diff --git a/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.ts b/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f94f5f1..0000000
--- a/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import type {Meta, StoryObj} from '@storybook/react';
-
-import FormioComponent from '@/components/FormioComponent';
-import {withFormik} from '@/sb-decorators';
-
-import Fieldset from './';
-
-export default {
-  title: 'Component registry / layout / fieldset',
-  component: Fieldset,
-  decorators: [withFormik],
-  args: {
-    renderNested: FormioComponent,
-  },
-} satisfies Meta<typeof Fieldset>;
-
-type Story = StoryObj<typeof Fieldset>;
-
-export const MinimalConfiguration: Story = {
-  args: {
-    componentDefinition: {
-      id: 'component1',
-      type: 'fieldset',
-      key: 'fieldset',
-      label: 'Fieldset label',
-      hideHeader: false,
-      components: [
-        {
-          id: 'component2',
-          type: 'textfield',
-          key: 'my.textfield',
-          label: 'A simple textfield',
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  },
-  parameters: {
-    formik: {
-      initialValues: {
-        my: {
-          textfield: '',
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  },
-};
diff --git a/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.tsx b/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fac2283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registry/fieldset/index.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import {AnyComponentSchema} from '@open-formulieren/types';
+import type {Meta, StoryObj} from '@storybook/react';
+import {expect, fn, userEvent, within} from '@storybook/test';
+
+import FormioComponent from '@/components/FormioComponent';
+import FormioForm, {FormioFormProps} from '@/components/FormioForm';
+import {withFormik} from '@/sb-decorators';
+
+import Fieldset from './';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Component registry / layout / fieldset',
+  component: Fieldset,
+  decorators: [withFormik],
+  args: {
+    renderNested: FormioComponent,
+  },
+} satisfies Meta<typeof Fieldset>;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof Fieldset>;
+
+export const MinimalConfiguration: Story = {
+  args: {
+    componentDefinition: {
+      id: 'component1',
+      type: 'fieldset',
+      key: 'fieldset',
+      label: 'Fieldset label',
+      hideHeader: false,
+      components: [
+        {
+          id: 'component2',
+          type: 'textfield',
+          key: 'my.textfield',
+          label: 'A simple textfield',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  parameters: {
+    formik: {
+      initialValues: {
+        my: {
+          textfield: '',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+interface ValidationStoryArgs {
+  nestedComponents: AnyComponentSchema[];
+  onSubmit: FormioFormProps['onSubmit'];
+}
+
+type ValidationStory = StoryObj<ValidationStoryArgs>;
+
+const BaseValidationStory: ValidationStory = {
+  render: args => (
+    <FormioForm
+      onSubmit={args.onSubmit}
+      components={[
+        {
+          id: 'fieldset',
+          key: 'fieldset',
+          type: 'fieldset',
+          label: 'My group of fields',
+          hideHeader: false,
+          components: args.nestedComponents,
+        },
+      ]}
+    >
+      <div style={{marginBlockStart: '20px'}}>
+        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+      </div>
+    </FormioForm>
+  ),
+  parameters: {
+    formik: {
+      disable: true,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+export const ValidatesNestedComponents: ValidationStory = {
+  ...BaseValidationStory,
+  args: {
+    onSubmit: fn(),
+    nestedComponents: [
+      {
+        id: 'textfield',
+        key: 'textfield',
+        type: 'textfield',
+        label: 'A text field',
+        validate: {
+          maxLength: 3,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'email',
+        key: 'email',
+        type: 'email',
+        label: 'Email address',
+        validateOn: 'blur',
+        validate: {
+          required: true,
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  play: async ({canvasElement, args}) => {
+    const canvas = within(canvasElement);
+
+    const textField = canvas.getByLabelText('A text field');
+    await userEvent.type(textField, 'too long');
+    const emailField = canvas.getByLabelText('Email address');
+    await userEvent.type(emailField, 'bad value');
+
+    await userEvent.click(canvas.getByRole('button', {name: 'Submit'}));
+
+    expect(await canvas.findByText('String must contain at most 3 character(s)')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(await canvas.findByText('Invalid email')).toBeVisible();
+
+    expect(args.onSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/registry/fieldset/index.tsx b/src/registry/fieldset/index.tsx
index a9e46cc..2681dcd 100644
--- a/src/registry/fieldset/index.tsx
+++ b/src/registry/fieldset/index.tsx
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ const Fieldset: React.FC<FieldsetProps> = ({
 
 export default Fieldset;
 export {default as getInitialValues} from './initialValues';
+export {default as getValidationSchema} from './validationSchema';
diff --git a/src/registry/fieldset/validationSchema.ts b/src/registry/fieldset/validationSchema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6b0de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registry/fieldset/validationSchema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type {FieldsetComponentSchema} from '@open-formulieren/types';
+
+import type {GetRegistryEntry, GetValidationSchema} from '@/registry/types';
+import type {SchemaRecord} from '@/validationSchema';
+
+const getValidationSchema: GetValidationSchema<FieldsetComponentSchema> = (
+  {components},
+  getRegistryEntry: GetRegistryEntry
+) => {
+  const componentSchemas = components.reduce((acc: SchemaRecord, componentDefinition) => {
+    const getValidationSchema = getRegistryEntry(componentDefinition)?.getValidationSchema;
+    if (getValidationSchema !== undefined) {
+      const schemaRecord = getValidationSchema(componentDefinition, getRegistryEntry);
+      acc = {...acc, ...schemaRecord};
+    }
+    return acc;
+  }, {} satisfies SchemaRecord);
+
+  return componentSchemas;
+};
+
+export default getValidationSchema;
diff --git a/src/registry/registry.ts b/src/registry/registry.ts
index 588e9b3..e348770 100644
--- a/src/registry/registry.ts
+++ b/src/registry/registry.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import Email, {
   getInitialValues as emailGetInitialValues,
   getValidationSchema as emailGetValidationSchema,
 } from './email';
-import Fieldset, {getInitialValues as fieldsetGetInitialValues} from './fieldset';
+import Fieldset, {
+  getInitialValues as fieldsetGetInitialValues,
+  getValidationSchema as fieldsetGetValidationSchema,
+} from './fieldset';
 import TextField, {
   getInitialValues as textFieldGetInitialValues,
   getValidationSchema as textFieldGetValidationSchema,
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ const REGISTRY: Registry = {
   fieldset: {
     formField: Fieldset,
     getInitialValues: fieldsetGetInitialValues,
+    getValidationSchema: fieldsetGetValidationSchema,
   },
   // deprecated
 };
diff --git a/src/validationSchema.ts b/src/validationSchema.ts
index d6a4281..a7bc56c 100644
--- a/src/validationSchema.ts
+++ b/src/validationSchema.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type SchemaTree = {
   [k: string]: z.ZodFirstPartySchemaTypes | SchemaTree;
 };
 
-type SchemaRecord = Record<string, z.ZodFirstPartySchemaTypes>;
+export type SchemaRecord = Record<string, z.ZodFirstPartySchemaTypes>;
 
 /**
  * Process key-value pairs where keys are Formio component keys that may have dots in