diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
index 93eecd032516..3a2c0435b49c 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class GoClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
         // the correct solution is to use []byte
         typeMapping.put("binary", "string");
         typeMapping.put("ByteArray", "string");
+        typeMapping.put("object", "interface{}");
 
         importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();
         importMapping.put("time.Time", "time");