diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
index 36dc3ee8a38..20350b2b177 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJavaCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements Code
                 .SERIALIZE_BIG_DECIMAL_AS_STRING_DESC));
         cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(FULL_JAVA_UTIL, "whether to use fully qualified name for classes under java.util. This option only works for Java API client"));
         cliOptions.add(new CliOption("hideGenerationTimestamp", "hides the timestamp when files were generated"));
-        cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(WITH_XML, "whether to include support for application/xml content type. This option only works for Java API client"));
+        cliOptions.add(CliOption.newBoolean(WITH_XML, "whether to include support for application/xml content type. This option only works for Java API client (resttemplate)"));
 
         CliOption dateLibrary = new CliOption(DATE_LIBRARY, "Option. Date library to use");
         Map<String, String> dateOptions = new HashMap<String, String>();
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/build.gradle.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/build.gradle.mustache
index 8f5655d7f73..4738272ebf3 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/build.gradle.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/libraries/resttemplate/build.gradle.mustache
@@ -127,5 +127,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:$jackson_version"
     compile "joda-time:joda-time:$jodatime_version"
     {{/java8}}
+    {{#withXml}}
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:$jackson_version"
+    {{/withXml}}
     testCompile "junit:junit:$junit_version"
 }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle b/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle
index eeb852d3092..9777827cce5 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate-withXml/build.gradle
@@ -110,5 +110,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider:$jackson_version"
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:$jackson_version"
     compile "joda-time:joda-time:$jodatime_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:$jackson_version"
     testCompile "junit:junit:$junit_version"
 }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate/pom.xml
index 01059b5fcb9..b95fc9de523 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/resttemplate/pom.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
-  <artifactId>swagger-petstore-resttemplate</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>swagger-petstore-resttemplate-withxml</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>swagger-petstore-resttemplate</name>
+  <name>swagger-petstore-resttemplate-withxml</name>
   <version>1.0.0</version>
   <url>https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen</url>
   <description>Swagger Java</description>