diff --git a/sphinx_git/__init__.py b/sphinx_git/__init__.py
index 958e189..b279647 100644
--- a/sphinx_git/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx_git/__init__.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ def _build_markup(self, commits):
                 detailed_message = None
 
             item = nodes.list_item()
+            item.attributes["ids"].append(commit.hexsha)
             par = nodes.paragraph()
             # choose detailed message style by detailed-message-strong option
             if self.options.get('detailed-message-strong', True):