diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
index 65035363e9a6..9e09eb427c4a 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/ObjcClientCodegen.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public ObjcClientCodegen() {
                     "NSObject", "NSInteger", "NSNumber", "CGFloat",
                     "property", "nonatomic", "retain", "strong",
                     "weak", "unsafe_unretained", "readwrite", "readonly",
-                    "description"
+                    "description", "class"
                 ));
 
         importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();