diff --git a/src/directives.ts b/src/directives.ts
index 28394ad652b..f3ffc70f797 100644
--- a/src/directives.ts
+++ b/src/directives.ts
@@ -338,9 +338,9 @@ export class SchemaDirectiveVisitor {
   public static getLocations() {
     if (this.locations === null) {
       this.locations = [];
-      for (let key in this) {
+      for (let key in this.prototype) {
         if (hasOwn.call(methodToLocationMap, key)) {
-          const method = this[key];
+          const method = this.prototype[key];
           if (typeof method === 'function' &&
               ! visitMethodStubSet.has(method)) {
             this.locations.push(methodToLocationMap[key]);
diff --git a/src/test/testDirectives.ts b/src/test/testDirectives.ts
index 844d1d4c4ea..f4bbca1b272 100644
--- a/src/test/testDirectives.ts
+++ b/src/test/testDirectives.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,32 @@ describe('@directives', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('can use visitor methods to generate locations implicitly', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual((class extends SchemaDirectiveVisitor {
+      /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+      public visitSchema() {}
+      public visitScalar() {}
+      public visitObject() {}
+      public visitFieldDefinition() {}
+      public visitArgumentDefinition() {}
+      public visitEnum() {}
+      public visitEnumValue() {}
+      public visitInputObject() {}
+      public visitInputFieldDefinition() {}
+      /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+    }).getLocations().sort(), [
+      DirectiveLocation.ARGUMENT_DEFINITION,
+      DirectiveLocation.ENUM,
+      DirectiveLocation.ENUM_VALUE,
+      DirectiveLocation.FIELD_DEFINITION,
+      DirectiveLocation.INPUT_FIELD_DEFINITION,
+      DirectiveLocation.INPUT_OBJECT,
+      DirectiveLocation.OBJECT,
+      DirectiveLocation.SCALAR,
+      DirectiveLocation.SCHEMA,
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('can handle all kinds of undeclared arguments', () => {
     const schemaText = `
     enum SpineEnum {