diff --git a/handlers/analytics.go b/handlers/analytics.go
index f6ffceea4..a67087c84 100644
--- a/handlers/analytics.go
+++ b/handlers/analytics.go
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/metrics"
-	"github.com/ua-parser/uap-go/uaparser"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/metrics"
+	"github.com/ua-parser/uap-go/uaparser"
+
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	cerrors "github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/errors"
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ type AnalyticsLog struct {
 
 type AnalyticsLogEvent struct {
 	// Shared fields by all events
-	Type      string `json:"type"`
-	Timestamp int64  `json:"timestamp"`
+	Id        *string `json:"id"`
+	Type      string  `json:"type"`
+	Timestamp int64   `json:"timestamp"`
 
 	// Heartbeat event
 	Errors              *int    `json:"errors"`
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ func (c *AnalyticsHandlersCollection) toAnalyticsData(log *AnalyticsLog, geo Ana
 			EventType:             e.Type,
 			EventTimestamp:        e.Timestamp,
 			EventData: analytics.LogDataEvent{
+				Id:                  e.Id,
 				Errors:              e.Errors,
 				AutoplayStatus:      e.AutoplayStatus,
 				StalledCount:        e.StalledCount,
diff --git a/handlers/analytics/log_processor.go b/handlers/analytics/log_processor.go
index 7b9441e5e..07befb5fc 100644
--- a/handlers/analytics/log_processor.go
+++ b/handlers/analytics/log_processor.go
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/metrics"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/sasl/plain"
-	"time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type LogProcessor struct {
 
 type LogDataEvent struct {
 	// Heartbeat event
+	Id                  *string `json:"id,omitempty"`
 	Errors              *int    `json:"errors,omitempty"`
 	AutoplayStatus      *string `json:"autoplay_status,omitempty"`
 	StalledCount        *int    `json:"stalled_count,omitempty"`
diff --git a/handlers/analytics_test.go b/handlers/analytics_test.go
index 646df43c1..fd71b8064 100644
--- a/handlers/analytics_test.go
+++ b/handlers/analytics_test.go
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package handlers
 
 import (
-	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
-	"github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/handlers/analytics"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"github.com/ua-parser/uap-go/uaparser"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"github.com/livepeer/catalyst-api/handlers/analytics"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/ua-parser/uap-go/uaparser"
 )
 
 const userID = "user-id"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func TestHandleLog(t *testing.T) {
 				"uid": "abcdef",
 				"events": [
 				   {
+						"id": "dcba4321",
 						"type": "heartbeat",
 						"timestamp": 1234567895,
 						"errors": 0,
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func TestHandleLog(t *testing.T) {
 						"some_field": "some value"
 					},
 					{
+						"id": "abcde12345",
 						"type": "error",
 						"timestamp": 1234567895,
 						"error_message": "error message",
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ func TestHandleLog(t *testing.T) {
 					EventType:      "heartbeat",
 					EventTimestamp: 1234567895,
 					EventData: analytics.LogDataEvent{
+						Id:                  strPtr("dcba4321"),
 						Errors:              intPtr(0),
 						AutoplayStatus:      strPtr("autoplay"),
 						StalledCount:        intPtr(5),
@@ -157,6 +161,7 @@ func TestHandleLog(t *testing.T) {
 					EventType:      "error",
 					EventTimestamp: 1234567895,
 					EventData: analytics.LogDataEvent{
+						Id:           strPtr("abcde12345"),
 						ErrorMessage: strPtr("error message"),
 						Category:     strPtr("offline"),
 					},