diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index 6289757d80f..d48238c2489 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package io.swagger.codegen;
 
 import com.samskivert.mustache.Mustache;
 import com.samskivert.mustache.Template;
+
+import io.swagger.models.ComposedModel;
 import io.swagger.models.Contact;
 import io.swagger.models.Info;
 import io.swagger.models.License;
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ import io.swagger.models.Swagger;
 import io.swagger.models.auth.OAuth2Definition;
 import io.swagger.models.auth.SecuritySchemeDefinition;
 import io.swagger.util.Json;
+
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -119,7 +124,9 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
             // models
             Map<String, Model> definitions = swagger.getDefinitions();
             if (definitions != null) {
-                for (String name : definitions.keySet()) {
+            	List<String> sortedModelKeys = sortModelsByInheritance(definitions);
+            	            	
+                for (String name : sortedModelKeys) {
                     Model model = definitions.get(name);
                     Map<String, Model> modelMap = new HashMap<String, Model>();
                     modelMap.put(name, model);
@@ -326,6 +333,52 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
             operation.put(flagFieldName, true);
         }
     }
+    
+    private List<String> sortModelsByInheritance(final Map<String, Model> definitions) {
+    	List<String> sortedModelKeys = new ArrayList<String>(definitions.keySet());
+    	Comparator<String> cmp = new Comparator<String>() {
+			@Override
+			public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
+				Model model1 = definitions.get(o1);
+				Model model2 = definitions.get(o2);
+				
+				int model1InheritanceDepth = getInheritanceDepth(model1);
+				int model2InheritanceDepth = getInheritanceDepth(model2);
+				
+				if (model1InheritanceDepth == model2InheritanceDepth) {
+					return 0;
+				} else if (model1InheritanceDepth > model2InheritanceDepth) {
+					return 1;
+				} else {
+					return -1;
+				}
+			}
+			
+			private int getInheritanceDepth(Model model) {
+				int inheritanceDepth = 0;
+				Model parent = getParent(model);
+				
+				while (parent != null) {
+					inheritanceDepth++;
+					parent = getParent(parent);
+				}
+				
+				return inheritanceDepth;
+			}
+			
+			private Model getParent(Model model) {
+				if (model instanceof ComposedModel) {
+					return definitions.get(((ComposedModel) model).getParent().getReference());
+				}
+				
+				return null;
+			}
+		};
+		
+		Collections.sort(sortedModelKeys, cmp);
+		
+		return sortedModelKeys;
+    }
 
     public Map<String, List<CodegenOperation>> processPaths(Map<String, Path> paths) {
         Map<String, List<CodegenOperation>> ops = new HashMap<String, List<CodegenOperation>>();