diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
index 157d650a42f..a4f263f858a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/ScalaClientCodegen.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 public class ScalaClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
+    protected String modelPropertyNaming= "camelCase";
     protected String invokerPackage = "io.swagger.client";
     protected String groupId = "io.swagger";
     protected String artifactId = "swagger-scala-client";
@@ -136,6 +137,44 @@ public class ScalaClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
 
         cliOptions.add(new CliOption(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PACKAGE, CodegenConstants.MODEL_PACKAGE_DESC));
         cliOptions.add(new CliOption(CodegenConstants.API_PACKAGE, CodegenConstants.API_PACKAGE_DESC));
+        cliOptions.add(new CliOption(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING, CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING_DESC).defaultValue("camelCase"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void processOpts() {
+        super.processOpts();
+
+        if (additionalProperties.containsKey(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING)) {
+            setModelPropertyNaming((String) additionalProperties.get(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setModelPropertyNaming(String naming) {
+        if ("original".equals(naming) || "camelCase".equals(naming) ||
+                "PascalCase".equals(naming) || "snake_case".equals(naming)) {
+            this.modelPropertyNaming = naming;
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid model property naming '" +
+                    naming + "'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', " +
+                    "'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getModelPropertyNaming() {
+        return this.modelPropertyNaming;
+    }
+
+    public String getNameUsingModelPropertyNaming(String name) {
+        switch (CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING_TYPE.valueOf(getModelPropertyNaming())) {
+            case original:    return name;
+            case camelCase:   return camelize(name, true);
+            case PascalCase:  return camelize(name);
+            case snake_case:  return underscore(name);
+            default:          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid model property naming '" +
+                    name + "'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', " +
+                    "'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'");
+        }
+
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -287,9 +326,7 @@ public class ScalaClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
             return name;
         }
 
-        // camelize (lower first character) the variable name
-        // pet_id => petId
-        name = camelize(name, true);
+        name = getNameUsingModelPropertyNaming(name);
 
         // for reserved word or word starting with number, append _
         if (isReservedWord(name) || name.matches("^\\d.*")) {
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/options/ScalaClientOptionsProvider.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/options/ScalaClientOptionsProvider.java
index 867482f145b..fade9a7cc07 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/options/ScalaClientOptionsProvider.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/options/ScalaClientOptionsProvider.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public class ScalaClientOptionsProvider implements OptionsProvider {
     public static final String API_PACKAGE_VALUE = "apiPackage";
     public static final String SORT_PARAMS_VALUE = "false";
     public static final String ENSURE_UNIQUE_PARAMS_VALUE = "true";
+    public static final String MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING = "modelPropertyNaming";
 
     @Override
     public String getLanguage() {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public class ScalaClientOptionsProvider implements OptionsProvider {
                 .put(CodegenConstants.API_PACKAGE, API_PACKAGE_VALUE)
                 .put(CodegenConstants.SORT_PARAMS_BY_REQUIRED_FLAG, SORT_PARAMS_VALUE)
                 .put(CodegenConstants.ENSURE_UNIQUE_PARAMS, ENSURE_UNIQUE_PARAMS_VALUE)
+                .put(CodegenConstants.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING, MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING)
                 .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/scala/ScalaClientOptionsTest.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/scala/ScalaClientOptionsTest.java
index fe0b3b3b544..4a934025dc3 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/scala/ScalaClientOptionsTest.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/test/java/io/swagger/codegen/scala/ScalaClientOptionsTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class ScalaClientOptionsTest extends AbstractOptionsTest {
             times = 1;
             clientCodegen.setSortParamsByRequiredFlag(Boolean.valueOf(ScalaClientOptionsProvider.SORT_PARAMS_VALUE));
             times = 1;
+            clientCodegen.setModelPropertyNaming(ScalaClientOptionsProvider.MODEL_PROPERTY_NAMING);
+            times = 1;
         }};
     }
 }