diff --git a/src/compiler/mod.rs b/src/compiler/mod.rs
index 1ca5451..25b4dfa 100644
--- a/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ pub fn from_str(str: &str) -> Result<Compiler, Box<dyn Error>> {
     Ok(compiler)
 }
 
+pub fn from_strings(strings: &[&str]) -> Result<Compiler, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut compiler = spec_compiler();
+    for str in strings {
+        let schema: Value = serde_json::from_str(str)?;
+        let id = &schema["$id"]
+            .as_str()
+            .ok_or(super::valid::ValidationError::UnknownID)?;
+        compiler.add_resource(id, schema.to_owned())?;
+    }
+    Ok(compiler)
+}
+
 /// Creates a new boon::compiler with format assertions enabled and validation
 /// for the custom `path` and `license` formats.
 fn spec_compiler() -> Compiler {
@@ -223,4 +235,27 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_from_strings() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let schema_v1 = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/pgxn-meta-v1.schema.json"));
+        let schema_v2 = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/pgxn-meta-v2.schema.json"));
+        let mut compiler = from_strings(&[schema_v1, schema_v2])?;
+
+        for tc in [("v1", "widget.json"), ("v2", "typical-sql.json")] {
+            let mut schemas = Schemas::new();
+            let id = format!("https://pgxn.org/meta/{}/distribution.schema.json", tc.0);
+            let idx = compiler.compile(&id, &mut schemas)?;
+
+            let path = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+                .join("tests")
+                .join("corpus")
+                .join(tc.0)
+                .join(tc.1);
+            let meta: Value = serde_json::from_reader(File::open(path)?)?;
+            assert!(schemas.validate(&meta, idx).is_ok());
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 93cf3f1..30e71bd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ assert!(validator.validate(&meta).is_ok());
 
 */
 
-mod valid;
-pub use valid::{ValidationError, Validator};
-
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod compiler;
+
+mod valid;
+pub use valid::{ValidationError, Validator};
diff --git a/src/valid/mod.rs b/src/valid/mod.rs
index 9267416..5b884e8 100644
--- a/src/valid/mod.rs
+++ b/src/valid/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ impl fmt::Display for ValidationError {
 }
 const SCHEMA_BASE: &str = "https://pgxn.org/meta/v";
 
+/// validator creates and returns a new validator configured with the v1 and v2
+/// PGXN Meta schemas.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! validator {
+    () => {{
+        let schema_v1 = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/pgxn-meta-v1.schema.json"));
+        let schema_v2 = include_str!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/pgxn-meta-v2.schema.json"));
+        Validator {
+            compiler: super::super::compiler::from_strings(&[schema_v1, schema_v2]).unwrap(),
+            schemas: Schemas::new(),
+        }
+    }};
+}
+
 impl Validator {
     /// Validator constructor.
     ///
@@ -143,6 +157,24 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_validator() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let mut v = validator!();
+
+        for tc in [("v1", "widget.json"), ("v2", "typical-sql.json")] {
+            let path = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+                .join("tests")
+                .join("corpus")
+                .join(tc.0)
+                .join(tc.1);
+            let meta: Value = serde_json::from_reader(File::open(path)?)?;
+            assert!(v.validate(&meta).is_ok());
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_errors() {
         assert_eq!(