diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index fe260cd56c0..cf158442a3e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
     protected List<SupportingFile> supportingFiles = new ArrayList<SupportingFile>();
     protected List<CliOption> cliOptions = new ArrayList<CliOption>();
     protected boolean skipOverwrite;
-    protected boolean copyPropertiesFromParents = true;
+    protected boolean supportsInheritance = false;
 
     public List<CliOption> cliOptions() {
         return cliOptions;
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
                 final String parentRef = toModelName(parent.getSimpleRef());
                 m.parent = parentRef;
                 addImport(m, parentRef);
-                if (copyPropertiesFromParents && allDefinitions != null) {
+                if (!supportsInheritance && allDefinitions != null) {
                     final Model parentModel = allDefinitions.get(parentRef);
                     if (parentModel instanceof ModelImpl) {
                         final ModelImpl _parent = (ModelImpl) parentModel;
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
index ee559878330..ce909e339f2 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements Codeg
 	
 	public TypeScriptNodeClientCodegen() {
 	    super();
-		copyPropertiesFromParents = false;
+		supportsInheritance = true;
 	    outputFolder = "generated-code/typescript-node";
 	    modelTemplateFiles.put("model.mustache", ".ts");
 	    apiTemplateFiles.put("api.mustache", ".ts");