diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
index c2a6b369f3c..996ccbd16d9 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class ApiClient {
   protected $defaultHeaders = array();
 
   /**
-   * The host (from basePath)
+   * The host
    */
-  protected $host = '{{basePath}}';
+  protected $host = 'http://localhost';
 
   /*
    * @var string timeout (second) of the HTTP request, by default set to 0, no timeout
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/api.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/api.mustache
index a014ecbaccc..b6f17f528d5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/api.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/api.mustache
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class {{classname}} {
 
   function __construct($apiClient = null) {
     if ($apiClient == null) {
-      $apiClient = new ApiClient();
+      $apiClient = (new ApiClient())->setHost('{{basePath}}');
     }
 
     $this->apiClient = $apiClient;