diff --git a/src/stitching/mergeSchemas.ts b/src/stitching/mergeSchemas.ts
index 81a1de99f34..2731307f31a 100644
--- a/src/stitching/mergeSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/stitching/mergeSchemas.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export default function mergeSchemas({
       throw new Error(`Invalid mergeTypeCandidates result for type ${typeName}`);
     }
     types[typeName] = recreateType(type, resolveType, false);
-    if (typeResolvers) {
+    if (typeResolvers !== undefined) {
       generatedResolvers[typeName] = typeResolvers;
     }
   });
@@ -481,11 +481,11 @@ function mergeTypeCandidates(
       fields = { ...fields, ...candidateFields };
       Object.keys(candidateFields).forEach(fieldName => {
         resolvers[fieldName] = {
-          [resolverKey]: createDelegatingResolver(
+          [resolverKey]: schema ? createDelegatingResolver(
             schema,
             operationName,
             fieldName,
-          ),
+          ) : null,
         };
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/test/testIntegration.ts b/src/test/testIntegration.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..776401890d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/testIntegration.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
+
+// The below is meant to be an alternative canonical schema stitching example
+// which intermingles local (mocked) resolvers and stitched schemas and does
+// not require use of the fragment field, because it follows best practices of
+// always returning the necessary object fields:
+// https://medium.com/paypal-engineering/graphql-resolvers-best-practices-cd36fdbcef55
+
+// The fragment field is still necessary when working with a remote schema
+// where this is not possible.
+
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { graphql } from 'graphql';
+import { delegateToSchema, mergeSchemas } from '../index';
+import { addMockFunctionsToSchema } from '../mock';
+
+const chirpTypeDefs = `
+  type Chirp {
+    id: ID!
+    text: String
+    authorId: ID!
+    author: User
+  }
+`;
+
+const authorTypeDefs = `
+  type User {
+    id: ID!
+    email: String
+    chirps: [Chirp]
+  }
+`;
+
+const schemas = {};
+const getSchema = (name: string) => schemas[name];
+
+const chirpSchema = mergeSchemas({
+  schemas: [
+    chirpTypeDefs,
+    authorTypeDefs,
+    `
+      type Query {
+        chirpById(id: ID!): Chirp
+        chirpsByAuthorId(authorId: ID!): [Chirp]
+      }
+    `
+  ],
+  resolvers: {
+    Chirp: {
+      author: (chirp, args, context, info) => {
+        return delegateToSchema({
+          schema: getSchema('authorSchema'),
+          operation: 'query',
+          fieldName: 'userById',
+          args: {
+            id: chirp.authorId
+          },
+          context,
+          info
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+addMockFunctionsToSchema({
+  schema: chirpSchema,
+  mocks: {
+    Chirp: () => ({
+      authorId: '1'
+    }),
+  },
+  preserveResolvers: true
+});
+
+const authorSchema = mergeSchemas({
+  schemas: [
+    chirpTypeDefs,
+    authorTypeDefs,
+    `
+      type Query {
+        userById(id: ID!): User
+      }
+    `
+  ],
+  resolvers: {
+    User: {
+      chirps: (user, args, context, info) => {
+        return delegateToSchema({
+          schema: getSchema('chirpSchema'),
+          operation: 'query',
+          fieldName: 'chirpsByAuthorId',
+          args: {
+            authorId: user.id
+          },
+          context,
+          info
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+addMockFunctionsToSchema({
+  schema: authorSchema,
+  mocks: {
+    User: () => ({
+      id: '1'
+    }),
+  },
+  preserveResolvers: true
+});
+
+schemas['chirpSchema'] = chirpSchema;
+schemas['authorSchema'] = authorSchema;
+
+const mergedSchema = mergeSchemas({
+  schemas: Object.keys(schemas).map(schemaName => schemas[schemaName])
+});
+
+describe('merging without specifying fragments', () => {
+  it('works', async () => {
+    const query = `
+      query {
+        userById(id: 5) {
+          chirps {
+            id
+            textAlias: text
+            author {
+              email
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+
+    const result = await graphql(mergedSchema, query);
+
+    expect(result.errors).to.be.undefined;
+    expect(result.data.userById.chirps[1].id).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(result.data.userById.chirps[1].text).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(result.data.userById.chirps[1].author.email).to.not.be.null;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/test/tests.ts b/src/test/tests.ts
index 7da887e0719..7febbb10f6f 100755
--- a/src/test/tests.ts
+++ b/src/test/tests.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ import './testResolution';
 import './testSchemaGenerator';
 import './testTransforms';
 import './testExtensionExtraction';
+import './testIntegration';