diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
index 54a2f7efae..ac37715362 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractGenerator {
         throw new RuntimeException("can't load template " + name);
     }
 
-    private String getCPResourcePath(String name) {
+    public String getCPResourcePath(String name) {
         if (!"/".equals(File.separator)) {
             return name.replaceAll(Pattern.quote(File.separator), "/");
         }
         return name;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index a04e517bee..27e10db125 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
                         // continue
                     }
                     if (in == null) {
-                        in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(config.templateDir() + File.separator + support.templateFile);
+                        in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(getCPResourcePath(config.templateDir() + File.separator + support.templateFile));
                     }
                     File outputFile = new File(outputFilename);
                     OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFile, false);