diff --git a/python/ray/worker.py b/python/ray/worker.py
index b503aabeb..8eee516ab 100644
--- a/python/ray/worker.py
+++ b/python/ray/worker.py
@@ -1279,6 +1279,7 @@ def _init(address_info=None,
           plasma_directory=None,
           huge_pages=False,
           include_webui=True,
+          driver_id=None,
           plasma_store_socket_name=None,
           raylet_socket_name=None,
           temp_dir=None):
@@ -1336,6 +1337,7 @@ def _init(address_info=None,
             Store with hugetlbfs support. Requires plasma_directory.
         include_webui: Boolean flag indicating whether to start the web
             UI, which is a Jupyter notebook.
+        driver_id: The ID of driver.
         plasma_store_socket_name (str): If provided, it will specify the socket
             name used by the plasma store.
         raylet_socket_name (str): If provided, it will specify the socket path
@@ -1455,6 +1457,7 @@ def _init(address_info=None,
         if raylet_socket_name is not None:
             raise Exception("When connecting to an existing cluster, "
                             "raylet_socket_name must not be provided.")
+
         # Get the node IP address if one is not provided.
         if node_ip_address is None:
             node_ip_address = services.get_node_ip_address(redis_address)
@@ -1485,6 +1488,7 @@ def _init(address_info=None,
         object_id_seed=object_id_seed,
         mode=driver_mode,
         worker=global_worker,
+        driver_id=driver_id,
         redis_password=redis_password)
     return address_info
 
@@ -1508,6 +1512,7 @@ def init(redis_address=None,
          plasma_directory=None,
          huge_pages=False,
          include_webui=True,
+         driver_id=None,
          configure_logging=True,
          logging_level=logging.INFO,
          logging_format=ray_constants.LOGGER_FORMAT,
@@ -1573,6 +1578,7 @@ def init(redis_address=None,
             Store with hugetlbfs support. Requires plasma_directory.
         include_webui: Boolean flag indicating whether to start the web
             UI, which is a Jupyter notebook.
+        driver_id: The ID of driver.
         configure_logging: True if allow the logging cofiguration here.
             Otherwise, the users may want to configure it by their own.
         logging_level: Logging level, default will be loging.INFO.
@@ -1638,6 +1644,7 @@ def init(redis_address=None,
         huge_pages=huge_pages,
         include_webui=include_webui,
         object_store_memory=object_store_memory,
+        driver_id=driver_id,
         plasma_store_socket_name=plasma_store_socket_name,
         raylet_socket_name=raylet_socket_name,
         temp_dir=temp_dir)
@@ -1829,6 +1836,7 @@ def connect(info,
             object_id_seed=None,
             mode=WORKER_MODE,
             worker=global_worker,
+            driver_id=None,
             redis_password=None):
     """Connect this worker to the local scheduler, to Plasma, and to Redis.
 
@@ -1839,6 +1847,7 @@ def connect(info,
             deterministic.
         mode: The mode of the worker. One of SCRIPT_MODE, WORKER_MODE, and
             LOCAL_MODE.
+        driver_id: The ID of driver. If it's None, then we will generate one.
         redis_password (str): Prevents external clients without the password
             from connecting to Redis if provided.
     """
@@ -1846,8 +1855,20 @@ def connect(info,
     error_message = "Perhaps you called ray.init twice by accident?"
     assert not worker.connected, error_message
     assert worker.cached_functions_to_run is not None, error_message
+
     # Initialize some fields.
-    worker.worker_id = random_string()
+    if mode is WORKER_MODE:
+        worker.worker_id = random_string()
+    else:
+        # This is the code path of driver mode.
+        if driver_id is None:
+            driver_id = ray.ObjectID(random_string())
+
+        if not isinstance(driver_id, ray.ObjectID):
+            raise Exception(
+                "The type of given driver id must be ray.ObjectID.")
+
+        worker.worker_id = driver_id.id()
 
     # When tasks are executed on remote workers in the context of multiple
     # drivers, the task driver ID is used to keep track of which driver is
diff --git a/test/runtest.py b/test/runtest.py
index a7c4b3e16..ab006ebac 100644
--- a/test/runtest.py
+++ b/test/runtest.py
@@ -2246,6 +2246,22 @@ def test_workers(shutdown_only):
         assert "stdout_file" in info
 
 
+def test_specific_driver_id():
+    dummy_driver_id = ray.ObjectID(b"00112233445566778899")
+    ray.init(driver_id=dummy_driver_id)
+
+    @ray.remote
+    def f():
+        return ray.worker.global_worker.task_driver_id.id()
+
+    assert_equal(dummy_driver_id.id(), ray.worker.global_worker.worker_id)
+
+    task_driver_id = ray.get(f.remote())
+    assert_equal(dummy_driver_id.id(), task_driver_id)
+
+    ray.shutdown()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def shutdown_only_with_initialization_check():
     yield None