diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
index 12467f12efe..b740ba552a1 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public class ScalaClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
         supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile( "gradle-wrapper.jar",
                 gradleWrapperPackage.replace( ".", File.separator ), "gradle-wrapper.jar") );
 
+        supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("build.sbt.mustache", "", "build.sbt"));
+
         importMapping.remove("List");
         importMapping.remove("Set");
         importMapping.remove("Map");
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/build.sbt.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/build.sbt.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a198acb832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/scala/build.sbt.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
+    settings(
+        version       := "{{artifactVersion}}",
+        name          := "{{artifactId}}",
+        organization  := "{{groupId}}",
+        scalaVersion  := "2.11.8",
+
+        libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.module" %% "jackson-module-scala" % "2.4.2",
+            "com.sun.jersey" % "jersey-core" % "1.19",
+            "com.sun.jersey" % "jersey-client" % "1.19",
+            "com.sun.jersey.contribs" % "jersey-multipart" % "1.19",
+            "org.jfarcand" % "jersey-ahc-client" % "1.0.5",
+            "io.swagger" % "swagger-core" % "1.5.8",
+            "joda-time" % "joda-time" % "2.2",
+            "org.joda" % "joda-convert" % "1.2",
+            "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.4" % "test",
+            "junit" % "junit" % "4.8.1" % "test"
+        ),
+
+        resolvers ++= Seq(
+            Resolver.jcenterRepo,
+            Resolver.mavenLocal
+        ),
+
+        scalacOptions := Seq(
+          "-unchecked",
+          "-deprecation",
+          "-feature"
+        ),
+
+        publishArtifact in (Compile, packageDoc) := false
+    )
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diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/scala/build.sbt b/samples/client/petstore/scala/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..063b2b0d490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/scala/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
+    settings(
+        version       := "1.0.0",
+        name          := "swagger-scala-client",
+        organization  := "io.swagger",
+        scalaVersion  := "2.11.8",
+
+        libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+            "com.fasterxml.jackson.module" %% "jackson-module-scala" % "2.4.2",
+            "com.sun.jersey" % "jersey-core" % "1.19",
+            "com.sun.jersey" % "jersey-client" % "1.19",
+            "com.sun.jersey.contribs" % "jersey-multipart" % "1.19",
+            "org.jfarcand" % "jersey-ahc-client" % "1.0.5",
+            "io.swagger" % "swagger-core" % "1.5.8",
+            "joda-time" % "joda-time" % "2.2",
+            "org.joda" % "joda-convert" % "1.2",
+            "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.4" % "test",
+            "junit" % "junit" % "4.8.1" % "test"
+        ),
+
+        resolvers ++= Seq(
+            Resolver.jcenterRepo,
+            Resolver.mavenLocal
+        ),
+
+        scalacOptions := Seq(
+          "-unchecked",
+          "-deprecation",
+          "-feature"
+        ),
+
+        publishArtifact in (Compile, packageDoc) := false
+    )
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