diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
index 5e624585126e..b73f383bf3f5 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/utils/ModelUtils.java
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ public class ModelUtils {
                         }
                     } else if (addlProps instanceof Schema) {
                         // additionalProperties defined as {}
-                        if (addlProps.getType() == null && (addlProps.getProperties() == null || addlProps.getProperties().isEmpty())) {
+                        if (addlProps.getType() == null && addlProps.get$ref() == null && (addlProps.getProperties() == null || addlProps.getProperties().isEmpty())) {
                             return true;
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientExperimentalTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientExperimentalTest.java
index 5412564359fc..4807ea2f3ceb 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientExperimentalTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientExperimentalTest.java
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.OpenAPI;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.*;
 import io.swagger.v3.parser.util.SchemaTypeUtil;
+
+import java.io.File;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.openapitools.codegen.*;
+import org.openapitools.codegen.config.CodegenConfigurator;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.languages.PythonClientExperimentalCodegen;
 import org.openapitools.codegen.utils.ModelUtils;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -375,4 +381,22 @@ public class PythonClientExperimentalTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(noDefaultEumLengthOneModel.defaultValue, "15.0");
         Assert.assertEquals(noDefaultEumLengthOneModel.hasRequired, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testObjectModelWithRefedAdditionalPropertiesIsGenerated() throws Exception {
+        File output = Files.createTempDirectory("test").toFile();
+
+        final CodegenConfigurator configurator = new CodegenConfigurator()
+                .setGeneratorName("python-experimental")
+                .setInputSpec("src/test/resources/3_0/issue_7372.yaml")
+                .setOutputDir(output.getAbsolutePath().replace("\\", "/"));
+
+        final ClientOptInput clientOptInput = configurator.toClientOptInput();
+        DefaultGenerator generator = new DefaultGenerator();
+        List<File> files = generator.opts(clientOptInput).generate();
+
+        TestUtils.ensureContainsFile(files, output, "openapi_client/model/a.py");
+        TestUtils.ensureContainsFile(files, output, "openapi_client/model/b.py");
+        output.deleteOnExit();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/issue_7372.yaml b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/issue_7372.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dcea8abd194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/issue_7372.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  title: foo
+  version: 1.0.0
+components:
+  schemas:
+    A:
+      type: object
+      additionalProperties:
+        $ref: '#/components/schemas/B'
+    B:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        type: object
+paths: {}
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