diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/model.mustache
index 8b8dab6b0db..df7d1df8d21 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf-cdi/model.mustache
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package {{package}};
 
 {{#imports}}import {{import}};
 {{/imports}}
+{{#serializableModel}}
+import java.io.Serializable;
+{{/serializableModel}}
 {{#useBeanValidation}}
 import javax.validation.constraints.*;
 {{/useBeanValidation}}
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/model.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/model.mustache
index dd069aa87b3..ee1912f51ff 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/model.mustache
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package {{package}};
 
 {{#imports}}import {{import}};
 {{/imports}}
+{{#serializableModel}}
+import java.io.Serializable;
+{{/serializableModel}}
 {{#useBeanValidation}}
 import javax.validation.constraints.*;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
index c6d73b3dbe8..9858f8af59b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/cxf/pojo.mustache
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
  **/
 @ApiModel(description="{{{description}}}")
 {{/description}}
-public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {
+public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}}{{#serializableModel}} implements Serializable{{/serializableModel}} {
   {{#vars}}{{#isEnum}}{{^isContainer}}
 {{>enumClass}}{{/isContainer}}{{#isContainer}}{{#mostInnerItems}}
 {{>enumClass}}{{/mostInnerItems}}{{/isContainer}}{{/isEnum}}