diff --git a/src/linter/linter.ts b/src/linter/linter.ts
index 3221733..f09a54f 100644
--- a/src/linter/linter.ts
+++ b/src/linter/linter.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DCLinter {
 
         try {
             context.sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
-            const doc = parseDocument(context.sourceCode);
+            const doc = parseDocument(context.sourceCode, { merge: true });
 
             if (doc.errors && doc.errors.length > 0) {
                 doc.errors.forEach((error) => {
diff --git a/tests/mocks/docker-compose.anchors.yml b/tests/mocks/docker-compose.anchors.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b22a337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mocks/docker-compose.anchors.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: fragment-example
+x-shared-links: &shared-links
+  links:
+    - "foo:foo.example.svc.cluster.local"
+    - "bar:bar.example.svc.cluster.local"
+x-shared-image: &shared-image
+  image: traefik/whoami
+x-shared-ports: &shared-ports
+  - '81'
+  - '80:80'
+services:
+  app_bar:
+    image: traefik/whoami
+    <<: *shared-links
+  app_foo:
+    <<: *shared-links
+    image: traefik/whoami:v1.10
+  bar:
+    <<: *shared-image
+    ports: *shared-ports
+  foo:
+    <<: [*shared-image, *shared-links]