diff --git a/src/database/interfaces.ts b/src/database/interfaces.ts
index 742c798e5..8caa5e59f 100644
--- a/src/database/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/database/interfaces.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export type FirebaseOperation = string | firebase.database.Reference | firebase.
 
 export interface AngularFireList<T> {
   query: DatabaseQuery;
-  valueChanges(events?: ChildEvent[]): Observable<T[]>;
+  valueChanges(events?: ChildEvent[], options?: {}): Observable<T[]>;
+  valueChanges<K extends string>(events?: ChildEvent[], options?: {idField: K}): Observable<(T & {[T in K]?: string})[]>;
   snapshotChanges(events?: ChildEvent[]): Observable<SnapshotAction<T>[]>;
   stateChanges(events?: ChildEvent[]): Observable<SnapshotAction<T>>;
   auditTrail(events?: ChildEvent[]): Observable<SnapshotAction<T>[]>;
diff --git a/src/database/list/create-reference.ts b/src/database/list/create-reference.ts
index b80136a62..0195666eb 100644
--- a/src/database/list/create-reference.ts
+++ b/src/database/list/create-reference.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,21 @@ export function createListReference<T= any>(query: DatabaseQuery, afDatabase: An
     auditTrail(events?: ChildEvent[]) {
       return auditTrail<T>(query, events, outsideAngularScheduler).pipe(afDatabase.keepUnstableUntilFirst);
     },
-    valueChanges(events?: ChildEvent[]) {
+    valueChanges<K extends string>(events?: ChildEvent[], options?: {idField?: K}) {
       const snapshotChanges$ = snapshotChanges<T>(query, events, outsideAngularScheduler);
       return snapshotChanges$.pipe(
-        map(actions => actions.map(a => a.payload.val() as T)),
+        map(actions => actions.map(a => {
+          if (options && options.idField) {
+            return {
+              ...a.payload.val() as T,
+              ...{
+                [options.idField]: a.key
+              }
+            };
+          } else {
+            return a.payload.val() as T;
+          }
+        })),
         afDatabase.keepUnstableUntilFirst
       );
     }