diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index e7b01e318..48bfe7262 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -1450,6 +1450,8 @@ and java_jar_compiler =
     ~meta:"path" "Specify the Java compiler jar used to generate the bytecode"
 
 
+and job_id = CLOpt.mk_string_opt ~long:"job-id" "Specify the job ID of this Infer run."
+
 and jobs =
   CLOpt.mk_int ~deprecated:["-multicore"] ~long:"jobs" ~short:'j' ~default:ncpu
     ~in_help:InferCommand.([(Analyze, manual_generic)])
@@ -2508,6 +2510,8 @@ and java_jar_compiler = !java_jar_compiler
 
 and javac_classes_out = !javac_classes_out
 
+and job_id = !job_id
+
 and jobs = !jobs
 
 and join_cond = !join_cond
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index edcd7a9b8..269cf669e 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ val java_jar_compiler : string option
 
 val javac_classes_out : string
 
+val job_id : string option
+
 val jobs : int
 
 val join_cond : int
diff --git a/infer/src/base/EventLogger.ml b/infer/src/base/EventLogger.ml
index 50d5ae230..34b01b835 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/EventLogger.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/EventLogger.ml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ module LoggerImpl : S = struct
       |> add_string ~key:"hostname" ~data:(Unix.gethostname ())
       |> add_string ~key:"infer_commit" ~data:Version.commit
       |> add_int ~key:"is_originator" ~data:(if CLOpt.is_originator then 1 else 0)
-      |> add_int ~key:"pid" ~data:(pid ())
+      |> add_string_opt ~key:"job_id" ~data:Config.job_id |> add_int ~key:"pid" ~data:(pid ())
       |> add_string ~key:"run_identifier" ~data:(get_log_identifier ())
       |> add_int ~key:"sequence" ~data:(!sequence_ctr - 1)
       |> add_string ~key:"sysname" ~data:sysname