diff --git a/conf/as3/templates/ModelObject.st b/conf/as3/templates/ModelObject.st
index e8e00f07c22a..e2e436b080e0 100644
--- a/conf/as3/templates/ModelObject.st
+++ b/conf/as3/templates/ModelObject.st
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import $import$;
 $if(!field.fieldDefinition.collectionItemType)$
      [XmlElement(name="$field.fieldDefinition.name$")]$endif$
 $if(field.fieldDefinition.collectionItemType)$
-     [XmlElements(name="$field.fieldDefinition.name$", type="$field.fieldDefinition.collectionItemType$")]$endif$
+     [XmlElementWrapper(name="$field.fieldDefinition.name$")]
+     [XmlElements(name="$field.fieldDefinition.collectionItemName$", type="$field.fieldDefinition.collectionItemType$")]$endif$
      public var $field.fieldDefinition.name$: $field.fieldDefinition.returnType$ $field.fieldDefinition.initialization$;$\r$}$
 
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/FieldDefinition.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/FieldDefinition.java
index c357d0b6febd..ce49c3ea1719 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/FieldDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/FieldDefinition.java
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ public class FieldDefinition {
 	private List<String> importDefinitions = new ArrayList<String>();
 
     private String collectionItemType;
-	
+
+    private String collectionItemName;
+
 	public String getReturnType() {
 		return returnType;
 	}
@@ -70,4 +72,12 @@ public class FieldDefinition {
     public String getCollectionItemType() {
         return collectionItemType;
     }
+
+    public String getCollectionItemName() {
+        return collectionItemName;
+    }
+
+    public void setCollectionItemName(String collectionItemName) {
+        this.collectionItemName = collectionItemName;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/resource/ModelField.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/resource/ModelField.java
index 3b9107eb5b7f..89a321765251 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/resource/ModelField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/resource/ModelField.java
@@ -184,8 +184,10 @@ public class ModelField {
 	    		String entryType = type.substring(5, type.length()-1);
                 if (dataTypeMapper.isPrimitiveType(entryType)) {
                     fieldDefinition.setCollectionItemType(entryType);
+                    fieldDefinition.setCollectionItemName(entryType);
                 } else {
                     fieldDefinition.setCollectionItemType(config.getModelPackageName() + "." + nameGenerator.applyClassNamingPolicy(entryType));
+                    fieldDefinition.setCollectionItemName(nameGenerator.applyMethodNamingPolicy(entryType));
                 }
 	    		entryType =  dataTypeMapper.getClassType(entryType, true);
 	    		String returnType = dataTypeMapper.getListReturnTypeSignature(entryType);