diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/Qt5CPPGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/Qt5CPPGenerator.java
index f3179688c32..41c66c0449a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/Qt5CPPGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/Qt5CPPGenerator.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class Qt5CPPGenerator extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
      */
     @Override
     public String apiFileFolder() {
-        return outputFolder + "/" + sourceFolder + "/" + apiPackage().replace('.', File.separatorChar);
+        return outputFolder + "/" + sourceFolder + "/" + apiPackage().replace("::", File.separator);
     }
 
     @Override