diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/shareable_runtime/components/rendered_element.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/shareable_runtime/components/rendered_element.tsx
index 317a3417841b8b..c4a009db3a376c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/shareable_runtime/components/rendered_element.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/shareable_runtime/components/rendered_element.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export class RenderedElementComponent extends PureComponent<Props> {
         done: () => {},
         onDestroy: () => {},
         onResize: () => {},
+        getElementId: () => '',
         setFilter: () => {},
         getFilter: () => '',
         onEmbeddableInputChange: () => {},
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/types/renderers.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/types/renderers.ts
index af1710e69c2578..2564b045d1cf75 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/types/renderers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/types/renderers.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ type GenericCallback = (callback: () => void) => void;
 export interface RendererHandlers {
   /** Handler to invoke when an element has finished rendering */
   done: () => void;
+  /** Get the id of the element being rendered.  Can be used as a unique ID in a render function */
+  getElementId: () => string;
   /** Handler to invoke when an element is deleted or changes to a different render type */
   onDestroy: GenericCallback;
   /** Handler to invoke when an element's dimensions have changed*/