diff --git a/src/Nest/DSL/BulkIndexDescriptor.cs b/src/Nest/DSL/BulkIndexDescriptor.cs
index 506a057ff1b..a4280277bc6 100644
--- a/src/Nest/DSL/BulkIndexDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/DSL/BulkIndexDescriptor.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ public BulkIndexDescriptor<T> Type(Type type)
 			return this;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Manually set the id for the newly created object
+		/// </summary>
+		public BulkIndexDescriptor<T> Id(long id)
+		{
+			return this.Id(id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+		}
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Manually set the id for the newly created object
 		/// </summary>