diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c b/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
index 786a6769fc..f114ff633d 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxfmetadata.c
@@ -1236,6 +1236,17 @@ mxf_metadata_identification_write_tags (MXFMetadataBase * m,
     ret = g_list_prepend (ret, t);
   }
 
+  if (!mxf_uuid_is_zero (&self->this_generation_uid)) {
+    t = g_slice_new0 (MXFLocalTag);
+    memcpy (&t->ul, MXF_UL (THIS_GENERATION_UID), 16);
+    t->size = 16;
+    t->data = g_slice_alloc (t->size);
+    t->g_slice = TRUE;
+    memcpy (t->data, &self->this_generation_uid, 16);
+    mxf_primer_pack_add_mapping (primer, 0x3c09, &t->ul);
+    ret = g_list_prepend (ret, t);
+  }
+
   return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxful.c b/gst/mxf/mxful.c
index b5389f6f03..c5d1934f2e 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxful.c
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxful.c
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ const MXFUL _mxf_ul_table[] = {
   {{0x06, 0x0E, 0x2B, 0x34, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05,
           0x01, 0x02, 0x02, 0x10, 0x02, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00}},
   /* Identification */
+  /* THIS_GENERATION_UID */
+  {{0x06, 0x0E, 0x2B, 0x34, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x02,
+          0x05, 0x20, 0x07, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}},
   /* COMPANY_NAME */
   {{0x06, 0x0E, 0x2B, 0x34, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x02,
           0x05, 0x20, 0x07, 0x01, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00}},
diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxful.h b/gst/mxf/mxful.h
index 7b76f436e9..76e3ba67ab 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxful.h
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxful.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ typedef enum {
   MXF_UL_OPERATIONAL_PATTERN,
   MXF_UL_ESSENCE_CONTAINERS,
   MXF_UL_DM_SCHEMES,
+  MXF_UL_THIS_GENERATION_UID,
   MXF_UL_COMPANY_NAME,
   MXF_UL_PRODUCT_NAME,
   MXF_UL_PRODUCT_VERSION,