diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/NodeJSServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/NodeJSServerCodegen.java
index cd2f8980c15..b1e90ac8fdb 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/NodeJSServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/NodeJSServerCodegen.java
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-
 import io.swagger.codegen.*;
-import io.swagger.models.Swagger;
-import io.swagger.models.Info;
+import io.swagger.models.*;
 import io.swagger.util.Yaml;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 public class NodeJSServerCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
 	
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NodeJSServerCodegen.class);
@@ -191,6 +188,7 @@ public class NodeJSServerCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
         List<CodegenOperation> operations = (List<CodegenOperation>) objectMap.get("operation");
         for (CodegenOperation operation : operations) {
             operation.httpMethod = operation.httpMethod.toLowerCase();
+
             List<CodegenParameter> params = operation.allParams;
             if (params != null && params.size() == 0) {
                 operation.allParams = null;
@@ -253,7 +251,6 @@ public class NodeJSServerCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
 
     @Override
     public void preprocessSwagger(Swagger swagger) {
-
         String host = swagger.getHost();
         String port = "8080";
         if (host != null) {
@@ -273,6 +270,28 @@ public class NodeJSServerCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
                 this.additionalProperties.put("projectName", projectName);
             }
         }
+
+        // need vendor extensions for x-swagger-router-controller
+        Map<String, Path> paths = swagger.getPaths();
+        if(paths != null) {
+            for(String pathname : paths.keySet()) {
+                Path path = paths.get(pathname);
+                Map<HttpMethod, Operation> operationMap = path.getOperationMap();
+                if(operationMap != null) {
+                    for(HttpMethod method : operationMap.keySet()) {
+                        Operation operation = operationMap.get(method);
+                        String tag = "default";
+                        if(operation.getTags() != null && operation.getTags().size() > 0) {
+                            tag = toApiName(operation.getTags().get(0));
+                        }
+                        if(operation.getOperationId() == null) {
+                            operation.setOperationId(getOrGenerateOperationId(operation, pathname, method.toString()));
+                        }
+                        operation.getVendorExtensions().put("x-swagger-router-controller", toApiName(tag));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/nodejs/service.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/nodejs/service.mustache
index 5073d249275..c018e9ae294 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/nodejs/service.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/nodejs/service.mustache
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
 exports.{{nickname}} = function(args, res, next) {
   /**
    * parameters expected in the args:
-   {{#allParams}}* {{paramName}} ({{dataType}})
-   {{/allParams}}**/
-
-var examples = {};
-  {{#examples}}
-  examples['{{contentType}}'] = {{{example}}};
-  {{/examples}}
-
+  {{#allParams}}* {{paramName}} ({{dataType}})
+  {{/allParams}}**/
+  {{^returnType}}// no response value expected for this operation
+  {{/returnType}}
   {{#returnType}}
+  var examples = {};
+  {{#examples}}examples['{{contentType}}'] = {{{example}}};
+  {{/examples}}
   if(Object.keys(examples).length > 0) {
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     res.end(JSON.stringify(examples[Object.keys(examples)[0]] || {}, null, 2));
@@ -24,5 +23,6 @@ var examples = {};
   {{/returnType}}
   {{^returnType}}res.end();{{/returnType}}
 }
+
 {{/operation}}
 {{/operations}}