diff --git a/libraryBasic/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDImporter.java b/libraryBasic/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDImporter.java
index 3e59bbe1..ac87a29d 100644
--- a/libraryBasic/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDImporter.java
+++ b/libraryBasic/src/main/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZUGFeRDImporter.java
@@ -252,6 +252,22 @@ public class ZUGFeRDImporter {
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the Invoice ID
+	 */
+	public String getInvoiceID() {
+		try {
+			if (getVersion() == 1) {
+				return extractString("//HeaderExchangedDocument//ID");
+			} else {
+				return extractString("//ExchangedDocument//ID");
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the document code
diff --git a/libraryBasic/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2Test.java b/libraryBasic/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2Test.java
index b80b8b37..034edb7b 100644
--- a/libraryBasic/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2Test.java
+++ b/libraryBasic/src/test/java/org/mustangproject/ZUGFeRD/ZF2Test.java
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ public class ZF2Test extends MustangReaderTestCase {
 
 		// Reading ZUGFeRD
 		assertEquals(zi.getAmount(), "571.04");
+		assertEquals(zi.getInvoiceID(), "RE-20170509/505");
 		assertEquals(zi.getHolder(), getOwnOrganisationName());
 		assertEquals(zi.getDocumentCode(),"380");
 		assertEquals(zi.getReference(),"AB321");