diff --git a/play-2.6/swagger-play2/app/play/modules/swagger/PlayReader.java b/play-2.6/swagger-play2/app/play/modules/swagger/PlayReader.java
index dc02edd..cc0623c 100644
--- a/play-2.6/swagger-play2/app/play/modules/swagger/PlayReader.java
+++ b/play-2.6/swagger-play2/app/play/modules/swagger/PlayReader.java
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ protected io.swagger.models.parameters.Parameter readImplicitParam(ApiImplicitPa
             type = typeFromString(param.dataType(), cls);
 
         }
+        if(param.dataTypeClass() != Void.class) {
+            type = param.dataTypeClass();
+        }
         Parameter result =  ParameterProcessor.applyAnnotations(getSwagger(), p, type == null ? String.class : type, Collections.singletonList(param));
 
         if (result instanceof AbstractSerializableParameter && type != null) {
diff --git a/play-2.6/swagger-play2/test/testdata/CatController.scala b/play-2.6/swagger-play2/test/testdata/CatController.scala
index 0f7b218..41f30b2 100644
--- a/play-2.6/swagger-play2/test/testdata/CatController.scala
+++ b/play-2.6/swagger-play2/test/testdata/CatController.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class CatController extends Controller {
       consumes = "",
       protocols = "")
     @ApiImplicitParams(Array(
-      new ApiImplicitParam(name = "cat", value = "Cat object to add", required = true, dataType = "testdata.Cat", paramType = "body")))
+      new ApiImplicitParam(name = "cat", value = "Cat object to add", required = true, dataTypeClass = classOf[testdata.Cat], paramType = "body")))
     def add1 = Action {
       request => Ok("test case")
     }