diff --git a/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/rpc/project/ReviewProjectAccess.java b/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/rpc/project/ReviewProjectAccess.java
index 43c0b22..dff2cd0 100644
--- a/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/rpc/project/ReviewProjectAccess.java
+++ b/gerrit-httpd/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/httpd/rpc/project/ReviewProjectAccess.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.httpd.rpc.project;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.common.FooterConstants;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.TimeUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.AccessSection;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
   protected Change.Id updateProjectConfig(ProjectControl ctl,
       ProjectConfig config, MetaDataUpdate md, boolean parentProjectUpdate)
       throws IOException, OrmException {
+    md.setInsertChangeId(true);
     Change.Id changeId = new Change.Id(db.nextChangeId());
     RevCommit commit =
         config.commitToNewRef(md, new PatchSet.Id(changeId,
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@
     }
 
     Change change = new Change(
-        new Change.Key("I" + commit.name()),
+        getChangeId(commit),
         changeId,
         user.getAccountId(),
         new Branch.NameKey(
@@ -135,6 +137,14 @@
     return changeId;
   }
 
+  private static Change.Key getChangeId(RevCommit commit) {
+    List<String> idList = commit.getFooterLines(FooterConstants.CHANGE_ID);
+    Change.Key changeKey = !idList.isEmpty()
+        ? new Change.Key(idList.get(idList.size() - 1).trim())
+        : new Change.Key("I" + commit.name());
+    return changeKey;
+  }
+
   private void addProjectOwnersAsReviewers(ChangeResource rsrc) {
     final String projectOwners =
         groupBackend.get(SystemGroupBackend.PROJECT_OWNERS).getName();
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/MetaDataUpdate.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/MetaDataUpdate.java
index c71c94f..840b167 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/MetaDataUpdate.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/MetaDataUpdate.java
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
   private final BatchRefUpdate batch;
   private final CommitBuilder commit;
   private boolean allowEmpty;
+  private boolean insertChangeId;
 
   @AssistedInject
   public MetaDataUpdate(GitReferenceUpdated gitRefUpdated,
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@
     this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty;
   }
 
+  public void setInsertChangeId(boolean insertChangeId) {
+    this.insertChangeId = insertChangeId;
+  }
+
   /** @return batch in which to run the update, or {@code null} for no batch. */
   BatchRefUpdate getBatch() {
     return batch;
@@ -202,6 +207,10 @@
     return allowEmpty;
   }
 
+  boolean insertChangeId() {
+    return insertChangeId;
+  }
+
   public CommitBuilder getCommitBuilder() {
     return commit;
   }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/VersionedMetaData.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/VersionedMetaData.java
index b905f67..37df726 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/VersionedMetaData.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/VersionedMetaData.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ReceiveCommand;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.TreeWalk;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.ChangeIdUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -271,6 +272,14 @@
           commit.addParentId(src);
         }
 
+        if (update.insertChangeId()) {
+          ObjectId id =
+              ChangeIdUtil.computeChangeId(res, getRevision(),
+                  commit.getAuthor(), commit.getCommitter(),
+                  commit.getMessage());
+          commit.setMessage(ChangeIdUtil.insertId(commit.getMessage(), id));
+        }
+
         src = inserter.insert(commit);
         srcTree = res;
       }