diff --git a/.changeset/loud-trees-approve.md b/.changeset/loud-trees-approve.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c98dfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/loud-trees-approve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@felte/validator-zod': minor
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where errors from validating Zod union types weren't captured (#248)
diff --git a/packages/validator-zod/src/index.ts b/packages/validator-zod/src/index.ts
index a236cf2b..8b236f19 100644
--- a/packages/validator-zod/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/validator-zod/src/index.ts
@@ -7,42 +7,49 @@ import type {
   Extender,
 } from '@felte/common';
 import { _update } from '@felte/common';
-import type { ZodError, AnyZodObject } from 'zod';
+import type { ZodError, ZodSchema } from 'zod';
 
-type ZodSchema = {
-  parseAsync: AnyZodObject['parseAsync'];
-};
-
-export type ValidatorConfig = {
-  schema: ZodSchema;
+export type ValidatorConfig<Data extends Obj = Obj> = {
+  schema: ZodSchema<Data>;
   level?: 'error' | 'warning';
 };
 
 export function validateSchema<Data extends Obj>(
   schema: ZodSchema
 ): ValidationFunction<Data> {
-  function shapeErrors(errors: ZodError): AssignableErrors<Data> {
-    return errors.issues.reduce((err, value) => {
-      /* istanbul ignore next */
-      if (!value.path) return err;
-      return _update(
-        err,
-        value.path.join('.'),
-        (currentValue: undefined | string[]) => {
-          if (!currentValue || !Array.isArray(currentValue))
-            return [value.message];
-          return [...currentValue, value.message];
+  function walk(
+    error: ZodError,
+    err: AssignableErrors<Data>
+  ): AssignableErrors<Data> {
+    for (const issue of error.issues) {
+      if (issue.code === 'invalid_union') {
+        for (const unionError of issue.unionErrors) {
+          err = walk(unionError, err);
         }
-      );
-    }, {} as AssignableErrors<Data>);
+      } else {
+        if (!issue.path) continue;
+
+        const updater = (currentValue?: string[]) => {
+          if (!currentValue || !Array.isArray(currentValue)) {
+            return [issue.message];
+          }
+          return [...currentValue, issue.message];
+        };
+        err = _update(err, issue.path.join('.'), updater);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return err;
   }
+
   return async function validate(
     values: Data
   ): Promise<AssignableErrors<Data> | undefined> {
-    try {
-      await schema.parseAsync(values);
-    } catch (error) {
-      return shapeErrors(error as ZodError<any>);
+    const result = await schema.safeParseAsync(values);
+    if (!result.success) {
+      let err = {} as AssignableErrors<Data>;
+      err = walk(result.error, err);
+      return err;
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/validator-zod/tests/validator.spec.ts b/packages/validator-zod/tests/validator.spec.ts
index 7dcf4771..daa7d3e2 100644
--- a/packages/validator-zod/tests/validator.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/validator-zod/tests/validator.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest';
 import { expect, describe, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { createForm } from './common';
 import { validateSchema, validator } from '../src';
-import { z } from 'zod';
+import { z, ZodSchema } from 'zod';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 
 type Data = {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ describe('Validator zod', () => {
     });
     const mockData = { elems: [null, { name: '' }] };
 
-    const { validate, errors } = createForm<typeof mockData>({
+    const { validate, errors } = createForm({
       initialValues: mockData,
       onSubmit: vi.fn(),
       extend: validator({ schema }),
@@ -324,4 +324,43 @@ describe('Validator zod', () => {
       elems: [{ 0: null }, { name: null }],
     });
   });
+
+  test('should surface union type errors', async () => {
+    async function t(schema: ZodSchema, initialValues: object) {
+      const { validate, errors } = createForm({
+        initialValues,
+        extend: validator({ schema }),
+      });
+      await validate();
+      return get(errors);
+    }
+
+    const schema = z.object({ foo: z.string().min(1) });
+    const data = { foo: '' };
+
+    const unionErrors = await t(z.union([schema, schema]), data);
+    const errors = await t(schema, data);
+
+    expect(unionErrors).to.deep.equal(errors);
+  });
+
+  test('should surface discriminatedUnion type errors', async () => {
+    async function t(schema: ZodSchema, initialValues: object) {
+      const { validate, errors } = createForm({
+        initialValues,
+        extend: validator({ schema }),
+      });
+      await validate();
+      return get(errors);
+    }
+
+    const schema = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
+      z.object({ type: z.literal('foo'), foo: z.string().min(1) }),
+      z.object({ type: z.literal('bar'), bar: z.string().min(1) })
+    ], { errorMap: () => ({ message: 'Oops' }) });
+
+    const errors = await t(schema, { type: 'baz' });
+
+    expect(errors).to.deep.equal({ type: ['Oops'] });
+  });
 });