diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0402719..348a380 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
+const loaderUtils = require('loader-utils');
+const validateOptions = require('schema-utils');
 const WebWorkerTemplatePlugin = require('webpack/lib/webworker/WebWorkerTemplatePlugin');
 const NodeTargetPlugin = require('webpack/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin');
 const SingleEntryPlugin = require('webpack/lib/SingleEntryPlugin');
-const loaderUtils = require('loader-utils');
+const schema = require('./options.json');
 
-const getWorker = (file, content, query) => {
+const getWorker = (file, content, options) => {
   const workerPublicPath = `__webpack_public_path__ + ${JSON.stringify(file)}`;
-  if (query.inline) {
+  if (options.inline) {
     const createInlineWorkerPath = JSON.stringify(`!!${path.join(__dirname, 'createInlineWorker.js')}`);
-    const fallbackWorkerPath = query.fallback === false ? 'null' : workerPublicPath;
+    const fallbackWorkerPath = options.fallback === false ? 'null' : workerPublicPath;
     return `require(${createInlineWorkerPath})(${JSON.stringify(content)}, ${fallbackWorkerPath})`;
   }
   return `new Worker(${workerPublicPath})`;
@@ -22,10 +24,13 @@ module.exports.pitch = function pitch(request) {
   if (!this.webpack) throw new Error('Only usable with webpack');
   this.cacheable(false);
   const callback = this.async();
-  const query = loaderUtils.getOptions(this) || {};
-  const filename = loaderUtils.interpolateName(this, query.name || '[hash].worker.js', {
-    context: query.context || this.options.context,
-    regExp: query.regExp,
+  const options = loaderUtils.getOptions(this) || {};
+
+  validateOptions(schema, options, 'Worker Loader');
+
+  const filename = loaderUtils.interpolateName(this, options.name || '[hash].worker.js', {
+    context: options.context || this.options.context,
+    regExp: options.regExp,
   });
   const outputOptions = {
     filename,
@@ -59,8 +64,8 @@ module.exports.pitch = function pitch(request) {
     if (err) return callback(err);
     if (entries[0]) {
       const workerFile = entries[0].files[0];
-      const workerFactory = getWorker(workerFile, compilation.assets[workerFile].source(), query);
-      if (query.fallback === false) {
+      const workerFactory = getWorker(workerFile, compilation.assets[workerFile].source(), options);
+      if (options.fallback === false) {
         delete this._compilation.assets[workerFile];
       }
       return callback(null, `module.exports = function() {\n\treturn ${workerFactory};\n};`);
diff --git a/options.json b/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cf5292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "inline": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "fallback": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83be10d..2e32c8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "webpack": ">=0.9 <2 || ^2.1.0-beta || ^2.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "loader-utils": "^1.0.2"
+    "loader-utils": "^1.0.2",
+    "schema-utils": "^0.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "del": "^2.2.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b06e54c..5373067 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ ajv@^4.7.0, ajv@^4.9.1:
     co "^4.6.0"
     json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
 
+ajv@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-5.2.0.tgz#c1735024c5da2ef75cc190713073d44f098bf486"
+  dependencies:
+    co "^4.6.0"
+    fast-deep-equal "^0.1.0"
+    json-schema-traverse "^0.3.0"
+    json-stable-stringify "^1.0.1"
+
 align-text@^0.1.1, align-text@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/align-text/-/align-text-0.1.4.tgz#0cd90a561093f35d0a99256c22b7069433fad117"
@@ -855,6 +864,10 @@ extsprintf@1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extsprintf/-/extsprintf-1.0.2.tgz#e1080e0658e300b06294990cc70e1502235fd550"
 
+fast-deep-equal@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-0.1.0.tgz#5c6f4599aba6b333ee3342e2ed978672f1001f8d"
+
 fast-levenshtein@~2.0.4:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-levenshtein/-/fast-levenshtein-2.0.6.tgz#3d8a5c66883a16a30ca8643e851f19baa7797917"
@@ -1337,6 +1350,10 @@ json-loader@^0.5.4:
   version "0.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-loader/-/json-loader-0.5.4.tgz#8baa1365a632f58a3c46d20175fc6002c96e37de"
 
+json-schema-traverse@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-0.3.1.tgz#349a6d44c53a51de89b40805c5d5e59b417d3340"
+
 json-schema@0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema/-/json-schema-0.2.3.tgz#b480c892e59a2f05954ce727bd3f2a4e882f9e13"
@@ -2064,6 +2081,12 @@ safe-buffer@^5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.0.1.tgz#d263ca54696cd8a306b5ca6551e92de57918fbe7"
 
+schema-utils@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-0.3.0.tgz#f5877222ce3e931edae039f17eb3716e7137f8cf"
+  dependencies:
+    ajv "^5.0.0"
+
 "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"