diff --git a/schemas.go b/schemas.go
index 30d221b..2360231 100644
--- a/schemas.go
+++ b/schemas.go
@@ -223,6 +223,36 @@ type SchemaAttribute struct {
 	Sensitive bool `json:"sensitive,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type jsonSchemaAttribute struct {
+	AttributeType       json.RawMessage            `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	AttributeNestedType *SchemaNestedAttributeType `json:"nested_type,omitempty"`
+	Description         string                     `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	DescriptionKind     SchemaDescriptionKind      `json:"description_kind,omitempty"`
+	Deprecated          bool                       `json:"deprecated,omitempty"`
+	Required            bool                       `json:"required,omitempty"`
+	Optional            bool                       `json:"optional,omitempty"`
+	Computed            bool                       `json:"computed,omitempty"`
+	Sensitive           bool                       `json:"sensitive,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (as *SchemaAttribute) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	jsonSa := &jsonSchemaAttribute{
+		AttributeNestedType: as.AttributeNestedType,
+		Description:         as.Description,
+		DescriptionKind:     as.DescriptionKind,
+		Deprecated:          as.Deprecated,
+		Required:            as.Required,
+		Optional:            as.Optional,
+		Computed:            as.Computed,
+		Sensitive:           as.Sensitive,
+	}
+	if as.AttributeType != cty.NilType {
+		attrTy, _ := as.AttributeType.MarshalJSON()
+		jsonSa.AttributeType = attrTy
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(jsonSa)
+}
+
 // SchemaNestedAttributeType describes a nested attribute
 // which could also be just expressed simply as cty.Object(...),
 // cty.List(cty.Object(...)) etc. but this allows tracking additional
diff --git a/schemas_test.go b/schemas_test.go
index f6b5c93..a02ffba 100644
--- a/schemas_test.go
+++ b/schemas_test.go
@@ -22,3 +22,20 @@ func TestProviderSchemasValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestProviderSchemasValidate_nestedAttributes(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("testdata/nested_attributes/schemas.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	var schemas *ProviderSchemas
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&schemas); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := schemas.Validate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/testdata/nested_attributes/schemas.json b/testdata/nested_attributes/schemas.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..618e413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/nested_attributes/schemas.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"format_version":"0.2","provider_schemas":{"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/awscc":{"provider":{"version":0,"block":{"attributes":{"access_key":{"type":"string","description_kind":"plain","optional":true},"assume_role":{"nested_type":{"attributes":{"duration":{"type":"string","description_kind":"plain","optional":true},"external_id":{"type":"string","description_kind":"plain","optional":true}},"nesting_mode":"single"},"description_kind":"plain","optional":true}},"description_kind":"plain"}}}}}