diff --git a/pkg/policy/validation.go b/pkg/policy/validation.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b618114c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/policy/validation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+package policy
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	openapi_v2 "github.com/googleapis/gnostic/OpenAPIv2"
+	"github.com/googleapis/gnostic/compiler"
+	"github.com/nirmata/kyverno/pkg/engine/utils"
+	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto"
+	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto/validation"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+var validationGlobalState struct {
+	document    *openapi_v2.Document
+	definitions map[string]*openapi_v2.Schema
+	models      proto.Models
+	isSet       bool
+}
+
+func ValidateMutationPatches(kind string, policyPatch []byte) error {
+	kind = "io.k8s.api.core.v1." + kind
+
+	if validationGlobalState.isSet == false {
+		err := setValidationGlobalState()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	emptyResourceObject := generateEmptyResource(validationGlobalState.definitions[kind])
+	emptyResourceObjectRaw, err := json.Marshal(emptyResourceObject)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	patchedResource, err := utils.ApplyPatchNew(emptyResourceObjectRaw, policyPatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return validateResource(patchedResource, kind)
+}
+
+func setValidationGlobalState() error {
+	var err error
+	validationGlobalState.document, err = getSchemaDocument("./swagger.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	validationGlobalState.definitions = make(map[string]*openapi_v2.Schema)
+
+	for _, definition := range validationGlobalState.document.GetDefinitions().AdditionalProperties {
+		validationGlobalState.definitions[definition.GetName()] = definition.GetValue()
+	}
+
+	validationGlobalState.models, err = proto.NewOpenAPIData(validationGlobalState.document)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	validationGlobalState.isSet = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getSchemaDocument(path string) (*openapi_v2.Document, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	specRaw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var spec yaml.MapSlice
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(specRaw, &spec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return openapi_v2.NewDocument(spec, compiler.NewContext("$root", nil))
+}
+
+func validateResource(patchedResourceRaw []byte, kind string) error {
+	var patchedResource interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(patchedResourceRaw, &patchedResource); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pre-validation: failed to parse yaml: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	schema := validationGlobalState.models.LookupModel(kind)
+	if schema == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pre-validation: couldn't find model %s", kind)
+	}
+
+	if errs := validation.ValidateModel(patchedResource, schema, kind); len(errs) > 0 {
+		var errorMessages []string
+		for i := range errs {
+			errorMessages = append(errorMessages, errs[i].Error())
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(errorMessages, "\n\n"))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func generateEmptyResource(kindSchema *openapi_v2.Schema) interface{} {
+
+	types := kindSchema.GetType().GetValue()
+	if len(types) != 1 {
+		if kindSchema.GetXRef() != "" {
+			return generateEmptyResource(validationGlobalState.definitions[strings.TrimPrefix(kindSchema.GetXRef(), "#/definitions/")])
+		}
+		properties := kindSchema.GetProperties().GetAdditionalProperties()
+		if len(properties) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		var props = make(map[string]interface{})
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		var mutex sync.Mutex
+		wg.Add(len(properties))
+		for _, property := range properties {
+			go func(property *openapi_v2.NamedSchema) {
+				prop := generateEmptyResource(property.GetValue())
+				mutex.Lock()
+				props[property.GetName()] = prop
+				mutex.Unlock()
+				wg.Done()
+			}(property)
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+		return props
+	}
+
+	switch types[0] {
+	case "object":
+		properties := kindSchema.GetProperties().GetAdditionalProperties()
+		if len(properties) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		var props = make(map[string]interface{})
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		var mutex sync.Mutex
+		wg.Add(len(properties))
+		for _, property := range properties {
+			go func(property *openapi_v2.NamedSchema) {
+				prop := generateEmptyResource(property.GetValue())
+				mutex.Lock()
+				props[property.GetName()] = prop
+				mutex.Unlock()
+				wg.Done()
+			}(property)
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+		return props
+	case "array":
+		var array []interface{}
+		for _, schema := range kindSchema.GetItems().GetSchema() {
+			array = append(array, generateEmptyResource(schema))
+		}
+		return array
+	case "string":
+		if kindSchema.GetDefault() != nil {
+			return string(kindSchema.GetDefault().Value.Value)
+		}
+		if kindSchema.GetExample() != nil {
+			return string(kindSchema.GetExample().GetValue().Value)
+		}
+		return ""
+	case "integer":
+		if kindSchema.GetDefault() != nil {
+			val, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(kindSchema.GetDefault().Value.Value))
+			return val
+		}
+		if kindSchema.GetExample() != nil {
+			val, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(kindSchema.GetExample().GetValue().Value))
+			return val
+		}
+		return 0
+	case "number":
+		if kindSchema.GetDefault() != nil {
+			val, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(kindSchema.GetDefault().Value.Value))
+			return val
+		}
+		if kindSchema.GetExample() != nil {
+			val, _ := strconv.Atoi(string(kindSchema.GetExample().GetValue().Value))
+			return val
+		}
+		return 0
+	case "boolean":
+		if kindSchema.GetDefault() != nil {
+			if string(kindSchema.GetDefault().Value.Value) == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+		if kindSchema.GetExample() != nil {
+			if string(kindSchema.GetExample().GetValue().Value) == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}