diff --git a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_create_job.py b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_create_job.py
index 73f130d77c2..999e510b60c 100644
--- a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_create_job.py
+++ b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_create_job.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 from ._client import MLEngineClient
 from .. import common as gcp_common
 
-def create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, wait_interval=30):
+def create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, job_id=None,
+    wait_interval=30):
     """Creates a MLEngine job.
 
     Args:
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ def create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, wait_interval=30):
         job: the payload of the job. Must have ``jobId`` 
             and ``trainingInput`` or ``predictionInput`.
         job_id_prefix: the prefix of the generated job id.
+        job_id: the created job_id, takes precedence over generated job
+            id if set.
         wait_interval: optional wait interval between calls
             to get job status. Defaults to 30.
 
@@ -42,15 +45,16 @@ def create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, wait_interval=30):
         /tmp/kfp/output/ml_engine/job_id.txt: The ID of the created job.
         /tmp/kfp/output/ml_engine/job_dir.txt: The `jobDir` of the training job.
     """
-    return CreateJobOp(project_id, job, job_id_prefix,
-        wait_interval).execute_and_wait()
+    return CreateJobOp(project_id, job, job_id_prefix, job_id, wait_interval
+        ).execute_and_wait()
 
 class CreateJobOp:
-    def __init__(self, project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, wait_interval=30):
+    def __init__(self,project_id, job, job_id_prefix=None, job_id=None,
+        wait_interval=30):
         self._ml = MLEngineClient()
         self._project_id = project_id
         self._job_id_prefix = job_id_prefix
-        self._job_id = None
+        self._job_id = job_id
         self._job = job
         self._wait_interval = wait_interval
     
@@ -61,7 +65,9 @@ def execute_and_wait(self):
             return wait_for_job_done(self._ml, self._project_id, self._job_id, self._wait_interval)
 
     def _set_job_id(self, context_id):
-        if self._job_id_prefix:
+        if self._job_id:
+            job_id = self._job_id
+        elif self._job_id_prefix:
             job_id = self._job_id_prefix + context_id[:16]
         else:
             job_id = 'job_' + context_id
diff --git a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_train.py b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_train.py
index ff6a44786a4..3632103e705 100644
--- a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_train.py
+++ b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/kfp_component/google/ml_engine/_train.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 def train(project_id, python_module=None, package_uris=None, 
     region=None, args=None, job_dir=None, python_version=None, 
     runtime_version=None, master_image_uri=None, worker_image_uri=None, 
-    training_input=None, job_id_prefix=None, wait_interval=30):
+    training_input=None, job_id_prefix=None, job_id=None, wait_interval=30):
     """Creates a MLEngine training job.
 
     Args:
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def train(project_id, python_module=None, package_uris=None,
             This image must be in Container Registry.
         training_input (dict): Input parameters to create a training job.
         job_id_prefix (str): the prefix of the generated job id.
+        job_id (str): the created job_id, takes precedence over generated job
+            id if set.
         wait_interval (int): optional wait interval between calls
             to get job status. Defaults to 30.
     """
@@ -80,4 +82,4 @@ def train(project_id, python_module=None, package_uris=None,
     job = {
         'trainingInput': training_input
     }
-    return create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix, wait_interval)
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+    return create_job(project_id, job, job_id_prefix, job_id, wait_interval)
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diff --git a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__create_job.py b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__create_job.py
index 8fcd0b10c8f..f94824bb149 100644
--- a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__create_job.py
+++ b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__create_job.py
@@ -67,6 +67,27 @@ def test_create_job_with_job_id_prefix_succeed(self, mock_mlengine_client,
                 'jobId': 'mock_job_ctx1'
             }
         )
+
+    def test_create_job_with_job_id_succeed(self, mock_mlengine_client,
+        mock_kfp_context, mock_dump_json, mock_display):
+        mock_kfp_context().__enter__().context_id.return_value = 'ctx1'
+        job = {}
+        returned_job = {
+            'jobId': 'mock_job',
+            'state': 'SUCCEEDED'
+        }
+        mock_mlengine_client().get_job.return_value = (
+            returned_job)
+
+        result = create_job('mock_project', job, job_id='mock_job')
+
+        self.assertEqual(returned_job, result)
+        mock_mlengine_client().create_job.assert_called_with(
+            project_id = 'mock_project',
+            job = {
+                'jobId': 'mock_job'
+            }
+        )
         
     def test_execute_retry_job_success(self, mock_mlengine_client,
         mock_kfp_context, mock_dump_json, mock_display):
diff --git a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__train.py b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__train.py
index 9825b1aeef7..341b4ce2b16 100644
--- a/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__train.py
+++ b/components/gcp/container/component_sdk/python/tests/google/ml_engine/test__train.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 CREATE_JOB_MODULE = 'kfp_component.google.ml_engine._train'
 
 @mock.patch(CREATE_JOB_MODULE + '.create_job')
-class TestCreateTraingingJob(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestCreateTrainingJob(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_train_succeed(self, mock_create_job):
         train('proj-1', 'mock.module', ['gs://test/package'],
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def test_train_succeed(self, mock_create_job):
             training_input={
                 'runtimeVersion': '1.10',
                 'pythonVersion': '2.7'
-            }, job_id_prefix='job-', master_image_uri='tensorflow:latest',
+            }, job_id_prefix='job-', job_id='job-1',
+            master_image_uri='tensorflow:latest',
             worker_image_uri='debian:latest')
         
         mock_create_job.assert_called_with('proj-1', {
@@ -48,4 +49,4 @@ def test_train_succeed(self, mock_create_job):
                     'imageUri': 'debian:latest'
                 }
             }
-        }, 'job-', 30)
+        }, 'job-', 'job-1', 30)
diff --git a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/README.md b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/README.md
index 3fecc9f82bd..fc4e41dd9e4 100644
--- a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/README.md
+++ b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Use this component to submit a training job to AI Platform from a Kubeflow pipel
 | worker_image_uri | The Docker image to run on the worker replica. This image must be in Container Registry. | Yes | GCRPath |-  | None |
 | training_input | The input parameters to create a training job. | Yes | Dict | [TrainingInput](https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/reference/rest/v1/projects.jobs#TrainingInput) | None |
 | job_id_prefix | The prefix of the job ID that is generated. | Yes | String | - | None |
+| job_id | The ID of the job to create, takes precedence over generated job id if set. | Yes | String | - | None |
 | wait_interval | The number of seconds to wait between API calls to get the status of the job. | Yes | Integer | - | 30 |
 
 
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ def pipeline(
     worker_image_uri = '',
     training_input = '',
     job_id_prefix = '',
+    job_id = '',
     wait_interval = '30'):
     task = mlengine_train_op(
         project_id=project_id, 
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ def pipeline(
         worker_image_uri=worker_image_uri, 
         training_input=training_input, 
         job_id_prefix=job_id_prefix, 
+        job_id=job_id,
         wait_interval=wait_interval)
 ```
 
diff --git a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/component.yaml b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/component.yaml
index 5d26e1554c9..c60dfecfed6 100644
--- a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/component.yaml
+++ b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/component.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ inputs:
     description: 'The prefix of the generated job id.'
     default: ''
     type: String
+  - name: job_id
+    description: >-
+        The ID of the job to create, takes precedence over generated
+        job id if set.
+    default: ''
+    type: String
   - name: wait_interval
     description: >-
       Optional. A time-interval to wait for between calls to get the job status. 
@@ -119,6 +125,7 @@ implementation:
       --worker_image_uri, {inputValue: worker_image_uri},
       --training_input, {inputValue: training_input},
       --job_id_prefix, {inputValue: job_id_prefix},
+      --job_id, {inputValue: job_id},
       --wait_interval, {inputValue: wait_interval},
     ]
     env:
diff --git a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/sample.ipynb b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/sample.ipynb
index c9d5dfbc063..7dded4d54d9 100644
--- a/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/sample.ipynb
+++ b/components/gcp/ml_engine/train/sample.ipynb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "| worker_image_uri | The Docker image to run on the worker replica. This image must be in Container Registry. | Yes | GCRPath |  | None |\n",
     "| training_input | The input parameters to create a training job. | Yes | Dict | [TrainingInput](https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/reference/rest/v1/projects.jobs#TrainingInput) | None |\n",
     "| job_id_prefix | The prefix of the job ID that is generated. | Yes | String |  | None |\n",
+    "| job_id | The ID of the job to create, takes precedence over generated job id if set. | Yes | String | - | None |\n",
     "| wait_interval | The number of seconds to wait between API calls to get the status of the job. | Yes | Integer |  | 30 |\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@
     "    worker_image_uri = '',\n",
     "    training_input = '',\n",
     "    job_id_prefix = '',\n",
+    "    job_id = '',\n",
     "    wait_interval = '30'):\n",
     "    task = mlengine_train_op(\n",
     "        project_id=project_id, \n",
@@ -251,7 +253,8 @@
     "        master_image_uri=master_image_uri, \n",
     "        worker_image_uri=worker_image_uri, \n",
     "        training_input=training_input, \n",
-    "        job_id_prefix=job_id_prefix, \n",
+    "        job_id_prefix=job_id_prefix,\n",
+    "        job_id=job_id,\n",
     "        wait_interval=wait_interval)"
    ]
   },
@@ -354,4 +357,4 @@
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
  "nbformat_minor": 2
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}