diff --git a/src/AWSSQS.jl b/src/AWSSQS.jl
index aa25731..a50f686 100644
--- a/src/AWSSQS.jl
+++ b/src/AWSSQS.jl
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ end
 """
     sqs_receive_message(::AWSQueue)
 
-Returns a `Dict` containing `:message` and `:handle`
+Returns a `Dict` containing `:message`, `:id` and `:handle`
 or `nothing` if the queue is empty.
 
 ```
@@ -212,11 +212,12 @@ function sqs_receive_message(queue::AWSQueue)
     end
 
     handle  = r[1]["ReceiptHandle"]
+    id      = r[1]["MessageId"]
     message = r[1]["Body"]
     md5     = r[1]["MD5OfBody"]
 
     @assert md5 == bytes2hex(digest(MD_MD5, message))
-    @SymDict(message, handle)
+    @SymDict(message, id, handle)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/test/queue.jl b/test/queue.jl
index 968e4e6..2a17670 100644
--- a/test/queue.jl
+++ b/test/queue.jl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ end
         sqs_send_message(queue, "Hello!", options...)
         message = sqs_receive_message(queue)
 
+        @test haskey(message, :id) && !isempty(message[:id])
         @test message[:message] == "Hello!"
     end
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ end
         sqs_send_message(queue, "Hello!")
         message = sqs_receive_message(queue)
 
+        @test haskey(message, :id) && !isempty(message[:id])
         @test message[:message] == "Hello!"
     end
 
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ end
         @test message_count == num_messages
 
         while (m=sqs_receive_message(queue)) != nothing
+            @test haskey(m, :id) && !isempty(m[:id])
             @test m[:message] == "test message"
         end
     end
@@ -87,4 +90,4 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-cleanup_queues()
\ No newline at end of file
+cleanup_queues()