diff --git a/src/@types.ts b/src/@types.ts
index d744ed2..53604c7 100644
--- a/src/@types.ts
+++ b/src/@types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ export interface Schema extends RawSchema {
   isValid: (payload: object, opts: { errorHook: (path: any) => void }) => void // FIXME:
 }
 
+export interface SchemaReference {
+  name: string
+  subject: string
+  version: number | string
+}
+
+export type SchemaRef = Omit<SchemaReference, 'name'>
+
 declare global {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-namespace
   namespace jest {
diff --git a/src/SchemaRegistry.ts b/src/SchemaRegistry.ts
index d5f69f7..cdb54d4 100644
--- a/src/SchemaRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/SchemaRegistry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+/* eslint-disable prettier/prettier */
 import { Response } from 'mappersmith'
+import { types } from 'avsc'
 
 import { encode, MAGIC_BYTE } from './encoder'
 import decode from './decoder'
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   ConfluentSchemaRegistryArgumentError,
   ConfluentSchemaRegistryCompatibilityError,
 } from './errors'
-import { Schema, RawSchema } from './@types'
+import { RawSchema, Schema, SchemaReference } from './@types'
 
 interface RegisteredSchema {
   id: number
@@ -102,10 +104,21 @@ export default class SchemaRegistry {
     }
 
     const response = await this.getSchemaOriginRequest(registryId)
-    const foundSchema: { schema: string } = response.data()
+    const foundSchema: { schema: string; references?: Array<SchemaReference> } = response.data()
     const rawSchema: RawSchema = JSON.parse(foundSchema.schema)
-
-    return this.cache.setSchema(registryId, rawSchema)
+    let logicalTypes: Record<string, new () => types.LogicalType> | undefined
+    if (foundSchema.references) {
+      logicalTypes = Object.fromEntries(
+        await Promise.all(
+          foundSchema.references.map(async ({ name, subject, version }) => {
+            const schemaType = await this.getSchema(await this.getRegistryId(subject, version))
+
+            return [ name, schemaType ];
+          }),
+        ),
+      )
+    }
+    return this.cache.setSchema(registryId, rawSchema, logicalTypes)
   }
 
   public async encode(registryId: number, jsonPayload: any): Promise<Buffer> {
@@ -140,8 +153,13 @@ export default class SchemaRegistry {
   }
 
   public async getRegistryId(subject: string, version: number | string): Promise<number> {
+    const cached = this.cache.getRegistryIdBySchemaRef({subject, version});
+    if (cached) {
+        return cached;
+    }
     const response = await this.api.Subject.version({ subject, version })
     const { id }: { id: number } = response.data()
+    this.cache.setRegistryIdBySchemaRef({subject, version}, id);
 
     return id
   }
diff --git a/src/cache.ts b/src/cache.ts
index 8059902..f83faa4 100644
--- a/src/cache.ts
+++ b/src/cache.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
-import avro, { ForSchemaOptions } from 'avsc'
+import avro, { ForSchemaOptions, types } from 'avsc'
 
-import { Schema, RawSchema } from './@types'
+import { RawSchema, Schema, SchemaRef } from './@types'
 
 export default class Cache {
   registryIdBySubject: { [key: string]: number }
   schemasByRegistryId: { [key: string]: Schema }
+  registryIdBySchemaRef: { [key: string]: number }
   forSchemaOptions?: Partial<ForSchemaOptions>
 
   constructor(forSchemaOptions?: Partial<ForSchemaOptions>) {
     this.registryIdBySubject = {}
     this.schemasByRegistryId = {}
+    this.registryIdBySchemaRef = {}
     this.forSchemaOptions = forSchemaOptions
   }
 
+  private schemaKeyGen = ({ subject, version }: SchemaRef): string => `${subject}:${version}`
+
+  getRegistryIdBySchemaRef = (schema: SchemaRef): number =>
+    this.registryIdBySchemaRef[this.schemaKeyGen(schema)]
+
+  setRegistryIdBySchemaRef = (schema: SchemaRef, registryId: number) => {
+    this.registryIdBySchemaRef[this.schemaKeyGen(schema)] = registryId
+
+    return this.registryIdBySchemaRef[this.schemaKeyGen(schema)]
+  }
+
   getLatestRegistryId = (subject: string): number | undefined => this.registryIdBySubject[subject]
 
   setLatestRegistryId = (subject: string, id: number): number => {
@@ -23,9 +36,34 @@ export default class Cache {
 
   getSchema = (registryId: number): Schema => this.schemasByRegistryId[registryId]
 
-  setSchema = (registryId: number, schema: RawSchema) => {
+  setSchema = (
+    registryId: number,
+    schema: RawSchema,
+    logicalTypesExtra: Record<string, new () => types.LogicalType> = {},
+  ) => {
     // @ts-ignore TODO: Fix typings for Schema...
-    this.schemasByRegistryId[registryId] = avro.Type.forSchema(schema, this.forSchemaOptions)
+    this.schemasByRegistryId[registryId] = avro.Type.forSchema(schema, {
+      ...this.forSchemaOptions,
+      typeHook:
+        this.forSchemaOptions?.typeHook ||
+        function(attr, opts) {
+          if (typeof attr == 'string') {
+            if (attr in opts.logicalTypes) {
+              return (opts.logicalTypes[attr] as unknown) as avro.Type
+            }
+            // if we map this as 'namespace.type'.
+            const qualifiedName = `${opts.namespace}.${attr}`
+            if (qualifiedName in opts.logicalTypes) {
+              return (opts.logicalTypes[qualifiedName] as unknown) as avro.Type
+            }
+          }
+          return (undefined as unknown) as avro.Type
+        },
+      logicalTypes: {
+        ...this.forSchemaOptions?.logicalTypes,
+        ...logicalTypesExtra,
+      },
+    })
 
     return this.schemasByRegistryId[registryId]
   }