diff --git a/lib/MemberBuilder.js b/lib/MemberBuilder.js
index dda0086..26ed534 100644
--- a/lib/MemberBuilder.js
+++ b/lib/MemberBuilder.js
@@ -207,7 +207,11 @@ exports.buildProp = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords, base )
  */
 exports.buildGetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords, base )
 {
-    validateGetterSetter( members, keywords, name, base );
+    var prev_data = scanMembers( members, name, base );
+
+    this._validate.validateGetterSetter(
+        name, members, keywords, base, prev_data
+    );
 
     Object.defineProperty(
         getMemberVisibility( members, keywords, name ),
@@ -243,7 +247,13 @@ exports.buildGetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords, base )
  */
 exports.buildSetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords, base )
 {
-    validateGetterSetter( members, keywords, name, base );
+    var prev_data = scanMembers( members, name, base );
+
+    this._validate.validateGetterSetter(
+        name, members, keywords, base, prev_data
+    );
+
+    this._validate.validateGetterSetter( name, members, keywords, base );
 
     Object.defineProperty(
         getMemberVisibility( members, keywords, name ),
@@ -259,43 +269,6 @@ exports.buildSetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords, base )
 };
 
 
-/**
- * Performs common validations on getters/setters
- *
- * If a problem is found, an exception will be thrown.
- *
- * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} members
- *
- * @param  {Object.<string,boolean>}  keywords  parsed keywords
- * @param  {string}                   name      getter/setter name
- * @param  {Object}                   base      optional base to parse
- */
-function validateGetterSetter( members, keywords, name, base )
-{
-    var prev_data = scanMembers( members, name, base ),
-        prev      = ( prev_data ) ? prev_data.member : null,
-
-        prev_keywords = ( prev && prev.___$$keywords$$ )
-            ? prev.___$$keywords$$
-            : {}
-    ;
-
-    if ( prev )
-    {
-        // To speed up the system we'll simply check for a getter/setter, rather
-        // than checking separately for methods/properties. This is at the
-        // expense of more detailed error messages. They'll live.
-        if ( !( prev_data.get || prev_data.set ) )
-        {
-            throw TypeError(
-                "Cannot override method or property '" + name +
-                    "' with getter/setter"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Returns member prototype to use for the requested visibility
  *
diff --git a/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js b/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
index 20b8d5d..d184f27 100644
--- a/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
+++ b/lib/MemberBuilderValidator.js
@@ -231,6 +231,47 @@ exports.prototype.validateProperty = function(
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Performs common validations on getters/setters
+ *
+ * If a problem is found, an exception will be thrown.
+ *
+ * @param  {string}                   name      getter/setter name
+ *
+ * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} members
+ *
+ * @param  {Object.<string,boolean>}  keywords  parsed keywords
+ * @param  {Object}                   base      optional base to parse
+ *
+ * @return {undefined}
+ */
+exports.prototype.validateGetterSetter = function(
+    name, members, keywords, base, prev_data
+)
+{
+    var prev = ( prev_data ) ? prev_data.member : null,
+
+        prev_keywords = ( prev && prev.___$$keywords$$ )
+            ? prev.___$$keywords$$
+            : {}
+    ;
+
+    if ( prev )
+    {
+        // To speed up the system we'll simply check for a getter/setter, rather
+        // than checking separately for methods/properties. This is at the
+        // expense of more detailed error messages. They'll live.
+        if ( !( prev_data.get || prev_data.set ) )
+        {
+            throw TypeError(
+                "Cannot override method or property '" + name +
+                    "' with getter/setter"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Return the visibility level as a numeric value, where 0 is public and 2 is
  * private
diff --git a/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js b/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
index cef16eb..9cf0acf 100644
--- a/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
+++ b/test/MemberBuilder/VisibilityTest.js
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
         this.buildStubGetterSetter = function( name, val, visibility, type )
         {
             var keywords = {},
-                method   = ( ( type === 'get' )
-                    ? _self.sut.buildGetter
-                    : _self.sut.buildSetter
+
+                // we can use bind() here because these tests will only be run
+                // in an ES5 environment (since pre-ES5 doesn't support
+                // getters/setters)
+                method = ( ( type === 'get' )
+                    ? _self.sut.buildGetter.bind( _self.sut )
+                    : _self.sut.buildSetter.bind( _self.sut )
                 )
             ;
 
diff --git a/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js b/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js
index 382c328..fa93f67 100644
--- a/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js
+++ b/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ var common = require( './common' ),
 
     builder = common.require( 'MemberBuilder' )(),
 
-    buildGetter = builder.buildGetter,
-    buildSetter = builder.buildSetter,
+    buildGetter = function()
+    {
+        builder.buildGetter.apply( builder, arguments );
+    },
+
+    buildSetter = function()
+    {
+        builder.buildSetter.apply( builder, arguments );
+    },
 
     // member visibility types are quoted because they are reserved keywords
     members = {},
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ testEach( function testCannotOverrideMethodWithGetterOrSetter( type, build )
     catch ( e )
     {
         assert.ok( e.message.search( name ) !== -1,
-            "Method override error message should contain getter/setter name"
+            "Method override error message should contain " + type + " name"
         );
         return;
     }