diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
index 0c898f276cb..c8c6b885379 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pojo.mustache
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
    * minimum: {{minimum}}{{/minimum}}{{#maximum}}
    * maximum: {{maximum}}{{/maximum}}
    **/
+  public {{classname}} {{name}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
+    this.{{name}} = {{name}};
+    return this;
+  }
+
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{example}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
index b1404c64164..58bfed16381 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pojo.mustache
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ public class {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}} {{#seriali
    * minimum: {{minimum}}{{/minimum}}{{#maximum}}
    * maximum: {{maximum}}{{/maximum}}
    **/
+  public {{classname}} {{name}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
+    this.{{name}} = {{name}};
+    return this;
+  }
+
   {{#vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}{{/vendorExtensions.extraAnnotation}}
   @ApiModelProperty({{#example}}example = "{{example}}", {{/example}}{{#required}}required = {{required}}, {{/required}}value = "{{{description}}}")
   @JsonProperty("{{baseName}}")