diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 960c258c2c6..e3fe4896955 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ organization := "com.wordnik"
 
 name := "swagger-codegen"
 
-version := "2.0.9-WN9"
+version := "2.0.9-WN11"
 
 scalaVersion := "2.10.0"
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
index dad526acf0d..f5a6638ecea 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
@@ -421,9 +421,8 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
       val required = (json \ "required").extract[Set[String]]
       json \ "properties" match {
         case JObject(entries) => {
-          entries.map({
-            case (key, value) => {
-              val prop = value.extract[ModelProperty]
+          entries.map(kv => kv._1 -> kv._2.extract[ModelProperty]).sortBy(_._2.position).map({
+            case (key, prop) => {
               if(required.contains(key))
                 output += key -> prop.copy(required = true)
               else
@@ -514,6 +513,7 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
           case e:JBool => e.value
           case _ => false
         },
+        position = (json \ "position").extractOrElse(0),
         description = (json \ "description").extractOpt[String],
         allowableValues = allowableValues,
         items = {
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
     case x: ModelProperty =>
       val output = toJsonSchema("type", x.`type`) ~
       ("description" -> x.description) ~
-      ("items" -> Extraction.decompose(x.items))
+      ("items" -> Extraction.decompose(x.items)) ~
+      ("position" -> x.position)
 
       x.allowableValues match {
         case AllowableListValues(values, "LIST") => 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializerValidations.scala b/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializerValidations.scala
index aeeecb9bf74..0d321d1990c 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializerValidations.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializerValidations.scala
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class ModelValidationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model" in {
     val ref = Model("Foo", "Bar", "Bar", (LinkedHashMap("s" -> ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, true, Some("a string")))))
-    write(ref) should be ("""{"id":"Foo","name":"Bar","required":["s"],"properties":{"s":{"type":"string","description":"a string"}}}""")
+    write(ref) should be ("""{"id":"Foo","name":"Bar","required":["s"],"properties":{"s":{"type":"string","description":"a string","position":0}}}""")
   }
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class ModelPropertyValidationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property with allowable values and ref" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"), AllowableListValues(List("a","b")),Some(ModelRef("Foo",Some("Bar"))))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","items":{"type":"Foo","$ref":"Bar"},"enum":["a","b"]}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","items":{"type":"Foo","$ref":"Bar"},"position":0,"enum":["a","b"]}""")
   }
 
   it should "deserialize a model property with allowable values" in {
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class ModelPropertyValidationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property with allowable values" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"), AllowableListValues(List("a","b")))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","enum":["a","b"]}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","position":0,"enum":["a","b"]}""")
   }
 
   it should "deserialize a model property" in {
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class ModelPropertyValidationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice"}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","position":0}""")
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializersTest.scala b/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializersTest.scala
index 398443accf9..01490cf5947 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializersTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/swaggerSpec1_2/ModelSerializersTest.scala
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class ModelSerializationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model" in {
     val ref = Model("Foo", "Bar", "Bar", (LinkedHashMap("s" -> ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, true, Some("a string")))))
-    write(ref) should be ("""{"id":"Foo","name":"Bar","required":["s"],"properties":{"s":{"type":"string","description":"a string"}}}""")
+    write(ref) should be ("""{"id":"Foo","name":"Bar","required":["s"],"properties":{"s":{"type":"string","description":"a string","position":0}}}""")
   }
 }
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class ModelPropertySerializationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property with allowable values and ref" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"), AllowableListValues(List("a","b")),Some(ModelRef("Foo",Some("Bar"))))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","items":{"type":"Foo","$ref":"Bar"},"enum":["a","b"]}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","items":{"type":"Foo","$ref":"Bar"},"position":0,"enum":["a","b"]}""")
   }
 
   it should "deserialize a model property with allowable values" in {
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ class ModelPropertySerializationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property with allowable values" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"), AllowableListValues(List("a","b")))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","enum":["a","b"]}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","position":0,"enum":["a","b"]}""")
   }
 
   it should "deserialize a model property" in {
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class ModelPropertySerializationTest extends FlatSpec with ShouldMatchers {
 
   it should "serialize a model property" in {
     val p = ModelProperty("string", "string", 0, false, Some("nice"))
-    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice"}""")
+    write(p) should be ("""{"type":"string","description":"nice","position":0}""")
   }
 
   it should "extract model properties" in {