diff --git a/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResult.java b/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResult.java
index 8133145a8..7145fcab8 100644
--- a/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResult.java
+++ b/jest-common/src/main/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResult.java
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ protected List<JsonElement> extractSource() {
                         }
                     }
                 } else if (obj != null) {
+                    JsonElement objId = jsonObject.get("_id");
+                    if ((objId != null) && obj.isJsonObject()) {
+                        obj.getAsJsonObject().add(ES_METADATA_ID, objId);
+                    }
                     sourceList.add(obj);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResultTest.java b/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResultTest.java
index 203ec34b1..19c0a0af4 100644
--- a/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResultTest.java
+++ b/jest-common/src/test/java/io/searchbox/client/JestResultTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public void extractGetResource() {
         expectedResultMap.put("user", "kimchy");
         expectedResultMap.put("postDate", "2009-11-15T14:12:12");
         expectedResultMap.put("message", "trying out Elastic Search");
+        expectedResultMap.put(JestResult.ES_METADATA_ID, "1");
         JsonObject actualResultMap = result.extractSource().get(0).getAsJsonObject();
         assertEquals(expectedResultMap.size(), actualResultMap.entrySet().size());
         for (String key : expectedResultMap.keySet()) {
@@ -68,6 +69,31 @@ public void extractGetResourceWithLongId() {
         assertEquals(new Long(Integer.MAX_VALUE + 10l), actual.getSomeIdName());
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void extractGetResourceWithLongIdNotInSource() {
+        Long actualId = Integer.MAX_VALUE + 10l;
+
+        String response = "{\n" +
+                "    \"_index\" : \"blog\",\n" +
+                "    \"_type\" : \"comment\",\n" +
+                "    \"_id\" : \"" + actualId.toString() + "\", \n" +
+                "    \"_source\" : {\n" +
+                "        \"message\" : \"trying out Elastic Search\"\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "}\n";
+        result.setJsonMap(new Gson().fromJson(response, Map.class));
+        result.setPathToResult("_source");
+        result.setSucceeded(true);
+
+        Comment actual = result.getSourceAsObject(Comment.class);
+        assertNotNull(actual);
+
+        assertEquals(new Long(Integer.MAX_VALUE + 10l), actual.getSomeIdName());
+    }
+
+
+
     @Test
     public void extractUnFoundGetResource() {
         String response = "{\"_index\":\"twitter\",\"_type\":\"tweet\",\"_id\":\"13333\",\"exists\":false}";