diff --git a/data/schema/scene.xsd b/data/schema/scene.xsd
index dc08ae8f..1a073b82 100644
--- a/data/schema/scene.xsd
+++ b/data/schema/scene.xsd
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 				<xsd:element name="sensor" type="sensor"/>
 				<xsd:element name="texture" type="texture"/>
 				<xsd:element name="bsdf" type="bsdf"/>
+				<xsd:element name="subsurface" type="object"/>
 				<xsd:element name="integrator" type="integrator"/>
 				<xsd:element name="emitter" type="emitter"/>
 				<xsd:element name="shape" type="shape"/>
diff --git a/src/librender/scene.cpp b/src/librender/scene.cpp
index cba1735c..371f76b8 100644
--- a/src/librender/scene.cpp
+++ b/src/librender/scene.cpp
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ void Scene::addChild(const std::string &name, ConfigurableObject *child) {
 		m_integrator = static_cast<Integrator *>(child);
 	} else if (cClass->derivesFrom(MTS_CLASS(Texture))
 			|| cClass->derivesFrom(MTS_CLASS(BSDF))
+			|| cClass->derivesFrom(MTS_CLASS(Subsurface))
 			|| cClass->derivesFrom(MTS_CLASS(PhaseFunction))) {
 		m_objects.push_back(static_cast<ConfigurableObject *>(child));
 	} else if (cClass->derivesFrom(MTS_CLASS(Medium))) {