diff --git a/marconi/queues/api/v1/response.py b/marconi/queues/api/v1/response.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..344153b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/marconi/queues/api/v1/response.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Rackspace, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from marconi.common import api
+
+
+class ResponseSchema(api.Api):
+
+    """Define validation schema for json response."""
+
+    def __init__(self, limits):
+        self.limits = limits
+        self.schema = {
+            'message_get_many':
+            {
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "href": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "pattern": "^(/v1/queues/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,64}"
+                            "/messages/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$"
+                        },
+                        "ttl": {
+                            "type": "number",
+                            "minimum": 1,
+                            "maximum": self.limits.message_ttl_max
+                        },
+                        "age": {
+                            "type": "number",
+                            "minimum": 0
+                        },
+                        "body": {
+                            "type": "object"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": ["href", "ttl", "age", "body"]
+                },
+                "minItems": 1,
+                "maxItems": self.limits.message_paging_uplimit
+            }
+        }
diff --git a/marconi/tests/functional/base.py b/marconi/tests/functional/base.py
index 6df738b04..2b7a8e7a6 100644
--- a/marconi/tests/functional/base.py
+++ b/marconi/tests/functional/base.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import abc
+import jsonschema
 import multiprocessing
 
 
@@ -99,6 +100,19 @@ class FunctionalTestBase(testing.TestBase):
               ', actual count = {1}'.format(expectedCount, actualCount)
         self.assertTrue(actualCount <= expectedCount, msg)
 
+    def assertSchema(self, response, expectedSchema):
+        """Compares the json response with the expected schema
+
+        :param response: response json returned by the API.
+        :type response: dict
+        :param expectedSchema: expected schema definition for response.
+        :type expectedSchema: dict
+        """
+        try:
+            jsonschema.validate(response, expectedSchema)
+        except jsonschema.ValidationError as message:
+            assert False, message
+
     def assertQueueStats(self, result_json, claimed):
         """Checks the Queue Stats results
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/wsgi/v1/test_messages.py b/tests/functional/wsgi/v1/test_messages.py
index cf30f1566..1ca6ae6c2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/wsgi/v1/test_messages.py
+++ b/tests/functional/wsgi/v1/test_messages.py
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ import uuid
 
 import ddt
 
-from marconi.tests.functional import base  # noqa
+from marconi.queues.api.v1 import response
+from marconi.tests.functional import base
 from marconi.tests.functional import helpers
 
 
 @ddt.ddt
 class TestMessages(base.FunctionalTestBase):
+
     """Tests for Messages."""
 
     server_class = base.MarconiServer
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ class TestMessages(base.FunctionalTestBase):
         self.message_url = self.queue_url + '/messages'
         self.client.set_base_url(self.message_url)
 
+        self.response = response.ResponseSchema(self.limits)
+
     def test_message_single_insert(self):
         """Insert Single Message into the Queue.
 
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ class TestMessages(base.FunctionalTestBase):
         result = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
 
+        # Verify that the response json schema matches the expected schema
+        expected_schema = self.response.get_schema('message_get_many')
+        self.assertSchema(result.json(), expected_schema)
+
         # Compare message metadata
         result_body = [result.json()[i]['body']
                        for i in range(len(result.json()))]
@@ -129,7 +137,8 @@ class TestMessages(base.FunctionalTestBase):
         url = ''
         params['echo'] = True
 
-        #Follow the hrefs & perform GET, till the end of messages i.e. http 204
+        # Follow the hrefs & perform GET, till the end of messages i.e. http
+        # 204
         while result.status_code in [201, 200]:
             result = self.client.get(url, params=params)
             self.assertIn(result.status_code, [200, 204])