diff --git a/internal/patch/add_test.go b/internal/patch/add_test.go
index fddd1b8..dc16b5c 100644
--- a/internal/patch/add_test.go
+++ b/internal/patch/add_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elimity-com/scim/schema"
 )
 
+// The following example shows how to add extension attributes to a User resource without using a "path" attribute,
+// where the extension is provided as a nested object keyed by its schema URI. See RFC 7643 Section 3.3
+// and RFC 7644 Section 3.5.2.
+func Example_addExtensionWithoutPath() {
+	operation, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
+		"op": "add",
+		"value": map[string]interface{}{
+			"userName": "test",
+			"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": map[string]interface{}{
+				"organization": "SUSE",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	validator, _ := NewValidator(operation, schema.CoreUserSchema(), schema.ExtensionEnterpriseUser())
+	fmt.Println(validator.Validate())
+	// Output:
+	// map[urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User:map[organization:SUSE] userName:test] <nil>
+}
+
 // The following example shows how to add a member to a group.
 func Example_addMemberToGroup() {
 	operation, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
diff --git a/internal/patch/patch.go b/internal/patch/patch.go
index 410ae18..609b2f7 100644
--- a/internal/patch/patch.go
+++ b/internal/patch/patch.go
@@ -184,6 +184,28 @@ func (v OperationValidator) validateEmptyPath() (interface{}, error) {
 
 	rootValue := map[string]interface{}{}
 	for p, value := range attributes {
+		// A key that exactly matches a schema URI is a JSON container for that
+		// extension's attributes, not an attribute path (RFC 7643 Section 3.3,
+		// RFC 7644 Section 3.5.2). Validate its members against the extension schema.
+		if extSchema, ok := v.schemas[p]; ok {
+			extAttributes, ok := value.(map[string]interface{})
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the value of %s should be a complex attribute", p)
+			}
+			extValidator := OperationValidator{
+				Op:      v.Op,
+				value:   extAttributes,
+				schema:  extSchema,
+				schemas: v.schemas,
+			}
+			extValue, err := extValidator.validateEmptyPath()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			rootValue[p] = extValue
+			continue
+		}
+
 		path, err := filter.ParsePath([]byte(p))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid attribute path: %s", p)