diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
index e13208951d1..7d31800186b 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class ObjcClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
                     "NSObject", "NSInteger", "NSNumber", "CGFloat",
                     "property", "nonatomic", "retain", "strong",
                     "weak", "unsafe_unretained", "readwrite", "readonly",
-                    "description"
+                    "description", "class"
                 ));
 
         importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();