diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/SymfonyServerCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/SymfonyServerCodegen.java
index cbac5e779af..b1a0877a473 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/SymfonyServerCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/SymfonyServerCodegen.java
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> postProcessModels(Map<String, Object> objs) {
                 final String importType = var.datatype.replaceFirst("\\[\\]$", "");
                 final String dataType = extractSimpleName(var.datatype);
                 final boolean isScalarType = typeMapping.containsValue(importType);
+                var.vendorExtensions.put("x-fullType", var.datatype);
                 if (!isScalarType) {
                     var.vendorExtensions.put("x-typeAnnotation", dataType.endsWith("[]") ? "array" : dataType);
                     imports.add(importType);
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php-symfony/model_generic.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php-symfony/model_generic.mustache
index b00366590c2..58cbf36a935 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php-symfony/model_generic.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php-symfony/model_generic.mustache
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class {{classname}} {{#parentSchema}}extends {{{parent}}} {{/parentSchema}}imple
       * @var array[]
       */
     protected static $_attributes = [{{#vars}}
-        '{{name}}' => ['{{baseName}}', '{{{datatype}}}', {{#dataFormat}}'{{{dataFormat}}}'{{/dataFormat}}{{^dataFormat}}null{{/dataFormat}}, '{{setter}}', '{{getter}}'],{{/vars}}
+        '{{name}}' => ['{{baseName}}', '{{{vendorExtensions.x-fullType}}}', {{#dataFormat}}'{{{dataFormat}}}'{{/dataFormat}}{{^dataFormat}}null{{/dataFormat}}, '{{setter}}', '{{getter}}'],{{/vars}}
     ];
     {{#vars}}{{#isEnum}}{{#allowableValues}}{{#enumVars}}
     const {{enumName}}_{{{name}}} = {{{value}}};