diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index cb7164cc1f9..15eed39154a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
         }
     }
 
-    private void addImport(CodegenModel m, String type) {
+    protected void addImport(CodegenModel m, String type) {
         if (type != null && needToImport(type)) {
             m.imports.add(type);
         }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngular2ClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngular2ClientCodegen.java
index 56435112b94..0b1df6bfaf5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngular2ClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngular2ClientCodegen.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class TypeScriptAngular2ClientCodegen extends AbstractTypeScriptClientCod
     @Override
     protected void addAdditionPropertiesToCodeGenModel(CodegenModel codegenModel, ModelImpl swaggerModel) {
         codegenModel.additionalPropertiesType = getSwaggerType(swaggerModel.getAdditionalProperties());
+        addImport(codegenModel, codegenModel.additionalPropertiesType);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/typescript/typescriptangular2/TypeScriptAngular2ModelTest.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/typescript/typescriptangular2/TypeScriptAngular2ModelTest.java
index 52e291de676..685495f03c2 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/typescript/typescriptangular2/TypeScriptAngular2ModelTest.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/typescript/typescriptangular2/TypeScriptAngular2ModelTest.java
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ public class TypeScriptAngular2ModelTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(cm.description, "a map model");
         Assert.assertEquals(cm.vars.size(), 0);
         Assert.assertEquals(cm.imports.size(), 1);
+        Assert.assertEquals(cm.additionalPropertiesType, "models.Children");
         Assert.assertEquals(Sets.intersection(cm.imports, Sets.newHashSet("models.Children")).size(), 1);
     }
 }