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 53c0e6350b0d..d411a1c32a32 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
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
         if (input != null) {
             input = input.trim();
             String output = input.replaceAll("\n", "\\\\n");
+            output = output.replace("\r", "\\r");
             output = output.replace("\"", "\\\"");
             return output;
         }