diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
index d8d301676fc..c80338a4bfc 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/model/SwaggerModelSerializer.scala
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ object SwaggerSerializers {
       }
       ModelProperty(
         `type` = `type`,
-        `qualifiedType` = `type`,
+        `qualifiedType` = (json \ "qualifiedType").extractOpt[String].getOrElse(`type`),
         required = (json \ "required") match {
           case e:JString => e.s.toBoolean
           case e:JBool => e.value