diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/typeBuilders/OutputObjectBuilder.java b/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/typeBuilders/OutputObjectBuilder.java
index 44c04d90..979778e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/typeBuilders/OutputObjectBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/typeBuilders/OutputObjectBuilder.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import graphql.annotations.processor.retrievers.GraphQLInterfaceRetriever;
 import graphql.annotations.processor.retrievers.GraphQLObjectInfoRetriever;
 import graphql.annotations.processor.searchAlgorithms.SearchAlgorithm;
+import graphql.annotations.processor.util.ClassUtils;
 import graphql.schema.GraphQLFieldDefinition;
 import graphql.schema.GraphQLInterfaceType;
 import graphql.schema.GraphQLObjectType;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public GraphQLObjectType.Builder getOutputObjectBuilder(Class<?> object, Process
             }
         }
 
-        for (Class<?> iface : object.getInterfaces()) {
+        for (Class<?> iface : ClassUtils.getAllInterfaces(object)) {
             if (iface.getAnnotation(GraphQLTypeResolver.class) != null) {
                 String ifaceName = graphQLObjectInfoRetriever.getTypeName(iface);
                 if (container.getProcessing().contains(ifaceName)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/util/ClassUtils.java b/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/util/ClassUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b293aa31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/annotations/processor/util/ClassUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ */
+
+package graphql.annotations.processor.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Operates on classes without using reflection.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This class handles invalid {@code null} inputs as best it can. Each method documents its behavior in more detail.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The notion of a {@code canonical name} includes the human readable name for the type, for example {@code int[]}. The
+ * non-canonical method variants work with the JVM names, such as {@code [I}.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * This class and the functions contained within are from the Apache commons-lang project.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ */
+public class ClassUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a {@link List} of all interfaces implemented by the given class and its superclasses.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * The order is determined by looking through each interface in turn as declared in the source file and following its
+     * hierarchy up. Then each superclass is considered in the same way. Later duplicates are ignored, so the order is
+     * maintained.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param cls the class to look up, may be {@code null}
+     * @return the {@link List} of interfaces in order, {@code null} if null input
+     */
+    public static List<Class<?>> getAllInterfaces(final Class<?> cls) {
+        if (cls == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final LinkedHashSet<Class<?>> interfacesFound = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        getAllInterfaces(cls, interfacesFound);
+
+        return new ArrayList<>(interfacesFound);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the interfaces for the specified class.
+     *
+     * @param cls the class to look up, may be {@code null}
+     * @param interfacesFound the {@link Set} of interfaces for the class
+     */
+    private static void getAllInterfaces(Class<?> cls, final HashSet<Class<?>> interfacesFound) {
+        while (cls != null) {
+            final Class<?>[] interfaces = cls.getInterfaces();
+
+            for (final Class<?> i : interfaces) {
+                if (interfacesFound.add(i)) {
+                    getAllInterfaces(i, interfacesFound);
+                }
+            }
+
+            cls = cls.getSuperclass();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ClassUtils instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as
+     * {@code ClassUtils.getShortClassName(cls)}.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance to operate.
+     * </p>
+     */
+    public ClassUtils() {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLFragmentTest.java b/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLFragmentTest.java
index b127bff4..9a4b0df0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLFragmentTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLFragmentTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import graphql.ExecutionResult;
 import graphql.GraphQL;
 import graphql.TypeResolutionEnvironment;
+import graphql.annotations.GraphQLFragmentTest.MyInterface;
 import graphql.annotations.annotationTypes.GraphQLField;
 import graphql.annotations.annotationTypes.GraphQLTypeResolver;
 import graphql.annotations.processor.GraphQLAnnotations;
@@ -95,7 +96,10 @@ public MyObject2 getMy() {
         }
     }
 
-    public static class MyObject2 implements MyInterface {
+    public static class MyObject2 extends SuperClass {
+    }
+
+    public static class SuperClass implements MyInterface {
         public String getA() {
             return "a2";
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLInterfaceTest.java b/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLInterfaceTest.java
index 4dba806d..4c08daad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLInterfaceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/graphql/annotations/GraphQLInterfaceTest.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public void testUnion() {
     public void testInterfaces() {
         GraphQLObjectType object = this.graphQLAnnotations.object(TestObject.class);
         List<GraphQLNamedOutputType> ifaces = object.getInterfaces();
-        assertEquals(ifaces.size(), 1);
+        assertEquals(ifaces.size(), 2);
         assertEquals(ifaces.get(0).getName(), "TestIface");
     }