diff --git a/packages/openapi2-parser/lib/schema.js b/packages/openapi2-parser/lib/schema.js
index 11ce1b71..25279923 100644
--- a/packages/openapi2-parser/lib/schema.js
+++ b/packages/openapi2-parser/lib/schema.js
@@ -133,7 +133,13 @@ class DataStructureGenerator {
       element.attributes.set('typeAttributes', typeAttributes);
 
       if (schema.additionalProperties !== false) {
-        const member = this.generateMember('', schema.additionalProperties);
+        let key;
+
+        if (schema.example && typeof schema.example === 'object') {
+          key = Object.keys(schema.example).find(key => element.getMember(key) === undefined);
+        }
+
+        const member = this.generateMember(key || '', schema.additionalProperties);
         member.attributes.set('variable', true);
         element.content.push(member);
       }
diff --git a/packages/openapi2-parser/test/schema-test.js b/packages/openapi2-parser/test/schema-test.js
index c032836e..758ca480 100644
--- a/packages/openapi2-parser/test/schema-test.js
+++ b/packages/openapi2-parser/test/schema-test.js
@@ -805,6 +805,92 @@ describe('JSON Schema to Data Structure', () => {
       expect(mode.attributes.getValue('typeAttributes')).to.deep.equal(['required']);
       expect(mode.value).to.be.instanceof(StringElement);
     });
+
+    describe('infering from example', () => {
+      it('produces object with additionalProperties containing example', () => {
+        const schema = {
+          type: 'object',
+          additionalProperties: {
+            type: 'string',
+          },
+          example: {
+            'application/json': 'https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159',
+          },
+        };
+
+        const dataStructure = schemaToDataStructure(schema);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.element).to.equal('dataStructure');
+        expect(dataStructure.content).to.be.instanceof(ObjectElement);
+        expect(dataStructure.content.attributes.getValue('typeAttributes')).to.deep.equal(['fixedType']);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.content.length).to.equal(1);
+
+        const variable = dataStructure.content.getMember('application/json');
+        expect(variable).to.be.instanceof(MemberElement);
+        expect(variable.attributes.getValue('variable')).to.be.true;
+        expect(variable.value).to.be.instanceof(StringElement);
+        expect(variable.value.toValue()).to.be.undefined;
+      });
+
+      it('produces object with additionalProperties containing example excluding required', () => {
+        const schema = {
+          type: 'object',
+          additionalProperties: {
+            type: 'string',
+          },
+          required: ['application/json'],
+          example: {
+            'application/json': 'https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159',
+          },
+        };
+
+        const dataStructure = schemaToDataStructure(schema);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.element).to.equal('dataStructure');
+        expect(dataStructure.content).to.be.instanceof(ObjectElement);
+        expect(dataStructure.content.attributes.getValue('typeAttributes')).to.deep.equal(['fixedType']);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.content.length).to.equal(2);
+
+        const variable = dataStructure.content.getMember('');
+        expect(variable).to.be.instanceof(MemberElement);
+        expect(variable.attributes.getValue('variable')).to.be.true;
+        expect(variable.value).to.be.instanceof(StringElement);
+        expect(variable.value.toValue()).to.be.undefined;
+      });
+
+      it('produces object with additionalProperties containing example excluding defined properties', () => {
+        const schema = {
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            'application/json': {
+              type: 'boolean',
+            },
+          },
+          additionalProperties: {
+            type: 'string',
+          },
+          example: {
+            'application/json': 'https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159',
+          },
+        };
+
+        const dataStructure = schemaToDataStructure(schema);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.element).to.equal('dataStructure');
+        expect(dataStructure.content).to.be.instanceof(ObjectElement);
+        expect(dataStructure.content.attributes.getValue('typeAttributes')).to.deep.equal(['fixedType']);
+
+        expect(dataStructure.content.length).to.equal(2);
+
+        const variable = dataStructure.content.getMember('');
+        expect(variable).to.be.instanceof(MemberElement);
+        expect(variable.attributes.getValue('variable')).to.be.true;
+        expect(variable.value).to.be.instanceof(StringElement);
+        expect(variable.value.toValue()).to.be.undefined;
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   context('array schema', () => {