diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractScalaCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
index 15c73855e142..d453d882e57b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 public abstract class AbstractScalaCodegen extends DefaultCodegen {
     private final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractScalaCodegen.class);
 
+    // https://spec.openapis.org/registry/format/date-time-local.html
+    protected static final String DATE_TIME_LOCAL_FORMAT = "date-time-local";
+
     @Getter protected String modelPropertyNaming = CodegenConstants.ENUM_PROPERTY_NAMING_TYPE.camelCase.name();
     @Setter protected String invokerPackage = "org.openapitools.client";
     @Getter @Setter
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ public AbstractScalaCodegen() {
 
         // Scala specific openApi types mapping
         typeMapping.put("ByteArray", "Array[Byte]");
+        typeMapping.put(DATE_TIME_LOCAL_FORMAT, "LocalDateTime");
 
 
         importMapping = new HashMap<String, String>();
@@ -226,8 +230,10 @@ public void processOpts() {
         if (additionalProperties.containsKey(DATE_LIBRARY)) {
             this.setDateLibrary(additionalProperties.get(DATE_LIBRARY).toString(), false);
         }
+        this.typeMapping.put(DATE_TIME_LOCAL_FORMAT, "LocalDateTime");
         if (DateLibraries.java8.name().equals(dateLibrary)) {
             this.importMapping.put("LocalDate", "java.time.LocalDate");
+            this.importMapping.put("LocalDateTime", "java.time.LocalDateTime");
             this.importMapping.put("OffsetDateTime", "java.time.OffsetDateTime");
             this.typeMapping.put("date", "LocalDate");
             this.typeMapping.put("DateTime", "OffsetDateTime");
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/AbstractScalaCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/AbstractScalaCodegenTest.java
index 7c3b9f0c416f..7a08a568467c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/AbstractScalaCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/AbstractScalaCodegenTest.java
@@ -100,6 +100,27 @@ public void checkScalaTypeImportMapping() {
                 "BigInt is a Scala type and must not be imported");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void checkDateTimeLocalTypeMappingJava8() {
+        P_AbstractScalaCodegen codegen = new P_AbstractScalaCodegen();
+        codegen.processOpts();
+        Assert.assertEquals(codegen.typeMapping().get("date-time-local"), "LocalDateTime",
+                "date-time-local format should map to LocalDateTime");
+        Assert.assertEquals(codegen.importMapping().get("LocalDateTime"), "java.time.LocalDateTime",
+                "LocalDateTime should import from java.time when using java8 date library");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void checkDateTimeLocalTypeDeclaration() {
+        P_AbstractScalaCodegen codegen = new P_AbstractScalaCodegen();
+        codegen.processOpts();
+        Schema<?> schema = new ObjectSchema();
+        schema.setType("string");
+        schema.setFormat("date-time-local");
+        Assert.assertEquals(codegen.getTypeDeclaration(schema), "LocalDateTime",
+                "Schema with date-time-local format should produce LocalDateTime type");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void checkTypeDeclarationWithByteString() {
         Schema<?> byteArraySchema = new ObjectSchema();
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/Sttp4CodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/Sttp4CodegenTest.java
index 74f7f43ae1e1..2e74ec6de7eb 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/Sttp4CodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/scala/Sttp4CodegenTest.java
@@ -53,4 +53,40 @@ public void verifyApiKeyLocations() throws IOException {
         assertFileContains(path, ".header(\"X-Api-Key\", apiKeyHeader)");
         assertFileContains(path, ".cookie(\"apikey\", apiKeyCookie)");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyDateTimeLocalGeneratesLocalDateTime() throws IOException {
+        File output = Files.createTempDirectory("test").toFile().getCanonicalFile();
+        output.deleteOnExit();
+        String outputPath = output.getAbsolutePath().replace('\\', '/');
+
+        OpenAPI openAPI = new OpenAPIParser()
+                .readLocation("src/test/resources/3_0/scala/date-time-local.yaml", null, new ParseOptions()).getOpenAPI();
+
+        ScalaSttp4ClientCodegen codegen = new ScalaSttp4ClientCodegen();
+        codegen.setOutputDir(output.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        ClientOptInput input = new ClientOptInput();
+        input.openAPI(openAPI);
+        input.config(codegen);
+
+        DefaultGenerator generator = new DefaultGenerator();
+
+        generator.setGeneratorPropertyDefault(CodegenConstants.MODELS, "true");
+        generator.setGeneratorPropertyDefault(CodegenConstants.MODEL_TESTS, "false");
+        generator.setGeneratorPropertyDefault(CodegenConstants.MODEL_DOCS, "false");
+        generator.setGeneratorPropertyDefault(CodegenConstants.APIS, "false");
+        generator.setGeneratorPropertyDefault(CodegenConstants.SUPPORTING_FILES, "false");
+        generator.opts(input).generate();
+
+        Path modelPath = Paths.get(outputPath + "/src/main/scala/org/openapitools/client/model/Event.scala");
+        // date-time-local maps to LocalDateTime
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "import java.time.LocalDateTime");
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "startTime: LocalDateTime");
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "endTime: Option[LocalDateTime]");
+        // date-time maps to OffsetDateTime
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "import java.time.OffsetDateTime");
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "createdAt: OffsetDateTime");
+        assertFileContains(modelPath, "updatedAt: Option[OffsetDateTime]");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/scala/date-time-local.yaml b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/scala/date-time-local.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63f3a1e26f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/scala/date-time-local.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: Date Time Local Test API
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths:
+  /events:
+    get:
+      operationId: getEvents
+      summary: Get events
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Successful response
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Event:
+      type: object
+      required:
+        - name
+        - startTime
+        - createdAt
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
+        startTime:
+          type: string
+          format: date-time-local
+        endTime:
+          type: string
+          format: date-time-local
+        createdAt:
+          type: string
+          format: date-time
+        updatedAt:
+          type: string
+          format: date-time