diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/variables.md b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/variables.md
index 12621d5bdec..14c4b6dd13d 100644
--- a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/variables.md
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/variables.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ chezmoi provides the following automatically-populated variables:
 | `.chezmoi.configFile`      | string   | The path to the configuration file used by chezmoi                                                                             |
 | `.chezmoi.executable`      | string   | The path to the `chezmoi` executable, if available                                                                             |
 | `.chezmoi.fqdnHostname`    | string   | The fully-qualified domain name hostname of the machine chezmoi is running on                                                  |
+| `.chezmoi.gid`             | string   | The primary group ID                                                                                                           |
 | `.chezmoi.group`           | string   | The group of the user running chezmoi                                                                                          |
 | `.chezmoi.homeDir`         | string   | The home directory of the user running chezmoi                                                                                 |
 | `.chezmoi.hostname`        | string   | The hostname of the machine chezmoi is running on, up to the first `.`                                                         |
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ chezmoi provides the following automatically-populated variables:
 | `.chezmoi.osRelease`       | string   | The information from `/etc/os-release`, Linux only, run `chezmoi data` to see its output                                       |
 | `.chezmoi.sourceDir`       | string   | The source directory                                                                                                           |
 | `.chezmoi.sourceFile`      | string   | The path of the template relative to the source directory                                                                      |
+| `.chezmoi.uid`             | string   | The user ID                                                                                                                    |
 | `.chezmoi.username`        | string   | The username of the user running chezmoi                                                                                       |
 | `.chezmoi.version.builtBy` | string   | The program that built the `chezmoi` executable, if set                                                                        |
 | `.chezmoi.version.commit`  | string   | The git commit at which the `chezmoi` executable was built, if set                                                             |
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/config.go b/pkg/cmd/config.go
index 1c2ec3d8c3c..8ca733d4e0e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/config.go
@@ -902,8 +902,10 @@ func (c *Config) defaultTemplateData() map[string]interface{} {
 	// determined. Unset variables will trigger template errors if used,
 	// alerting the user to the problem and allowing them to find alternative
 	// solutions.
-	var username, group string
+	var gid, group, uid, username string
 	if currentUser, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
+		gid = currentUser.Gid
+		uid = currentUser.Uid
 		username = currentUser.Username
 		if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
 			if rawGroup, err := user.LookupGroupId(currentUser.Gid); err == nil {
@@ -972,6 +974,7 @@ func (c *Config) defaultTemplateData() map[string]interface{} {
 			"configFile":   c.configFileAbsPath.String(),
 			"executable":   executable,
 			"fqdnHostname": fqdnHostname,
+			"gid":          gid,
 			"group":        group,
 			"homeDir":      c.homeDir,
 			"hostname":     hostname,
@@ -979,6 +982,7 @@ func (c *Config) defaultTemplateData() map[string]interface{} {
 			"os":           runtime.GOOS,
 			"osRelease":    osRelease,
 			"sourceDir":    c.SourceDirAbsPath.String(),
+			"uid":          uid,
 			"username":     username,
 			"version": map[string]interface{}{
 				"builtBy": c.versionInfo.BuiltBy,