diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index d2254b7a6bf..a6ce42f7125 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import java.util.regex.*;
 import java.io.*;
 
 public class DefaultGenerator implements Generator {
-  private CodegenConfig config;
-  private ClientOptInput opts = null;
-  private Swagger swagger = null;
+  protected CodegenConfig config;
+  protected ClientOptInput opts = null;
+  protected Swagger swagger = null;
 
   public Generator opts(ClientOptInput opts) {
     this.opts = opts;