diff --git a/spring-data-riak/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplate.java b/spring-data-riak/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplate.java
index a3abe7ba0..f928239bd 100644
--- a/spring-data-riak/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-riak/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplate.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.EOFException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
@@ -163,6 +164,52 @@ public class RiakTemplate extends AbstractRiakTemplate implements BucketKeyValue
     return setWithMetaData(bucket, key, value, metaData, null);
   }
 
+  /*----------------- Put Operations -----------------*/
+
+  /**
+   * Save an object to Riak and let it generate an ID for it.
+   *
+   * @param bucket
+   * @param value
+   * @return The generated ID
+   */
+  public <B, V> String put(B bucket, V value) {
+    return put(bucket, value, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Save an object to Riak and let it generate an ID for it.
+   *
+   * @param bucket
+   * @param value
+   * @param metaData
+   * @return The generated ID
+   */
+  public <B, V> String put(B bucket, V value, Map<String, String> metaData) {
+    String bucketName = bucket.toString();
+    RestTemplate restTemplate = getRestTemplate();
+    HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+    headers.set("X-Riak-ClientId", RIAK_CLIENT_ID);
+    headers.setContentType(extractMediaType(value));
+    if (null != metaData) {
+      for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : metaData.entrySet()) {
+        headers.set(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      }
+    }
+    HttpEntity<V> entity = new HttpEntity<V>(value, headers);
+    try {
+      URI uri = restTemplate.postForLocation(defaultUri, entity, bucketName, "");
+      String suri = uri.toString();
+      String id = suri.substring(suri.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
+      if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        log.debug("New ID: " + id);
+      }
+      return id;
+    } catch (RestClientException e) {
+      throw new DataStoreOperationException(e.getMessage(), e);
+    }
+  }
+
   /*----------------- Get Operations -----------------*/
 
   public <B, K> RiakMetaData getMetaData(B bucket, K key) {
diff --git a/spring-data-riak/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplateSpec.groovy b/spring-data-riak/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplateSpec.groovy
index a911e64ac..f92885321 100644
--- a/spring-data-riak/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplateSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-data-riak/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/riak/core/RiakTemplateSpec.groovy
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class RiakTemplateSpec extends Specification {
   int run = 1
   @Shared def riakBin = System.properties["bamboo.RIAK_BIN"] ?: "/usr/sbin/riak"
   @Shared def p
+  @Shared def id
 /*
   def setupSpec() {
     p = "$riakBin start".execute()
@@ -68,6 +69,20 @@ class RiakTemplateSpec extends Specification {
 
   }
 
+  def "Test generating ID for object"() {
+
+    given:
+    def val = "value"
+    def objIn = [test: val, integer: 12]
+
+    when:
+    id = riak.put("test", objIn, null)
+
+    then:
+    null != id
+
+  }
+
   def "Test custom object"() {
 
     given:
@@ -261,9 +276,10 @@ class RiakTemplateSpec extends Specification {
     given:
     def testKey = new SimpleBucketKeyPair("test", "test")
     def testKey2 = new SimpleBucketKeyPair(TestObject.name, "test")
+    def testKey3 = new SimpleBucketKeyPair("test", id)
 
     when:
-    def deleted = riak.deleteKeys(testKey, testKey2)
+    def deleted = riak.deleteKeys(testKey, testKey2, testKey3)
 
     then:
     true == deleted