diff --git a/src/Type/Definition/InterfaceType.php b/src/Type/Definition/InterfaceType.php
index 5192149..4ef8b54 100644
--- a/src/Type/Definition/InterfaceType.php
+++ b/src/Type/Definition/InterfaceType.php
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class InterfaceType extends Type implements AbstractType, OutputType, CompositeT
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * InterfaceType constructor.
+     * @param array $config
+     */
     public function __construct(array $config)
     {
         Config::validate($config, [
@@ -63,7 +67,6 @@ class InterfaceType extends Type implements AbstractType, OutputType, CompositeT
 
         $this->name = $config['name'];
         $this->description = isset($config['description']) ? $config['description'] : null;
-        $this->_fields = !empty($config['fields']) ? FieldDefinition::createMap($config['fields']) : [];
         $this->_resolveTypeFn = isset($config['resolveType']) ? $config['resolveType'] : null;
         $this->config = $config;
     }
@@ -73,11 +76,25 @@ class InterfaceType extends Type implements AbstractType, OutputType, CompositeT
      */
     public function getFields()
     {
+        if (null === $this->_fields) {
+            $this->_fields = [];
+            $fields = isset($this->config['fields']) ? $this->config['fields'] : [];
+            $fields = is_callable($fields) ? call_user_func($fields) : $fields;
+            $this->_fields = FieldDefinition::createMap($fields);
+        }
         return $this->_fields;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $name
+     * @return FieldDefinition
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
     public function getField($name)
     {
+        if (null === $this->_fields) {
+            $this->getFields();
+        }
         Utils::invariant(isset($this->_fields[$name]), 'Field "%s" is not defined for type "%s"', $name, $this->name);
         return $this->_fields[$name];
     }
@@ -90,6 +107,10 @@ class InterfaceType extends Type implements AbstractType, OutputType, CompositeT
         return $this->_implementations;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param Type $type
+     * @return bool
+     */
     public function isPossibleType(Type $type)
     {
         $possibleTypeNames = $this->_possibleTypeNames;
diff --git a/tests/Type/DefinitionTest.php b/tests/Type/DefinitionTest.php
index 9bf3bd5..7a94f5b 100644
--- a/tests/Type/DefinitionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Type/DefinitionTest.php
@@ -433,6 +433,35 @@ class DefinitionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame($inputObject, $schema->getType('InputObject'));
         $this->assertEquals(count($inputObject->getFields()), 2);
         $this->assertSame($inputObject->getField('nested')->getType(), $inputObject);
-        $this->assertSame($inputObject->getField('value')->getType(), Type::string());
+    }
+
+    public function testInterfaceTypeAllowsRecursiveDefinitions()
+    {
+        $called = false;
+        $interface = new InterfaceType([
+            'name' => 'SomeInterface',
+            'fields' => function() use (&$interface, &$called) {
+                $called = true;
+                return [
+                    'value' => ['type' => Type::string()],
+                    'nested' => ['type' => $interface ]
+                ];
+            }
+        ]);
+
+        $query = new ObjectType([
+            'name' => 'Query',
+            'fields' => [
+                'test' => ['type' => $interface]
+            ]
+        ]);
+
+        $schema = new Schema($query);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($called);
+        $this->assertSame($interface, $schema->getType('SomeInterface'));
+        $this->assertEquals(count($interface->getFields()), 2);
+        $this->assertSame($interface->getField('nested')->getType(), $interface);
+        $this->assertSame($interface->getField('value')->getType(), Type::string());
     }
 }