diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenConstants.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenConstants.java
index 83330477b655..0893c5102dd5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenConstants.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/CodegenConstants.java
@@ -82,4 +82,9 @@ public class CodegenConstants {
 
     public static enum MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING_TYPE {camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, original}
 
+    public static final String MODEL_NAME_PREFIX = "modelNamePrefix";
+    public static final String MODEL_NAME_PREFIX_DESC = "Prefix that will be prepended to all model names. Default is the empty string.";
+
+    public static final String MODEL_NAME_SUFFIX = "modelNameSuffix";
+    public static final String MODEL_NAME_SUFFIX_DESC = "Suffix that will be appended to all model names. Default is the empty string.";
 }
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 7ea95597dd7a..9e692a1c80b9 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
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
     protected Set<String> languageSpecificPrimitives = new HashSet<String>();
     protected Map<String, String> importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();
     protected String modelPackage = "", apiPackage = "", fileSuffix;
+    protected String modelNamePrefix = "", modelNameSuffix = "";
     protected String testPackage = "";
     protected Map<String, String> apiTemplateFiles = new HashMap<String, String>();
     protected Map<String, String> modelTemplateFiles = new HashMap<String, String>();
@@ -826,8 +827,8 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
      * @param name the name of the model
      * @return capitalized model name
      */
-    public String toModelName(String name) {
-        return initialCaps(name);
+    public String toModelName(final String name) {
+        return initialCaps(modelNamePrefix + name + modelNameSuffix);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/config/CodegenConfigurator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/config/CodegenConfigurator.java
index c4b275e8eeb2..eaa3bd21fad6 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/config/CodegenConfigurator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/config/CodegenConfigurator.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class CodegenConfigurator {
     private String apiPackage;
     private String modelPackage;
     private String invokerPackage;
+    private String modelNamePrefix;
+    private String modelNameSuffix;
     private String groupId;
     private String artifactId;
     private String artifactVersion;
@@ -97,6 +99,24 @@ public class CodegenConfigurator {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public String getModelNamePrefix() {
+        return modelNamePrefix;
+    }
+
+    public CodegenConfigurator setModelNamePrefix(String prefix) {
+        this.modelNamePrefix = prefix;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public String getModelNameSuffix() {
+        return modelNameSuffix;
+    }
+
+    public CodegenConfigurator setModelNameSuffix(String suffix) {
+        this.modelNameSuffix = suffix;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public boolean isVerbose() {
         return verbose;
     }