diff --git a/python/gui/auto_generated/history/qgshistoryentry.sip.in b/python/gui/auto_generated/history/qgshistoryentry.sip.in
index a77be84bacf..fe0aa3d412e 100644
--- a/python/gui/auto_generated/history/qgshistoryentry.sip.in
+++ b/python/gui/auto_generated/history/qgshistoryentry.sip.in
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Returns ``True`` if the entry is valid.
 .. versionadded:: 3.32
 %End
 
+    long long id;
+
     QDateTime timestamp;
 
     QString providerId;
diff --git a/src/gui/history/qgshistoryentry.h b/src/gui/history/qgshistoryentry.h
index 25e335e2ee7..6cc41a4c64f 100644
--- a/src/gui/history/qgshistoryentry.h
+++ b/src/gui/history/qgshistoryentry.h
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsHistoryEntry
      */
     bool isValid() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Entry ID.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.32
+     */
+    long long id = 0;
+
     //! Entry timestamp
     QDateTime timestamp;
 
diff --git a/src/gui/history/qgshistoryproviderregistry.cpp b/src/gui/history/qgshistoryproviderregistry.cpp
index ab2ca1f20d5..981be5bc167 100644
--- a/src/gui/history/qgshistoryproviderregistry.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/history/qgshistoryproviderregistry.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ long long QgsHistoryProviderRegistry::addEntry( const QgsHistoryEntry &entry, bo
     }
     id = static_cast< int >( sqlite3_last_insert_rowid( mLocalDB.get() ) );
 
-    emit entryAdded( id, entry, Qgis::HistoryProviderBackend::LocalProfile );
+    QgsHistoryEntry addedEntry( entry );
+    addedEntry.id = id;
+
+    emit entryAdded( id, addedEntry, Qgis::HistoryProviderBackend::LocalProfile );
   }
 
   return id;
@@ -163,11 +166,13 @@ QgsHistoryEntry QgsHistoryProviderRegistry::entry( long long id, bool &ok, Qgis:
         }
 
         ok = true;
-        return QgsHistoryEntry(
-                 statement.columnAsText( 0 ),
-                 QDateTime::fromString( statement.columnAsText( 2 ), QStringLiteral( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" ) ),
-                 QgsXmlUtils::readVariant( doc.documentElement() ).toMap()
-               );
+        QgsHistoryEntry res = QgsHistoryEntry(
+                                statement.columnAsText( 0 ),
+                                QDateTime::fromString( statement.columnAsText( 2 ), QStringLiteral( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" ) ),
+                                QgsXmlUtils::readVariant( doc.documentElement() ).toMap()
+                              );
+        res.id = id;
+        return res;
       }
 
       QgsDebugMsg( QStringLiteral( "Cannot find history item with matching ID" ) );
@@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ QList<QgsHistoryEntry> QgsHistoryProviderRegistry::queryEntries( const QDateTime
       return {};
     }
 
-    QString sql = QStringLiteral( "SELECT provider_id, xml, timestamp FROM history" );
+    QString sql = QStringLiteral( "SELECT id, provider_id, xml, timestamp FROM history" );
     QStringList whereClauses;
     if ( !providerId.isEmpty() )
     {
@@ -237,17 +242,20 @@ QList<QgsHistoryEntry> QgsHistoryProviderRegistry::queryEntries( const QDateTime
     while ( nErr == SQLITE_OK && sqlite3_step( statement.get() ) == SQLITE_ROW )
     {
       QDomDocument doc;
-      if ( !doc.setContent( statement.columnAsText( 1 ) ) )
+      if ( !doc.setContent( statement.columnAsText( 2 ) ) )
       {
         QgsDebugMsg( QStringLiteral( "Cannot read history entry" ) );
         continue;
       }
 
-      entries.append( QgsHistoryEntry(
-                        statement.columnAsText( 0 ),
-                        QDateTime::fromString( statement.columnAsText( 2 ), QStringLiteral( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" ) ),
-                        QgsXmlUtils::readVariant( doc.documentElement() ).toMap()
-                      ) );
+      QgsHistoryEntry entry(
+        statement.columnAsText( 1 ),
+        QDateTime::fromString( statement.columnAsText( 3 ), QStringLiteral( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" ) ),
+        QgsXmlUtils::readVariant( doc.documentElement() ).toMap()
+      );
+      entry.id = statement.columnAsInt64( 0 );
+
+      entries.append( entry );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgshistoryproviderregistry.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgshistoryproviderregistry.py
index b55fb832749..3072ef4990f 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgshistoryproviderregistry.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgshistoryproviderregistry.py
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(added_spy), 1)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][0], id_1)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].entry, {'some var': 5, 'other_var': [1, 2, 3], 'final_var': {'a': 'b'}})
 
         id_2, ok = reg.addEntry('my provider 2', {'some var': 6},
@@ -118,14 +119,17 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(added_spy), 2)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][0], id_2)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].providerId, 'my provider 2')
+        self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].id, id_2)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].entry, {'some var': 6})
 
         self.assertEqual(len(reg.queryEntries()), 2)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].entry, {'some var': 5, 'other_var': [1, 2, 3], 'final_var': {'a': 'b'}})
 
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].providerId, 'my provider 2')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].id, id_2)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].entry, {'some var': 6})
 
@@ -134,11 +138,13 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         entry, ok = reg.entry(id_1)
         self.assertTrue(ok)
         self.assertEqual(entry.providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(entry.id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(entry.timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(entry.entry, {'some var': 5, 'other_var': [1, 2, 3], 'final_var': {'a': 'b'}})
         entry, ok = reg.entry(id_2)
         self.assertTrue(ok)
         self.assertEqual(entry.providerId, 'my provider 2')
+        self.assertEqual(entry.id, id_2)
         self.assertEqual(entry.timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(entry.entry, {'some var': 6})
 
@@ -148,16 +154,20 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(added_spy), 3)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][0], id_3)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].providerId, 'my provider 3')
+        self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].id, id_3)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].entry, {'var': 7})
 
         self.assertEqual(len(reg.queryEntries()), 3)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].entry, {'some var': 5, 'other_var': [1, 2, 3], 'final_var': {'a': 'b'}})
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].providerId, 'my provider 2')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].id, id_2)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].entry, {'some var': 6})
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[2].providerId, 'my provider 3')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[2].id, id_3)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[2].timestamp.date(), QDate(2021, 1, 2))
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[2].entry, {'var': 7})
 
@@ -165,12 +175,14 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
         entries = reg.queryEntries(providerId='my provider')
         self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(entries[0].id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].entry, {'some var': 5, 'other_var': [1, 2, 3], 'final_var': {'a': 'b'}})
 
         entries = reg.queryEntries(providerId='my provider 2')
         self.assertEqual(len(entries), 1)
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].providerId, 'my provider 2')
+        self.assertEqual(entries[0].id, id_2)
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(entries[0].entry, {'some var': 6})
 
@@ -195,6 +207,7 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
 
         entry, ok = reg.entry(id_1)
         self.assertEqual(entry.providerId, 'my provider')
+        self.assertEqual(entry.id, id_1)
         self.assertEqual(entry.timestamp.date(), QDateTime.currentDateTime().date())
         self.assertEqual(entry.entry, {'new_props': 54})
 
@@ -213,14 +226,18 @@ class TestQgsHistoryProviderRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(len(added_spy), 5)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-2][1].providerId, 'my provider 4')
+        self.assertEqual(added_spy[-2][1].id, 1)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-2][1].entry, {'var': 7})
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].providerId, 'my provider 5')
+        self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].id, 2)
         self.assertEqual(added_spy[-1][1].entry, {'var': 8})
 
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].providerId, 'my provider 4')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].id, 1)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[0].entry, {'var': 7})
 
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].providerId, 'my provider 5')
+        self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].id, 2)
         self.assertEqual(reg.queryEntries()[1].entry, {'var': 8})