diff --git a/src/generators/clean-arch.generator.ts b/src/generators/clean-arch.generator.ts
index 878b37d..92fa261 100644
--- a/src/generators/clean-arch.generator.ts
+++ b/src/generators/clean-arch.generator.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ export function generateCleanArchitecture(
       };
     });
 
+    // Collect imports for types referenced via $ref in properties
+    const referencedTypes = new Set<string>();
+    Object.values(rawProperties).forEach((prop) => {
+      if (prop.$ref) {
+        referencedTypes.add(prop.$ref.split('/').pop() || '');
+      } else if (prop.type === 'array' && prop.items?.$ref) {
+        referencedTypes.add(prop.items.$ref.split('/').pop() || '');
+      }
+    });
+    const modelImports = [...referencedTypes]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map((name) => ({ classname: name, classFilename: toCamelCase(name) }));
+
     const modelViewData = {
       models: [
         {
@@ -62,6 +75,7 @@ export function generateCleanArchitecture(
             classFilename: toCamelCase(baseName),
             classVarName: toCamelCase(baseName),
             description: schemaObj.description || '',
+            imports: modelImports,
             vars: varsMap
           }
         }
diff --git a/templates/model.mustache b/templates/model.mustache
index 8139b1f..4224b8b 100644
--- a/templates/model.mustache
+++ b/templates/model.mustache
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {{#models}}
 {{#model}}
+{{#imports}}
+import { {{classname}} } from './{{classFilename}}.dto';
+{{/imports}}
 /**
  * {{classname}} DTO
  * {{#description}}{{description}}{{/description}}