diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/swift4/model.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/swift4/model.mustache
index 7c342ac3473d..eb51bc23d091 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/swift4/model.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/swift4/model.mustache
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Foundation
 
 /** {{description}} */{{/description}}
 {{#isArrayModel}}
-public typealias {{classname}} = [{{arrayModelType}}]
+public typealias {{classname}} = {{parent}}
 {{/isArrayModel}}
 {{^isArrayModel}}
 {{#isEnum}}
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/swift4Test.json b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/swift4Test.json
index d9de56b3d1aa..8607cfc0463e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/swift4Test.json
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/resources/2_0/swift4Test.json
@@ -251,6 +251,28 @@
       },
       "description": "Example Error object"
     },
+    "ModelStringArray": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "This defines an array of strings.",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "ModelDoubleArray": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "This defines an array of doubles.",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "number",
+        "format": "double"
+      }
+    },
+    "ModelErrorInfoArray": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "description": "This defines an array of ErrorInfo objects.",
+      "items": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/ErrorInfo"
+      }
+    },
     "VariableNameTest": {
       "description": "This object contains property names which we know will be different from their variable name. Examples of this include snake case property names and property names which are Swift 4 reserved words.",
       "type": "object",
diff --git a/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelDoubleArray.swift b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelDoubleArray.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f075b441dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelDoubleArray.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+// ModelDoubleArray.swift
+//
+// Generated by swagger-codegen
+// https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+
+/** This defines an array of doubles. */
+public typealias ModelDoubleArray = [Double]
diff --git a/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelErrorInfoArray.swift b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelErrorInfoArray.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9a48fbab1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelErrorInfoArray.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+// ModelErrorInfoArray.swift
+//
+// Generated by swagger-codegen
+// https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+
+/** This defines an array of ErrorInfo objects. */
+public typealias ModelErrorInfoArray = [ErrorInfo]
diff --git a/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelStringArray.swift b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelStringArray.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c588f2ab7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/test/swift4/default/TestClient/Classes/Swaggers/Models/ModelStringArray.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//
+// ModelStringArray.swift
+//
+// Generated by swagger-codegen
+// https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+
+/** This defines an array of strings. */
+public typealias ModelStringArray = [String]