diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CSharpClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CSharpClientCodegen.java
index 7582813af3f..5833d7287cc 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CSharpClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/CSharpClientCodegen.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public class CSharpClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("Newtonsoft.Json.dll", "bin", "Newtonsoft.Json.dll"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("RestSharp.dll", "bin", "RestSharp.dll"));
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("compile.mustache", "", "compile.bat"));
+        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("README.md", "", "README.md"));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/csharp/README.md b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/csharp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbab203d23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/csharp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+## Frameworks supported
+- .NET 3.5 or later
+- Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango)
+
+## Dependencies
+- [RestSharp] (https://www.nuget.org/packages/RestSharp)
+- [Json.NET] (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json/)
+
+
+NOTE: The DLLs included in the package may not be the latest version. We recommned using [NuGet] (https://docs.nuget.org/consume/installing-nuget) to obtain the latest version of the packages:
+```
+Install-Package RestSharp
+Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json
+``` 
+