diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index fa55d71af..cf0ca1a63 100755
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class Reddit(Templated):
     enable_login_cover = True
     site_tracking      = True
     show_firsttext     = True
+    content_id         = None
     css_class          = None
     additional_css     = None
     extra_page_classes = None
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
index 4c88a09cb..47771556b 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
       ##<div class="fixedwidth"><!--IE6sux--></div>
       ##<div class="clearleft"><!--IE6sux--></div>
       <a name="content"></a>
-      <div class="content${css_class(thing)}">
+      <div ${tags(id=thing.content_id)} class="content${css_class(thing)}">
         ${thing.content()}
       </div>
     %endif