diff --git a/protoc-gen-swagger/genswagger/template.go b/protoc-gen-swagger/genswagger/template.go
index 0ffe369cc9f..680f2d4424b 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-swagger/genswagger/template.go
+++ b/protoc-gen-swagger/genswagger/template.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func renderMessagesAsDefinition(messages messageMap, d swaggerDefinitionsObject,
 				panic(err)
 			}
 
-			schema.Properties = append(schema.Properties, keyVal{f.GetName(), fieldValue})
+			schema.Properties = append(schema.Properties, keyVal{f.GetJsonName(), fieldValue})
 		}
 		d[fullyQualifiedNameToSwaggerName(msg.FQMN(), reg)] = schema
 	}