diff --git a/src/generators/model/Generator.php b/src/generators/model/Generator.php
index 86abe3522..1c7684a4b 100644
--- a/src/generators/model/Generator.php
+++ b/src/generators/model/Generator.php
@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@ public function generate()
                 'relationsClassHints' => $this->generateRelationsClassHints($tableRelations, $this->generateQuery),
                 'enum' => $this->getEnum($tableSchema->columns),
             ];
+
+            $template = phpversion() < '7' ? 'model.php': 'model_from_7.php';
+
             $files[] = new CodeFile(
                 Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', $this->ns)) . '/' . $modelClassName . '.php',
-                $this->render('model.php', $params)
+                $this->render($template, $params)
             );
 
             // query:
diff --git a/src/generators/model/default/model_from_7.php b/src/generators/model/default/model_from_7.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feb2eda90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generators/model/default/model_from_7.php
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This is the template for generating the model class of a specified table.
+ */
+
+/** @var $enum array list of ENUM fields */
+/** @var yii\web\View $this */
+/** @var yii\gii\generators\model\Generator $generator */
+/** @var string $tableName full table name */
+/** @var string $className class name */
+/** @var string $queryClassName query class name */
+/** @var yii\db\TableSchema $tableSchema */
+/** @var array $properties list of properties (property => [type, name. comment]) */
+/** @var string[] $labels list of attribute labels (name => label) */
+/** @var string[] $rules list of validation rules */
+/** @var array $relations list of relations (name => relation declaration) */
+
+echo "<?php\n";
+?>
+
+namespace <?= $generator->ns ?>;
+
+use \yii\db\Connection;
+/**
+ * This is the model class for table "<?= $generator->generateTableName($tableName) ?>".
+ *
+<?php foreach ($properties as $property => $data): ?>
+ * @property <?= "{$data['type']} \${$property}"  . ($data['comment'] ? ' ' . strtr($data['comment'], ["\n" => ' ']) : '') . "\n" ?>
+<?php endforeach; ?>
+<?php if (!empty($relations)): ?>
+ *
+<?php foreach ($relations as $name => $relation): ?>
+ * @property <?= $relation[1] . ($relation[2] ? '[]' : '') . ' $' . lcfirst($name) . "\n" ?>
+<?php endforeach; ?>
+<?php endif; ?>
+ */
+class <?= $className ?> extends <?= '\\' . ltrim($generator->baseClass, '\\') . "\n" ?>
+{
+
+<?php if (!empty($enum)): ?>
+    /**
+     * ENUM field values
+     */
+<?php
+    foreach($enum as $columnName => $columnData) {
+        foreach ($columnData['values'] as $enumValue){
+            echo '    const ' . $enumValue['constName'] . ' = \'' . $enumValue['value'] . '\';' . PHP_EOL;
+        }
+    }
+endif
+?>
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public static function tableName() : string
+    {
+        return '<?= $generator->generateTableName($tableName) ?>';
+    }
+<?php if ($generator->db !== 'db'): ?>
+
+    /**
+     * @return Connection the database connection used by this AR class.
+     */
+    public static function getDb() : Connection
+    {
+        return Yii::$app->get('<?= $generator->db ?>');
+    }
+<?php endif; ?>
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function rules() : array
+    {
+        return [<?= empty($rules) ? '' : ("\n            " . implode(",\n            ", $rules) . ",\n        ") ?>];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function attributeLabels() : array
+    {
+        return [
+<?php foreach ($labels as $name => $label): ?>
+            <?= "'$name' => " . $generator->generateString($label) . ",\n" ?>
+<?php endforeach; ?>
+        ];
+    }
+<?php foreach ($relations as $name => $relation): ?>
+
+    /**
+     * Gets query for [[<?= $name ?>]].
+     *
+     * @return <?= $relationsClassHints[$name] . "\n" ?>
+     */
+    public function get<?= $name ?>() : <?= $relationsClassHints[$name] ?>
+    {
+        <?= $relation[0] . "\n" ?>
+    }
+<?php endforeach; ?>
+<?php if ($queryClassName): ?>
+<?php
+    $queryClassFullName = ($generator->ns === $generator->queryNs) ? $queryClassName : '\\' . $generator->queryNs . '\\' . $queryClassName;
+    echo "\n";
+?>
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     * @return <?= $queryClassFullName ?> the active query used by this AR class.
+     */
+    public static function find() : <?= $queryClassFullName ?>
+    {
+        return new <?= $queryClassFullName ?>(get_called_class());
+    }
+<?php endif; ?>
+
+<?php if ($enum): ?>
+<?php     foreach ($enum as $columnName => $columnData): ?>
+
+    /**
+     * column <?= $columnName ?> ENUM value labels
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public static function <?= $columnData['funcOptsName'] ?>() : array
+    {
+        return [
+<?php         foreach ($columnData['values'] as $k => $value): ?>
+<?php
+        if ($generator->enableI18N) {
+            echo '            self::' . $value['constName'] . ' => Yii::t(\'' . $generator->messageCategory . '\', \'' . $value['value'] . "'),\n";
+        } else {
+            echo '            self::' . $value['constName'] . ' => \'' . $value['value'] . "',\n";
+        }
+    ?>
+<?php         endforeach; ?>
+        ];
+    }
+<?php     endforeach; ?>
+<?php     foreach ($enum as $columnName => $columnData): ?>
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function <?= $columnData['displayFunctionPrefix'] ?>() : string
+    {
+        return self::<?= $columnData['funcOptsName'] ?>()[$this-><?=$columnName?>];
+    }
+<?php         foreach ($columnData['values'] as $enumValue): ?>
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function <?= $columnData['isFunctionPrefix'] . $enumValue['functionSuffix'] ?>() : bool
+    {
+        return $this-><?= $columnName ?> === self::<?= $enumValue['constName'] ?>;
+    }
+
+    public function <?= $columnData['setFunctionPrefix'] . $enumValue['functionSuffix'] ?>()
+    {
+        $this-><?= $columnName ?> = self::<?= $enumValue['constName'] ?>;
+    }
+<?php         endforeach; ?>
+<?php     endforeach; ?>
+<?php endif; ?>
+}
diff --git a/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php b/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
index bb1d9f6d4..6ce572244 100644
--- a/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/generators/ModelGeneratorTest.php
@@ -506,7 +506,9 @@ public function testEnum()
             'relationsClassHints' => [],
             'enum' => $generator->getEnum($tableSchema->columns),
         ];
-        $codeFile = $generator->render('model.php', $params);
+
+        $template = phpversion() < '7' ? 'model.php': 'model_from_7.php';
+        $codeFile = $generator->render($template, $params);
 
         /**
          * Fix class code for eval - remove ?php, namespace and use Yii