diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/swagger_generator.rb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/swagger_generator.rb
index f8b53a5..32fde12 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/swagger_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/swagger_generator.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ def json_file
       )
     end
 
+    def swagger_allow_methods_for_attributes
+      Jsonapi::Swagger.allow_methods_for_attributes
+    end
+
     def swagger_version
       Jsonapi::Swagger.version
     end
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/templates/swagger.json.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/templates/swagger.json.erb
index 8c3a44c..d2b8088 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/templates/swagger.json.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/swagger/templates/swagger.json.erb
@@ -76,11 +76,17 @@
     def properties(attrs: [])
       Hash.new{|h, k| h[k] = {}} .tap do |props|
         attrs.each do |attr|
-         columns = columns_with_comment(need_encoding: false)
-          props[attr][:type] = columns[attr][:type]
-          props[attr][:items] = { type: columns[attr][:items_type] } if columns[attr][:is_array]
-          props[attr][:'x-nullable'] = columns[attr][:nullable]
-          props[attr][:description] = columns[attr][:comment]
+          columns = columns_with_comment(need_encoding: false)
+          attribute_props = columns.fetch(attr) do
+            raise("`#{attr}` type is not found in the database schema. Consider setting `allow_methods_for_attributes` config option to `true`") unless swagger_allow_methods_for_attributes
+            { type: :string, comment: nil, read_only: true, nullable: true, }
+          end
+
+          props[attr][:type] = attribute_props[:type]
+          props[attr][:items] = { type: attribute_props[:items_type] } if attribute_props[:is_array]
+          props[attr][:'x-nullable'] = attribute_props[:nullable]
+          props[attr][:description] = attribute_props[:comment]
+          props[attr][:readOnly] = true if attribute_props[:read_only]
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/jsonapi/swagger.rb b/lib/jsonapi/swagger.rb
index 4084ce6..0533e1c 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi/swagger.rb
+++ b/lib/jsonapi/swagger.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ module Swagger
     class Error < StandardError; end
 
     class << self
-      attr_accessor :version, :info, :file_path, :base_path, :use_rswag
+      attr_accessor :allow_methods_for_attributes, :version, :info, :file_path, :base_path, :use_rswag
+
+      def allow_methods_for_attributes
+        @allow_methods_for_attributes ||= true
+      end
 
       def config
         yield self