diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 95f4549224fe8316f6c828a08f13db65315e09db..6f8fb6ac027826683ee35a91592589eddb6cf654 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <!-- Record your changes in the trunk here. -->
 <div id="trunk" style="display:none"><!--=TRUNK-BEGIN=-->
 <ul class=image>
+  <li class=rfe>
+    job rows in view should have id= for easy access
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-12490">issue 12518</a>)
   <li class=>
 </ul>
 </div><!--=TRUNK-END=-->
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/projectViewRow.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/projectViewRow.jelly
index e9aba617fa6dab238bbcc70b04621f8ff02b1e59..5dde1f0f20aebf361e9604bfafd13c12717f5299 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/projectViewRow.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/hudson/projectViewRow.jelly
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 -->
 <?jelly escape-by-default='true'?>
 <j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:x="jelly:xml" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:t="/lib/hudson" xmlns:f="/lib/form">
-  <tr class="${job.disabled?'disabledJob':null}">
+  <tr id="job_${job.displayName}" class="${job.disabled?'disabledJob':null}">
     <j:forEach var="col" items="${columnExtensions}">
       <st:include page="column.jelly" it="${col}"/>
     </j:forEach>