diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.sip.in
index 7b6f8a7c7778..7854144cdb57 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.sip.in
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ Removes a previously added rendered feature ``handler``.
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`addRenderedFeatureHandler`
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.10
+%End
+
+    QTransform layoutToMapCoordsTransform() const;
+%Docstring
+Creates a transform from layout coordinates to map coordinates.
 %End
 
   protected:
diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
index b9826df4e14c..1f567e2a1d48 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "qgsabstractlayoutiterator.h"
 #include "qgsfeedback.h"
 #include "qgslayoutgeopdfexporter.h"
+#include "qgslinestring.h"
 #include <QImageWriter>
 #include <QSize>
 #include <QSvgGenerator>
@@ -595,6 +596,46 @@ QgsLayoutExporter::ExportResult QgsLayoutExporter::exportToPdf( const QString &f
       details.keywords = mLayout->project()->metadata().keywords();
     }
 
+    if ( settings.appendGeoreference )
+    {
+      // setup georeferencing
+      QList< QgsLayoutItemMap * > maps;
+      mLayout->layoutItems( maps );
+      for ( QgsLayoutItemMap *map : qgis::as_const( maps ) )
+      {
+        QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::GeoReferencedSection georef;
+        georef.crs = map->crs();
+
+        const QPointF topLeft = map->mapToScene( QPointF( 0, 0 ) );
+        const QPointF topRight = map->mapToScene( QPointF( map->rect().width(), 0 ) );
+        const QPointF bottomLeft = map->mapToScene( QPointF( 0, map->rect().height() ) );
+        const QPointF bottomRight = map->mapToScene( QPointF( map->rect().width(), map->rect().height() ) );
+        const QgsLayoutPoint topLeftMm = mLayout->convertFromLayoutUnits( topLeft, QgsUnitTypes::LayoutMillimeters );
+        const QgsLayoutPoint topRightMm = mLayout->convertFromLayoutUnits( topRight, QgsUnitTypes::LayoutMillimeters );
+        const QgsLayoutPoint bottomLeftMm = mLayout->convertFromLayoutUnits( bottomLeft, QgsUnitTypes::LayoutMillimeters );
+        const QgsLayoutPoint bottomRightMm = mLayout->convertFromLayoutUnits( bottomRight, QgsUnitTypes::LayoutMillimeters );
+
+        georef.pageBoundsPolygon.setExteriorRing( new QgsLineString( QVector< QgsPointXY >() << QgsPointXY( topLeftMm.x(), topLeftMm.y() )
+            << QgsPointXY( topRightMm.x(), topRightMm.y() )
+            << QgsPointXY( bottomRightMm.x(), bottomRightMm.y() )
+            << QgsPointXY( bottomLeftMm.x(), bottomLeftMm.y() )
+            << QgsPointXY( topLeftMm.x(), topLeftMm.y() ) ) );
+
+        georef.controlPoints.reserve( 4 );
+        const QTransform t = map->layoutToMapCoordsTransform();
+        const QgsPointXY topLeftMap = t.map( topLeft );
+        const QgsPointXY topRightMap = t.map( topRight );
+        const QgsPointXY bottomLeftMap = t.map( bottomLeft );
+        const QgsPointXY bottomRightMap = t.map( bottomRight );
+
+        georef.controlPoints << QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::ControlPoint( QgsPointXY( topLeftMm.x(), topLeftMm.y() ), topLeftMap );
+        georef.controlPoints << QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::ControlPoint( QgsPointXY( topRightMm.x(), topRightMm.y() ), topRightMap );
+        georef.controlPoints << QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::ControlPoint( QgsPointXY( bottomLeftMm.x(), bottomLeftMm.y() ), bottomLeftMap );
+        georef.controlPoints << QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::ControlPoint( QgsPointXY( bottomRightMm.x(), bottomRightMm.y() ), bottomRightMap );
+        details.georeferencedSections << georef;
+      }
+    }
+
     details.includeFeatures = settings.includeGeoPdfFeatures;
     details.useOgcBestPracticeFormatGeoreferencing = settings.useOgcBestPracticeFormatGeoreferencing;
     details.useIso32000ExtensionFormatGeoreferencing = settings.useIso32000ExtensionFormatGeoreferencing;
diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.h b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.h
index f57ab0028fed..be42fb2a5931 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.h
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutitemmap.h
@@ -549,6 +549,11 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsLayoutItemMap : public QgsLayoutItem
      */
     void removeRenderedFeatureHandler( QgsRenderedFeatureHandlerInterface *handler );
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a transform from layout coordinates to map coordinates.
+     */
+    QTransform layoutToMapCoordsTransform() const;
+
   protected:
 
     void draw( QgsLayoutItemRenderContext &context ) override;
@@ -731,11 +736,6 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsLayoutItemMap : public QgsLayoutItem
     //! Returns first map overview or creates an empty one if none
     const QgsLayoutItemMapOverview *constFirstMapOverview() const;
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a transform from layout coordinates to map coordinates.
-     */
-    QTransform layoutToMapCoordsTransform() const;
-
     /**
      * Creates a list of label blocking regions for the map, which correspond to the
      * map areas covered by other layout items marked as label blockers for this map.
diff --git a/src/core/qgsabstractgeopdfexporter.cpp b/src/core/qgsabstractgeopdfexporter.cpp
index 91ce4f5ef5d1..3497e87dc5d2 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsabstractgeopdfexporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsabstractgeopdfexporter.cpp
@@ -346,10 +346,11 @@ QString QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::createCompositionXml( const QList<ComponentLa
 
 
   // georeferencing
+  int i = 0;
   for ( const QgsAbstractGeoPdfExporter::GeoReferencedSection &section : details.georeferencedSections )
   {
     QDomElement georeferencing = doc.createElement( QStringLiteral( "Georeferencing" ) );
-    georeferencing.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "id" ), QStringLiteral( "georeferenced" ) );
+    georeferencing.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "id" ), QStringLiteral( "georeferenced_%1" ).arg( i++ ) );
     georeferencing.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "OGCBestPracticeFormat" ), details.useOgcBestPracticeFormatGeoreferencing ? QStringLiteral( "true" ) : QStringLiteral( "false" ) );
     georeferencing.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "ISO32000ExtensionFormat" ), details.useIso32000ExtensionFormatGeoreferencing ? QStringLiteral( "true" ) : QStringLiteral( "false" ) );