User control referenced by "RequiredFieldValidator" cannot be verified

Question: How to properly extend a user control to work with RequiredFieldValidator? I read this one , but trying to implement it did not solve the problem for me. This is what I came up with:

 <%@ Register src="DynamicGenerator/Controls/ReferenceControl.ascx" tagname="ReferenceControl" tagprefix="uc1" %>
    <uc1:ReferenceControl ID="SelectAgreement" runat="server" />
    <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator" ControlToValidate="SelectAgreement" runat="server" ErrorMessage="Select an agreement!"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

Code behind:

[ValidationProperty("ConceptDefinitionId")]
public partial class ReferenceSelector : System.Web.UI.UserControl, IReference
{
   //lots of other stuff
 public string ConceptDefinitionId
        {
            get { return ReferenceControl.ConceptDefinitionId ?? ""; }
            set { ReferenceControl.ConceptDefinitionId = value; }
        }
}

Downloading this page gives me the following error:

The "SelectAgreement" control referenced by the ControlToValidate "RequiredFieldValidator" property cannot be checked.

Stacktrace:

[HttpException (0x80004005): Control 'SelectAgreement' referenced by the ControlToValidate property of 'RequiredFieldValidator' cannot be validated.]
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseValidator.CheckControlValidationProperty(String name, String propertyName) +8739685
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseValidator.ControlPropertiesValid() +40
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseValidator.get_PropertiesValid() +21
   System.Web.UI.WebControls.BaseValidator.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) +27
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +80
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +171
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +842