diff --git a/lib/pleroma/upload.ex b/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
index 242813dcd..7480c57a6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Upload do
   alias Ecto.UUID
   alias Pleroma.Config
   alias Pleroma.Maps
+  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils
   require Logger
 
   @type source ::
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Upload do
          {:ok, url_spec} <- Pleroma.Uploaders.Uploader.put_file(opts.uploader, upload) do
       {:ok,
        %{
+         "id" => Utils.generate_object_id(),
          "type" => opts.activity_type,
          "mediaType" => upload.content_type,
          "url" => [
diff --git a/test/pleroma/upload_test.exs b/test/pleroma/upload_test.exs
index f2795f985..6584c2def 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/upload_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/upload_test.exs
@@ -49,20 +49,22 @@ defmodule Pleroma.UploadTest do
     test "it returns file" do
       File.cp!("test/fixtures/image.jpg", "test/fixtures/image_tmp.jpg")
 
-      assert Upload.store(@upload_file) ==
-               {:ok,
-                %{
-                  "name" => "image.jpg",
-                  "type" => "Document",
-                  "mediaType" => "image/jpeg",
-                  "url" => [
-                    %{
-                      "href" => "http://localhost:4001/media/post-process-file.jpg",
-                      "mediaType" => "image/jpeg",
-                      "type" => "Link"
-                    }
-                  ]
-                }}
+      assert {:ok, result} = Upload.store(@upload_file)
+
+      assert result ==
+               %{
+                 "id" => result["id"],
+                 "name" => "image.jpg",
+                 "type" => "Document",
+                 "mediaType" => "image/jpeg",
+                 "url" => [
+                   %{
+                     "href" => "http://localhost:4001/media/post-process-file.jpg",
+                     "mediaType" => "image/jpeg",
+                     "type" => "Link"
+                   }
+                 ]
+               }
 
       Task.await(Agent.get(TestUploaderSuccess, fn task_pid -> task_pid end))
     end