diff --git a/spark/sql-13/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala b/spark/sql-13/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
index cc7a45accb9fcb..c26059886f38f2 100644
--- a/spark/sql-13/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
+++ b/spark/sql-13/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
@@ -1099,7 +1099,6 @@ class AbstractScalaEsScalaSparkSQL(prefix: String, readMetadata: jl.Boolean, pus
   def testEsDataFrame60DataSourceSaveModeOverwrite() {
     val srcFrame = sqc.read.json(this.getClass.getResource("/small-sample.json").toURI().toString())
     val index = wrapIndex("sparksql-test/savemode_overwrite")
-    val table = wrapIndex("save_mode_overwrite")
 
     srcFrame.write.format("org.elasticsearch.spark.sql").mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).save(index)
     val df = EsSparkSQL.esDF(sqc, index)
@@ -1109,6 +1108,19 @@ class AbstractScalaEsScalaSparkSQL(prefix: String, readMetadata: jl.Boolean, pus
     assertEquals(3, df.count())
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testEsDataFrame60DataSourceSaveModeOverwriteWithID() {
+    val srcFrame = sqc.read.json(this.getClass.getResource("/small-sample.json").toURI().toString())
+    val index = wrapIndex("sparksql-test/savemode_overwrite_id")
+
+    srcFrame.write.format("org.elasticsearch.spark.sql").mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).option("es.mapping.id", "number").save(index)
+    val df = EsSparkSQL.esDF(sqc, index)
+
+    assertEquals(3, df.count())
+    srcFrame.write.format("org.elasticsearch.spark.sql").mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).option("es.mapping.id", "number").save(index)
+    assertEquals(3, df.count())
+  }
+
   @Test
   def testEsDataFrame60DataSourceSaveModeIgnore() {
     val srcFrame = sqc.read.json(this.getClass.getResource("/small-sample.json").toURI().toString())
diff --git a/spark/sql-13/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala b/spark/sql-13/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
index 85c177e189e5b1..ec28c4f3e4dbee 100644
--- a/spark/sql-13/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
+++ b/spark/sql-13/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.spark.cfg.SparkSettingsManager
 import org.elasticsearch.spark.serialization.ScalaValueWriter
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter
 
+import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.field.ConstantFieldExtractor
+
 private[sql] class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with SchemaRelationProvider with CreatableRelationProvider  {
 
   Version.logVersion()
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ private[sql] case class ElasticsearchRelation(parameters: Map[String, String], @
       // perform a scan-scroll delete
       val cfgCopy = cfg.copy()
       InitializationUtils.setValueWriterIfNotSet(cfgCopy, classOf[JdkValueWriter], null)
+      InitializationUtils.setFieldExtractorIfNotSet(cfgCopy, classOf[ConstantFieldExtractor], null) //throw away extractor
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_FLUSH_MANUAL, "false")
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_SIZE_ENTRIES, "1000")
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_SIZE_BYTES, "1mb")
diff --git a/spark/sql-20/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala b/spark/sql-20/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
index 8ad719b214d1bc..c9dfdcb47dcabc 100644
--- a/spark/sql-20/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
+++ b/spark/sql-20/src/itest/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/integration/AbstractScalaEsSparkSQL.scala
@@ -1116,6 +1116,19 @@ class AbstractScalaEsScalaSparkSQL(prefix: String, readMetadata: jl.Boolean, pus
     assertEquals(3, df.count())
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testEsDataFrame60DataSourceSaveModeOverwriteWithID() {
+    val srcFrame = artistsJsonAsDataFrame
+    val index = wrapIndex("sparksql-test/savemode_overwrite_id")
+
+    srcFrame.write.format("org.elasticsearch.spark.sql").mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).option("es.mapping.id", "number").save(index)
+    val df = EsSparkSQL.esDF(sqc, index)
+
+    assertEquals(3, df.count())
+    srcFrame.write.format("org.elasticsearch.spark.sql").mode(SaveMode.Overwrite).option("es.mapping.id", "number").save(index)
+    assertEquals(3, df.count())
+  }
+
   @Test
   def testEsDataFrame60DataSourceSaveModeIgnore() {
     val srcFrame = artistsJsonAsDataFrame
diff --git a/spark/sql-20/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala b/spark/sql-20/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
index 4ba0b7fcd429ae..a16d129ac8cb2b 100644
--- a/spark/sql-20/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
+++ b/spark/sql-20/src/main/scala/org/elasticsearch/spark/sql/DefaultSource.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters.mapAsJavaMapConverter
 import scala.collection.mutable.LinkedHashMap
 import scala.collection.mutable.LinkedHashSet
-
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
@@ -54,9 +53,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.util.StringUtils
 import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.util.Version
 import org.elasticsearch.spark.cfg.SparkSettingsManager
 import org.elasticsearch.spark.serialization.ScalaValueWriter
-
 import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter
 
+import org.elasticsearch.hadoop.serialization.field.ConstantFieldExtractor
+
 private[sql] class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with SchemaRelationProvider with CreatableRelationProvider  {
 
   Version.logVersion()
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ private[sql] case class ElasticsearchRelation(parameters: Map[String, String], @
       // perform a scan-scroll delete
       val cfgCopy = cfg.copy()
       InitializationUtils.setValueWriterIfNotSet(cfgCopy, classOf[JdkValueWriter], null)
+      InitializationUtils.setFieldExtractorIfNotSet(cfgCopy, classOf[ConstantFieldExtractor], null) //throw away extractor
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_FLUSH_MANUAL, "false")
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_SIZE_ENTRIES, "1000")
       cfgCopy.setProperty(ConfigurationOptions.ES_BATCH_SIZE_BYTES, "1mb")