diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 615b20f1..c4afab2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ terminator 0.96:
     context menu (#308025)
   * Don't forget tab order and custom labels when closing terminals
     in them (#711356)
+	* Each terminal is assigned a unique identifier and this is exposed
+	  to the processes inside the terminal via the environment variable
+		TERMINATOR_UUID
 
 terminator 0.95:
   * Add a configuration option to enable a DBus server
diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminal.py b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
index 17a64879..b41b4ba6 100755
--- a/terminatorlib/terminal.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import gobject
 import pango
 import subprocess
 import urllib
+import uuid
 
 from util import dbg, err, gerr
 import util
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class Terminal(gtk.VBox):
     command = None
     clipboard = None
     pid = None
+    uuid = None
 
     matches = None
     config = None
@@ -120,6 +122,9 @@ class Terminal(gtk.VBox):
 
         self.pending_on_vte_size_allocate = False
 
+        self.uuid = uuid.uuid4()
+        dbg('assigning Terminal a TERMINATOR_UUID of: %s' % self.uuid.urn)
+
         self.vte = vte.Terminal()
         self.vte.set_size(80, 24)
         self.vte._expose_data = None
@@ -1199,9 +1204,12 @@ for %s (%s)' % (name, urlplugin.__class__.__name__))
             pass
 
         dbg('Forking shell: "%s" with args: %s' % (shell, args))
-        self.pid = self.vte.fork_command(command=shell, argv=args, envv=[],
-                loglastlog=login, logwtmp=update_records,
-                logutmp=update_records, directory=self.cwd)
+        self.pid = self.vte.fork_command(command=shell, argv=args,
+                                         envv=['TERMINATOR_UUID=%s' % self.uuid.urn],
+                                         loglastlog=login, 
+                                         logwtmp=update_records,
+                                         logutmp=update_records, 
+                                         directory=self.cwd)
         self.command = shell
 
         self.titlebar.update()