diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de0df3a32..fbb577f38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 - Adding mime type for geojson
 - Add "when" parameter in a few GET API endpoints to enable pagination [#266](https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder/issues/266)
+- Add "id" in GET metadata.jsonld endpoints [#278](https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder/issues/278)
 
 ## 1.18.1 - 2021-08-16
 
diff --git a/app/util/JSONLD.scala b/app/util/JSONLD.scala
index c45dca24d..3eacc7214 100644
--- a/app/util/JSONLD.scala
+++ b/app/util/JSONLD.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ object JSONLD {
     )
 
     //convert metadata to json using implicit writes in Metadata model
-    val metadataJson = resourceJson ++ toJson(metadata).asInstanceOf[JsObject]
+    //include metadata ID in the json
+    val metadataJson = JsObject(Seq("id" -> JsString(metadata.id.toString()))) ++ resourceJson ++ toJson(metadata).asInstanceOf[JsObject]
 
     //combine the two json objects and return
     if (contextJson.isEmpty) metadataJson else contextJson.get ++ metadataJson