diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCppCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCppCodegen.java
index 8fa66fa6aa8e..e4831843716a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCppCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractCppCodegen.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public AbstractCppCodegen() {
                         "if",
                         "inline",
                         "int",
+                        "linux",                        
                         "long",
                         "mutable",
                         "namespace",