diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa982906..ddf2fda7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ Mandatory fields:
 	an empty captions file (useful in case only some videos in a playlist have captions)
 
 Optional fields:
+* `id` - a string that identifies the source clip (maximum 32 bytes)
 * `sourceType` - sets the interface that should be used to read the MP4 file, allowed values are:
 	`file` and `http`. By default, the module uses `http` if `vod_remote_upstream_location` is set,
 	and `file` otherwise.
diff --git a/vod/hls/hls_muxer.c b/vod/hls/hls_muxer.c
index 26630ddc..4cb271f0 100644
--- a/vod/hls/hls_muxer.c
+++ b/vod/hls/hls_muxer.c
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 
 #define ID3_TEXT_JSON_FORMAT "{\"timestamp\":%uL}%Z"
 #define ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_PREFIX_FORMAT "{\"timestamp\":%uL,\"sequenceId\":\""
+#define ID3_TEXT_JSON_CLIP_ID_FORMAT "\",\"clipId\":\""
 #define ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_SUFFIX "\"}"
 
+
 // from ffmpeg mpegtsenc
 #define DEFAULT_PES_HEADER_FREQ 16
 #define DEFAULT_PES_PAYLOAD_SIZE ((DEFAULT_PES_HEADER_FREQ - 1) * 184 + 170)
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ hls_muxer_init_id3_stream(
 	size_t data_size;
 	int64_t timestamp;
 	void* frames_source_context;
+	vod_str_t clip_id;
 
 	cur_stream = state->last_stream;
 
@@ -196,8 +199,9 @@ hls_muxer_init_id3_stream(
 	if (sequence_id->len != 0)
 	{
 		sequence_id_escape = vod_escape_json(NULL, sequence_id->data, sequence_id->len);
-		data_size = sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_PREFIX_FORMAT) + VOD_INT64_LEN + 
+		data_size = sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_PREFIX_FORMAT) + VOD_INT64_LEN +
 			sequence_id->len + sequence_id_escape +
+			sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_CLIP_ID_FORMAT) + CLIP_ID_MAX_SIZE +
 			sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_SUFFIX);
 	}
 	else
@@ -268,6 +272,14 @@ hls_muxer_init_id3_stream(
 			{
 				p = vod_copy(p, sequence_id->data, sequence_id->len);
 			}
+
+			clip_id = ref_track->file_info.source->id;
+			if (clip_id.len != 0)
+			{
+				p = vod_copy(p, ID3_TEXT_JSON_CLIP_ID_FORMAT, sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_CLIP_ID_FORMAT) - 1);
+				p = vod_copy(p, clip_id.data, clip_id.len);
+			}
+
 			p = vod_copy(p, ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_SUFFIX, sizeof(ID3_TEXT_JSON_SEQUENCE_ID_SUFFIX));
 
 		}
diff --git a/vod/media_clip.h b/vod/media_clip.h
index 6fe34886..c8ab87e2 100644
--- a/vod/media_clip.h
+++ b/vod/media_clip.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef struct ngx_http_vod_reader_s ngx_http_vod_reader_t;
 struct media_clip_source_s {
 	// base
 	media_clip_t base;
+	vod_str_t id;
 	int64_t clip_time;
 	media_range_t* range;
 	media_track_array_t track_array;
diff --git a/vod/media_set.h b/vod/media_set.h
index dff42ee7..a791c832 100644
--- a/vod/media_set.h
+++ b/vod/media_set.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define MAX_CLOSED_CAPTIONS (67)
 #define MAX_CLIPS (128)
 #define MAX_CLIPS_PER_REQUEST (16)
+#define CLIP_ID_MAX_SIZE (32)
 #define MAX_SEQUENCES (32)
 #define MAX_SEQUENCE_IDS (4)
 #define MAX_SEQUENCE_TRACKS_MASKS (2)
diff --git a/vod/media_set_parser.c b/vod/media_set_parser.c
index a1a0e7ff..ba25ae23 100644
--- a/vod/media_set_parser.c
+++ b/vod/media_set_parser.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static vod_status_t media_set_parse_source(void* ctx, vod_json_object_t* element
 static vod_status_t media_set_parse_clips_array(void* ctx, vod_json_value_t* value, void* dest);
 static vod_status_t media_set_parse_bitrate(void* ctx, vod_json_value_t* value, void* dest);
 static vod_status_t media_set_parse_source_type(void* ctx, vod_json_value_t* value, void* dest);
+static vod_status_t media_set_parse_source_clip_id(void* ctx, vod_json_value_t* value, void* dest);
 
 // constants
 static json_parser_union_type_def_t media_clip_union_params[] = {
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ static json_parser_union_type_def_t media_clip_union_params[] = {
 };
 
 static json_object_value_def_t media_clip_source_params[] = {
+	{ vod_string("id"),	            VOD_JSON_STRING,	offsetof(media_clip_source_t, id), media_set_parse_source_clip_id },
 	{ vod_string("path"),			VOD_JSON_STRING,	offsetof(media_clip_source_t, mapped_uri), media_set_parse_null_term_string },
 	{ vod_string("tracks"),			VOD_JSON_STRING,	offsetof(media_clip_source_t, tracks_mask), media_set_parse_tracks_spec },
 	{ vod_string("clipFrom"),		VOD_JSON_INT,		offsetof(media_clip_source_t, clip_from), media_set_parse_int64 },
@@ -320,6 +322,29 @@ media_set_parse_int64(
 	return VOD_OK;
 }
 
+static vod_status_t
+media_set_parse_source_clip_id(
+	void* ctx,
+	vod_json_value_t* value,
+	void* dest)
+{
+	media_filter_parse_context_t* context = ctx;
+	vod_status_t rc;
+	if (value->v.str.len > CLIP_ID_MAX_SIZE)
+	{
+		vod_log_error(VOD_LOG_ERR, context->request_context->log, 0,
+			"media_set_parse_source_clip_id: invalid size of id: %uz", value->v.str.len);
+		return VOD_BAD_MAPPING;
+	}
+
+	rc = media_set_parse_null_term_string(context, value, dest);
+	if (rc != VOD_OK)
+	{
+		return rc;
+	}
+	return VOD_OK;
+}
+
 static vod_status_t
 media_set_parse_source_type(
 	void* ctx,