diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenOperation.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenOperation.java
index c515c433d67d..d4d0027ccf61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import com.wordnik.swagger.models.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
 public class CodegenOperation {
-  public Boolean hasParams, returnTypeIsPrimitive, returnSimpleType;
+  public Boolean hasParams, returnTypeIsPrimitive, returnSimpleType, subresourceOperation;
   public String path, operationId, returnType, httpMethod, returnBaseType,
     returnContainer, summary, notes, baseName, defaultResponse;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
index 0bb1c4e8b6f8..6c805e993c9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/JaxRSServerCodegen.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class JaxRSServerCodegen extends JavaClientCodegen implements CodegenConf
     else {
       if(co.path.startsWith("/" + basePath))
         co.path = co.path.substring(("/" + basePath).length());
+        co.subresourceOperation = !co.path.isEmpty();
     }
     List<CodegenOperation> opList = operations.get(basePath);
     if(opList == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/api.mustache b/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/api.mustache
index adcacaeb29e0..88a65f8a59a4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/api.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/JavaJaxRS/api.mustache
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import javax.ws.rs.*;
 public class {{classname}} {
   {{#operation}}
   @{{httpMethod}}
-  @Path("{{path}}")
+  {{#subresourceOperation}}@Path("{{path}}"){{/subresourceOperation}}
   @ApiOperation(value = "{{{summary}}}", notes = "{{{notes}}}", response = {{{returnType}}}.class{{#returnContainer}}, responseContainer = "{{{returnContainer}}}"{{/returnContainer}})
   @ApiResponses(value = { {{#responses}}
     @ApiResponse(code = {{{code}}}, message = "{{{message}}}"){{#hasMore}},