diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index e360518..bf3491b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -202,3 +202,10 @@ def empty_contact():
     Provides a spec with an empty contact section in info
     """
     yield _get_parsed_yaml("empty_contact.yaml")
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def with_external_docs():
+    """
+    Provides a spec with externalDocs objects in all valid places
+    """
+    yield _get_parsed_yaml("with-external-docs.yaml")
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with-external-docs.yaml b/tests/fixtures/with-external-docs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d7130f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/with-external-docs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+openapi: "3.1.0"
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: With External Docs
+externalDocs:
+  url: http://example.org/openapi
+tags:
+- name: Example
+  description: Example
+  externalDocs:
+    url: http://example.org/tags
+paths:
+  /example:
+    get:
+      operationId: example
+      externalDocs:
+        description: Example external docs
+        url: http://example.org/operation
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: example
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                properties:
+                  name:
+                    type: string
+                    description: example
+                    example: something
+                externalDocs:
+                    url: http://example.org/schema
+                    description: External docs reference
+
diff --git a/tests/parsing_test.py b/tests/parsing_test.py
index eae6990..d20d6a1 100644
--- a/tests/parsing_test.py
+++ b/tests/parsing_test.py
@@ -148,3 +148,14 @@ def test_empty_contact(empty_contact):
     """
     spec = OpenAPI(empty_contact, validate=True)
     assert len(spec.errors()) == 0
+
+
+def test_external_docs(with_external_docs):
+    """
+    Tests that ExternalDocumentation objects are parsed as expected
+    """
+    spec = OpenAPI(with_external_docs)
+    assert spec.externalDocs.url == "http://example.org/openapi"
+    assert spec.tags[0].externalDocs.url == "http://example.org/tags"
+    assert spec.paths["/example"].get.externalDocs.url == "http://example.org/operation"
+    assert spec.paths["/example"].get.responses['200'].content['application/json'].schema.externalDocs.url == "http://example.org/schema"