diff --git a/src/json-schema.hpp b/src/json-schema.hpp
index 46dc600..5eaf31d 100644
--- a/src/json-schema.hpp
+++ b/src/json-schema.hpp
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ class JSON_SCHEMA_VALIDATOR_API json_validator
 public:
 	json_validator(std::function<void(const json_uri &, json &)> loader = nullptr,
 	               std::function<void(const std::string &, const std::string &)> format = nullptr);
+	json_validator(json_validator&&);
 	~json_validator();
+	json_validator& operator=(json_validator&&);
 
 	// insert and set thea root-schema
 	void set_root_schema(const json &);
diff --git a/src/json-validator.cpp b/src/json-validator.cpp
index fbcb9ed..6903fe2 100644
--- a/src/json-validator.cpp
+++ b/src/json-validator.cpp
@@ -1087,9 +1087,11 @@ json_validator::json_validator(std::function<void(const json_uri &, json &)> loa
 {
 }
 
-json_validator::~json_validator()
-{
-}
+// move constructor, destructor and move assignment operator can be defaulted here
+// where root_schema is a complete type
+json_validator::json_validator(json_validator&&) = default;
+json_validator::~json_validator() = default;
+json_validator& json_validator::operator=(json_validator&&) = default;
 
 void json_validator::set_root_schema(const json &schema)
 {