diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
index 10b2ec77206..ae22656cd97 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ public class JaxRSServerCodegen extends JavaClientCodegen implements CodegenConf
         if("/".equals(swagger.getBasePath())) {
             swagger.setBasePath("");
         }
+
+        String host = swagger.getHost();
+        String port = "8080";
+        if(host != null) {
+            String[] parts = host.split(":");
+            if(parts.length > 0) {
+                port = parts[1];
+            }
+        }
+        this.additionalProperties.put("serverPort", port);
         if(swagger != null && swagger.getPaths() != null) {
             for(String pathname : swagger.getPaths().keySet()) {
                 Path path = swagger.getPath(pathname);
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/README.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/README.mustache
index f240464851d..7bad8dbee0a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/README.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/README.mustache
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mvn clean package jetty:run
 You can then view the swagger listing here:
 
 ```
-http://localhost:8080{{contextPath}}/swagger.json
+http://localhost:{{serverPort}}{{contextPath}}/swagger.json
 ```
 
 Note that if you have configured the `host` to be something other than localhost, the calls through
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/pom.mustache
index b8426a0a693..0d1b06de43a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/jersey1_18/pom.mustache
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
           <stopPort>8079</stopPort>
           <stopKey>stopit</stopKey>
           <httpConnector>
-            <port>8080</port>
+            <port>{{serverPort}}</port>
             <idleTimeout>60000</idleTimeout>
           </httpConnector>
         </configuration>