diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractGoCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractGoCodegen.java
index 125a9d6f607..5cc17574166 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractGoCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractGoCodegen.java
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ public Map<String, Object> postProcessOperations(Map<String, Object> objs) {
                     }
                 }
 
-                // import "optionals" package if the parameter is primitive and optional
-                if (!param.required && param.isPrimitiveType) {
+                // import "optionals" package if the parameter is optional
+                if (!param.required) {
                     if (!addedOptionalImport) {
                         imports.add(createMapping("import", "github.com/antihax/optional"));
                         addedOptionalImport = true;