diff --git a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/util/PropertyDeserializer.java b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/util/PropertyDeserializer.java
index f7c7ff4f14..78d6477ba2 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/util/PropertyDeserializer.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/util/PropertyDeserializer.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Property propertyFromNode(JsonNode node) {
                       properties.put(field.getKey(), property);
                   }
               }
-                ObjectProperty objectProperty = new ObjectProperty(properties);
+                ObjectProperty objectProperty = new ObjectProperty(properties).description(description);
                 objectProperty.setVendorExtensionMap(getVendorExtensions(node));
                 return objectProperty;
             }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-models/src/main/java/io/swagger/models/properties/ObjectProperty.java b/modules/swagger-models/src/main/java/io/swagger/models/properties/ObjectProperty.java
index 5291503ab3..40b33b0baa 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-models/src/main/java/io/swagger/models/properties/ObjectProperty.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-models/src/main/java/io/swagger/models/properties/ObjectProperty.java
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ public ObjectProperty properties(Map<String, Property> properties) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ObjectProperty description(String description) {
+        this.setDescription(description);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public Map<String, Property> getProperties(){
       return this.properties;
     }