diff --git a/dom/console/Console.cpp b/dom/console/Console.cpp
index 3c9279a571a3..d732eea6a944 100644
--- a/dom/console/Console.cpp
+++ b/dom/console/Console.cpp
@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@ Console::PopulateConsoleNotificationInTheTargetScope(JSContext* aCx,
     event.mInnerID.Value().SetAsUnsignedLongLong() = 0;
   }
 
+  event.mConsoleID = mConsoleID;
   event.mLevel = aData->mMethodString;
   event.mFilename = frame.mFilename;
 
diff --git a/dom/console/Console.h b/dom/console/Console.h
index 7b221f8ae199..6e21280abfa0 100644
--- a/dom/console/Console.h
+++ b/dom/console/Console.h
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ private:
 
   uint64_t mOuterID;
   uint64_t mInnerID;
+  nsString mConsoleID;
 
   enum {
     eUnknown,
diff --git a/dom/console/ConsoleInstance.cpp b/dom/console/ConsoleInstance.cpp
index 0c12f78da115..70aca6e6c6d6 100644
--- a/dom/console/ConsoleInstance.cpp
+++ b/dom/console/ConsoleInstance.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ NS_INTERFACE_MAP_END
 
 ConsoleInstance::ConsoleInstance(const ConsoleInstanceOptions& aOptions)
   : mConsole(new Console(nullptr))
-{}
+{
+  mConsole->mConsoleID = aOptions.mConsoleID;
+}
 
 ConsoleInstance::~ConsoleInstance()
 {}
diff --git a/dom/console/tests/console.jsm b/dom/console/tests/console.jsm
index 3f521e69a541..df304db7024d 100644
--- a/dom/console/tests/console.jsm
+++ b/dom/console/tests/console.jsm
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = [ "ConsoleTest" ];
 this.ConsoleTest = {
   go: function() {
     console.log("Hello world!");
-    console.createInstance().log("Hello world!");
+    console.createInstance({
+      consoleID: "wow",
+    }).log("Hello world!");
   }
 };
diff --git a/dom/console/tests/test_jsm.xul b/dom/console/tests/test_jsm.xul
index 5c072edd414a..995b432a07e2 100644
--- a/dom/console/tests/test_jsm.xul
+++ b/dom/console/tests/test_jsm.xul
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ consoleListener.prototype  = {
         is(obj.ID, "jsm", "ID and InnerID are correctly set.");
         is (obj.arguments[0], "Hello world!", "Message matches");
 
+        if (this.count == 0) {
+          is(obj.consoleID, "", "No consoleID for console API");
+        } else {
+          is(obj.consoleID, "wow", "consoleID is set by consoleInstance");
+        }
+
         // We want to see 2 messages, the first is generated by console.log,
         // the second one from createInstance().log();
         if (++this.count == 2) {
diff --git a/dom/webidl/Console.webidl b/dom/webidl/Console.webidl
index a48a28d228e7..17965c3985ee 100644
--- a/dom/webidl/Console.webidl
+++ b/dom/webidl/Console.webidl
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace console {
 dictionary ConsoleEvent {
   (unsigned long long or DOMString) ID;
   (unsigned long long or DOMString) innerID;
+  DOMString consoleID = "";
   DOMString addonId = "";
   DOMString level = "";
   DOMString filename = "";
@@ -154,5 +155,11 @@ interface ConsoleInstance {
 };
 
 dictionary ConsoleInstanceOptions {
-  // TODO
+/* TODO:
+  boolean dump = false;
+  DOMString prefix = "";
+  DOMString maxLogLevel = "";
+  DOMString innerID = "";
+*/
+  DOMString consoleID = "";
 };