diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19e2a4cad2d..479cc90b801 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ samples/client/petstore/groovy/build
 # erlang
 samples/client/petstore/erlang-client/_build/
 samples/client/petstore/erlang-client/rebar.lock
+samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper/_build/
+samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper/rebar.lock
 samples/server/petstore/erlang-server/_build/
 samples/server/petstore/erlang-server/rebar.lock
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a90ad2bb31b..562452c67fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/elm</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/elixir</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/erlang-client</module>
+                <module>samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper</module>
                 <!-- servers -->
                 <!-- disable erlang server test due to dependency issues -->
                 <module>samples/server/petstore/erlang-server</module>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..541337e18b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/erlang-proper/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<project>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.openapitools</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ErlangProperClientTests</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>Erlang Proper Petstore Client</name>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile-test</id>
+                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <executable>rebar3</executable>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>compile</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>