diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicPythonGenerator.scala b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicPythonGenerator.scala
index 638a4e388ee..57d4760c3d6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicPythonGenerator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/BasicPythonGenerator.scala
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class BasicPythonGenerator extends BasicGenerator {
     }
   }
   override def typeMapping = Map(
+    "integer" -> "int",
     "float" -> "float",
     "long" -> "long",
     "double" -> "float",