diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtmlGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtmlGenerator.java
index a22010e51fb..6942b3b2996 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtmlGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/StaticHtmlGenerator.java
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ public class StaticHtmlGenerator extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
         return markdownConverter.toHtml(input);
     }
 
+    // DefaultCodegen converts model names to UpperCamelCase
+    // but for static HTML, we want the names to be preserved as coded in the OpenApi
+    // so HTML links work
+    @Override
+    public String toModelName(final String name) {
+        return name;
+    }
+
     public void preprocessSwagger(Swagger swagger) {
         Info info = swagger.getInfo();
         info.setDescription(toHtml(info.getDescription()));
diff --git a/samples/html/.swagger-codegen/VERSION b/samples/html/.swagger-codegen/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fea99011a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/html/.swagger-codegen/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.2.3-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file