diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
index c80338a4bfc..6114c00769a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
           ""
         }),
         (json \ "name").extractOrElse(""),
-        (json \ "id").extractOrElse(""),
+        (json \ "qualifiedType").extractOrElse((json \ "id").extractOrElse("")),
         output,
         (json \ "description").extractOpt[String]
       )