diff --git a/source/poodinis/autowire.d b/source/poodinis/autowire.d
index 8d73861..0eb3647 100644
--- a/source/poodinis/autowire.d
+++ b/source/poodinis/autowire.d
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ public void autowire(Type)(shared(DependencyContainer) container, Type instance)
 		printDebugAutowiredInstance(typeid(Type), &instance);
 	}
 
+	// note: recurse into base class if there are more between Type and Object in the hirarchy
+	static if(BaseClassesTuple!Type.length > 1)
+	{
+		autowire!(BaseClassesTuple!Type[0])(container, instance);
+	}
+
 	foreach(idx, name; FieldNameTuple!Type) {
 		autowireMember!(name, idx, Type)(container, instance);
 	}
diff --git a/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d b/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
index e3ae57b..1c0d0fa 100644
--- a/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
+++ b/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ version(unittest) {
 
 	class ComponentX : InterfaceA {}
 
+	class ComponentZ : ComponentB {
+	}
+
 	class MonkeyShine {
 		@Autowire!ComponentX
 		public InterfaceA component;
@@ -198,4 +201,17 @@ version(unittest) {
 
 		assert(charlie.componentA !is regularComponentA, "Autowiring class with AssignNewInstance did not yield a different instance");
 	}
+
+	// Test autowiring members from base class
+	unittest {
+		shared(DependencyContainer) container = new DependencyContainer();
+		container.register!ComponentA;
+		container.register!ComponentB;
+		container.register!ComponentZ;
+		
+		auto instance = new ComponentZ();
+		container.autowire(instance);
+		
+		assert(instance.componentA !is null);
+	}
 }