diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index aaef7f307db625eb6da4268ffb15b728dc3f43d4..71dcf73c65f66db811d88181aa8dd608fbc44227 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 --------------------------------
 
+- #897258 TrevorBradley, alex_b: Mapping target nid.
 - #873198 BWPanda, morningtime: Import multiple values to tag vocabulary.
 - #872772 andrewlevine: Fix buildNode() (and node_load()) called unnecessarily.
 - #873240 thsutton: Use isset() to avoid notices.
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
index 114dd6bcfce20e05e3ed02e76b6ff0ac1a4a5d70..c85c2d8a78b901ff286ecaa30c02bff35738d504 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsNodeProcessor.inc
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
       $target_node->teaser = node_teaser($value);
       $target_node->body = $value;
     }
-    elseif (in_array($target_element, array('title', 'status', 'created'))) {
+    elseif (in_array($target_element, array('title', 'status', 'created', 'nid'))) {
       $target_node->$target_element = $value;
     }
   }
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
       );
     }
     $targets += array(
+      'nid' => array(
+        'name' => t('Node ID'),
+        'description' => t('The nid of the node. NOTE: use this feature with care, node ids are usually assigned by Drupal.'),
+        'optional_unique' => TRUE,
+      ),
       'uid' => array(
         'name' => t('User ID'),
         'description' => t('The Drupal user ID of the node author.'),
@@ -304,6 +309,9 @@ class FeedsNodeProcessor extends FeedsProcessor {
     // exist in the database.
     foreach ($this->uniqueTargets($source_item) as $target => $value) {
       switch ($target) {
+        case 'nid':
+          $nid = db_result(db_query("SELECT nid FROM {node} WHERE nid = %d", $value));
+          break;
         case 'url':
           $nid = db_result(db_query("SELECT nid FROM {feeds_node_item} WHERE feed_nid = %d AND id = '%s' AND url = '%s'", $source->feed_nid, $source->id, $value));
           break;