diff --git a/lisp/ox-html.el b/lisp/ox-html.el
index f1258d385..b51718c8d 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-html.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-html.el
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ property on the headline itself.")
("\\.\\.\\." . "…")) ; hellip
"Regular expressions for special string conversion.")
+(defvar org-html--id-attr-prefix "ID-"
+ "Prefix to use in ID attributes.
+This affects IDs that are determined from the ID property.")
+
(defcustom org-html-scripts
"