diff --git a/Kynetx/Request.pm b/Kynetx/Request.pm
index df1ce7ed..c6b240cf 100644
--- a/Kynetx/Request.pm
+++ b/Kynetx/Request.pm
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ sub build_request_env {
                   || $r->headers_in->{'Kobj-Session'};
   my $api      = $options->{'api'}      || 'ruleset';
 
+  # allow the random EID to be overridden
+  $eid =  $req_params->{'_eid'} 
+       || $body_params->{'_eid'}
+       || $eid;
+
+
   # build initial envv
   my $ug = new Data::UUID;
 
diff --git a/t/Request.t b/t/Request.t
index f0d9ce33..24f13bb8 100644
--- a/t/Request.t
+++ b/t/Request.t
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ is(Kynetx::Request::get_attr($my_req_info, "type"), undef, $description);
 $test_count++;
 
 
-
 ######################### Clean up
 Kynetx::Test::flush_test_user($user_ken,$user_username);