diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/native/ApiClient.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/native/ApiClient.mustache
index ce313c70ef5..6bcad4a2f3f 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/native/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/native/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -252,6 +252,17 @@ public class ApiClient {
     return scheme + "://" + host + (port == -1 ? "" : ":" + port) + basePath;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set a custom scheme for the target service, for example 'https'.
+   *
+   * @param scheme The scheme of the target service
+   * @return This object.
+   */
+  public ApiClient setScheme(String scheme){
+    this.scheme = scheme;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set a custom request interceptor.
    *
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/native/src/main/java/org/openapitools/client/ApiClient.java b/samples/client/petstore/java/native/src/main/java/org/openapitools/client/ApiClient.java
index 3db8a760083..8652fda47bf 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/native/src/main/java/org/openapitools/client/ApiClient.java
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/native/src/main/java/org/openapitools/client/ApiClient.java
@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@ public class ApiClient {
     return scheme + "://" + host + (port == -1 ? "" : ":" + port) + basePath;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set a custom scheme for the target service, for example 'https'.
+   *
+   * @param scheme The scheme of the target service
+   * @return This object.
+   */
+  public ApiClient setScheme(String scheme){
+    this.scheme = scheme;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set a custom request interceptor.
    *