diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
index c522bdba860..a76452fddc8 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 @ApiModel(description = "{{{description}}}"){{/description}}
 {{>generatedAnnotation}}{{#discriminator}}{{>typeInfoAnnotation}}{{/discriminator}}
 public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}} {{/parent}}{{#parcelableModel}}implements Parcelable {{#serializableModel}}, Serializable {{/serializableModel}}{{/parcelableModel}}{{^parcelableModel}}{{#serializableModel}}implements Serializable {{/serializableModel}}{{/parcelableModel}}{
+{{#serializableModel}}
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+{{/serializableModel}}
   {{#vars}}
     {{#isEnum}}
     {{^isContainer}}