diff --git a/checks.d/docker_daemon.py b/checks.d/docker_daemon.py
index a9228eef31..ecaeb249fd 100644
--- a/checks.d/docker_daemon.py
+++ b/checks.d/docker_daemon.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
     "image_tag": lambda c: DockerUtil.image_tag_extractor(c, 1),
     "container_command": lambda c: [c["Command"]],
     "container_name": DockerUtil.container_name_extractor,
+    "container_id": lambda c: [c["Id"]],
 }
 
 CONTAINER = "container"
diff --git a/conf.d/docker_daemon.yaml.example b/conf.d/docker_daemon.yaml.example
index 4dd8f70b8a..ff715ea7d9 100644
--- a/conf.d/docker_daemon.yaml.example
+++ b/conf.d/docker_daemon.yaml.example
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ instances:
     #   - docker_image: LEGACY. The full image name:tag string (example: "nginx:latest")
     #   - container_name: Name of the container (example: "boring_euclid")
     #   - container_command: Command ran by the container (example: "echo 1")
+    #   - container_id: Id of the container
     #
     # performance_tags: ["container_name", image_name", "image_tag", "docker_image"]