diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f8395bc1e8b..5b26b4af8a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Keep `etcd` followers members from reporting `leader` metricset events {pull}12004[12004]
 - Add overview dashboard to Consul module {pull}10665[10665]
 - New fields were added in the mysql/status metricset. {pull}12227[12227]
+- Always report Pod UID in the `pod` metricset. {pull}12345[12345]
 - Add Vsphere Virtual Machine operating system to `os` field in Vsphere virtualmachine module. {pull}12391[12391]
 
 *Packetbeat*
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/data.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/data.go
index 75b43d74328..ccfa3a8ef51 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/data.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/data.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func eventMapping(content []byte, perfMetrics *util.PerfMetricsCache) ([]common.
 				},
 			},
 			"name": pod.PodRef.Name,
+			"uid":  pod.PodRef.UID,
 
 			"cpu": common.MapStr{
 				"usage": common.MapStr{
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/pod_test.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/pod_test.go
index 4a3500fdb5d..6b0a5069c59 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/pod_test.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/pod/pod_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func TestEventMapping(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCases := map[string]interface{}{
 		"name": "nginx-deployment-2303442956-pcqfc",
+		"uid":  "beabc196-2456-11e7-a3ad-42010a840235",
 
 		"network.rx.bytes":  107056,
 		"network.rx.errors": 0,