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 dd8d9aefa902..afeb5cd62d5f 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
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
         if (input != null) {
             input = input.trim();
             String output = input.replaceAll("\n", "\\\\n");
+            output = output.replace("\r", "\\r");
             output = output.replace("\"", "\\\"");
             return output;
         }