diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenProperty.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
index 8461310a298..e2704637a71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/CodegenProperty.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public class CodegenProperty {
   public Integer minLength;
   /** pattern validation for strings, see http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#rfc.section.5.2.3 */
   public String pattern;
+  /** A free-form property to include an example of an instance for this schema. */
+  public String example;
 
   public Double minimum, maximum, exclusiveMinimum, exclusiveMaximum;
   public Boolean hasMore = null, required = null, secondaryParam = null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index e06497f7900..0074e21d7dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
     property.description = p.getDescription();
     property.getter = "get" + name.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + name.substring(1);
     property.setter = "set" + name.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + name.substring(1);
-
+    property.example = p.getExample();
     property.defaultValue = toDefaultValue(p);
 
     String type = getSwaggerType(p);