>(someClass);
 }
+
+export async function getFromAsyncContainer<T>(someClass: { new (...args: any[]): T } | Function): Promise<T> {
+  if (userAsyncContainer) {
+    try {
+      const instance = await userAsyncContainer.get(someClass);
+      if (instance) return instance;
+
+      if (!userContainerOptions || !userContainerOptions.fallback) return instance;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!userContainerOptions || !userContainerOptions.fallbackOnErrors) throw error;
+    }
+  }
+  return getFromContainer(someClass);
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 34aa0f38b..8fa62be30 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ValidatorOptions } from './validation/ValidatorOptions';
 import { ValidationSchema } from './validation-schema/ValidationSchema';
 import { getMetadataStorage } from './metadata/MetadataStorage';
 import { Validator } from './validation/Validator';
-import { getFromContainer } from './container';
+import { getFromAsyncContainer, getFromContainer } from './container';
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Export everything api users needs
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ export function validate(
   maybeValidatorOptions?: ValidatorOptions
 ): Promise<ValidationError[]> {
   if (typeof schemaNameOrObject === 'string') {
-    return getFromContainer(Validator).validate(
-      schemaNameOrObject,
-      objectOrValidationOptions as object,
-      maybeValidatorOptions
-    );
+    return getFromAsyncContainer(Validator)
+      .then((validator) => validator.validate(
+        schemaNameOrObject,
+        objectOrValidationOptions as object,
+        maybeValidatorOptions
+      ));
   } else {
     return getFromContainer(Validator).validate(schemaNameOrObject, objectOrValidationOptions as ValidatorOptions);
   }
@@ -82,11 +83,12 @@ export function validateOrReject(
   maybeValidatorOptions?: ValidatorOptions
 ): Promise<void> {
   if (typeof schemaNameOrObject === 'string') {
-    return getFromContainer(Validator).validateOrReject(
-      schemaNameOrObject,
-      objectOrValidationOptions as object,
-      maybeValidatorOptions
-    );
+    return getFromAsyncContainer(Validator).then((validator) => validator
+      .validateOrReject(
+        schemaNameOrObject,
+        objectOrValidationOptions as object,
+        maybeValidatorOptions
+    ));
   } else {
     return getFromContainer(Validator).validateOrReject(
       schemaNameOrObject,