diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ed60e4c3..bed67183 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_plain = "0.3.0"
 url_serde = "0.2.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["serde"] }
-uuid = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 serde = { git = "https://github.com/mitsuhiko/serde", branch = "feature/flatten" }
diff --git a/src/protocol/v7.rs b/src/protocol/v7.rs
index 5c82d205..b4664834 100644
--- a/src/protocol/v7.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/v7.rs
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ pub struct ClientSdkInfo {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Event {
+    /// The ID of the event
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "serialize_event_id", rename = "event_id",
+            skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub id: Option<Uuid>,
     /// The level of the event (defaults to error)
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Level::is_error")]
     pub level: Level,
@@ -537,6 +541,7 @@ fn is_default_fingerprint(vec: &Vec<String>) -> bool {
 impl Default for Event {
     fn default() -> Event {
         Event {
+            id: None,
             level: Level::Error,
             fingerprint: vec!["{{ default }}".into()],
             culprit: None,
@@ -569,15 +574,11 @@ impl Default for Event {
 }
 
 impl Event {
-    /// Creates a new event without timestamp.
+    /// Creates a new event with the current timestamp and random id.
     pub fn new() -> Event {
-        Default::default()
-    }
-
-    /// Creates a new event with the current timestamp.
-    pub fn new_with_current_timestamp() -> Event {
-        let mut rv = Event::new();
+        let mut rv: Event = Default::default();
         rv.timestamp = Some(Utc::now());
+        rv.id = Some(Uuid::new_v4());
         rv
     }
 }
@@ -699,6 +700,17 @@ impl ContextType {
     }
 }
 
+fn serialize_event_id<S>(value: &Option<Uuid>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: Serializer,
+{
+    if let &Some(uuid) = value {
+        serializer.serialize_some(&uuid.simple().to_string())
+    } else {
+        serializer.serialize_none()
+    }
+}
+
 fn deserialize_context<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<HashMap<String, Context>, D::Error>
 where
     D: Deserializer<'de>,
diff --git a/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs b/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
index 99e93409..d8c94c51 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
+++ b/tests/test_protocol_v7.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
 extern crate sentry_types;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate uuid;
 
 use sentry_types::protocol::v7;
 
+fn reserialize(event: &v7::Event) -> v7::Event {
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(event).unwrap();
+    serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap()
+}
+
+
+#[test]
+fn test_event_default_vs_new() {
+    let event_new = reserialize(&v7::Event::new());
+    let event_default = reserialize(&Default::default());
+
+    assert_eq!(event_default.id, None);
+    assert_eq!(event_default.timestamp, None);
+
+    assert!(event_new.id.unwrap() != uuid::Uuid::nil());
+    assert!(event_new.timestamp.is_some());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_basic_event() {
     let mut event: v7::Event = Default::default();
@@ -72,3 +91,13 @@ fn test_multi_exception_list() {
     });
     assert_eq!(event, ref_event);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_basic_message_event() {
+    let mut event: v7::Event = Default::default();
+    event.level = v7::Level::Warning;
+    event.message = Some("Hello World!".into());
+    event.logger = Some("root".into());
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(&event).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(&json, "{\"level\":\"warning\",\"message\":\"Hello World!\",\"logger\":\"root\"}");
+}