diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
index 04cecabad90..8dc9991daed 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenParameter.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package com.wordnik.swagger.codegen;
 public class CodegenParameter {
   public Boolean isFormParam, isQueryParam, isPathParam, isHeaderParam,
     isCookieParam, isBodyParam, isFile, notFile, hasMore, isContainer, secondaryParam;
-  public String baseName, paramName, dataType, collectionFormat, description, baseType;
+  public String baseName, paramName, dataType, collectionFormat, description, baseType, defaultValue;
   public String jsonSchema;
 
   /**
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public class CodegenParameter {
     output.isBodyParam = this.isBodyParam;
     output.required = this.required;
     output.jsonSchema = this.jsonSchema;
+    output.defaultValue = this.defaultValue;
 
     return output;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index 6f51374c536..966cc817863 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -904,6 +904,10 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
       p.required = param.getRequired();
     p.jsonSchema = Json.pretty(param);
 
+    if(param instanceof QueryParameter) {
+        p.defaultValue = ((QueryParameter)param).getDefaultValue();
+    }
+
     if(param instanceof SerializableParameter) {
       SerializableParameter qp = (SerializableParameter) param;
       Property property = null;