diff --git a/lib/modelGenerators/default.js b/lib/modelGenerators/default.js
index 620ebec..a57f977 100644
--- a/lib/modelGenerators/default.js
+++ b/lib/modelGenerators/default.js
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 var DataTypes = require('sequelize').DataTypes
 
-exports.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel = function (resourceName, joiSchema) {
-  var model = {
-    id: {
+exports.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel = function (resourceName, joiSchema, generateId) {
+  // if generateId == undefined, treat it as true (true is default)
+  var idCol = ((generateId == null || generateId)
+    ? ({
       type: DataTypes.UUID,
       defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
       primaryKey: true
-    },
+    })
+    : ({
+      type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+      autoIncrement: true,
+      primaryKey: true,
+      get: function () {
+        return this.getDataValue('id').toString()
+      }
+    }))
+  var model = {
+    id: idCol,
     type: {
       type: DataTypes.VIRTUAL, // We do not actually save this to DB, but API needs this
       set: function (val) {
diff --git a/lib/modelGenerators/postgres.js b/lib/modelGenerators/postgres.js
index 2e96623..1f33046 100644
--- a/lib/modelGenerators/postgres.js
+++ b/lib/modelGenerators/postgres.js
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 var DataTypes = require('sequelize').DataTypes
 
-exports.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel = function (resourceName, joiSchema) {
-  var model = {
-    id: {
+exports.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel = function (resourceName, joiSchema, generateId) {
+  var idCol = ((generateId == null || generateId)
+    ? ({
       type: DataTypes.UUID,
       defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
       primaryKey: true
-    },
+    })
+    : ({
+      type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+      autoIncrement: true,
+      primaryKey: true,
+      get: function () {
+        return this.getDataValue('id').toString()
+      }
+    }))
+  var model = {
+    id: idCol,
     type: {
       type: DataTypes.VIRTUAL, // We do not actually save this to DB, but API needs this
       set: function (val) {
@@ -30,6 +40,10 @@ exports.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel = function (resourceName, joiSchema) {
   }
 
   Object.keys(joiSchema).forEach(function (attributeName) {
+    if (generateId === false && attributeName === 'id') {
+      return
+    }
+
     var attribute = joiSchema[attributeName]
     if (attribute._type === 'string') model[attributeName] = { type: DataTypes.TEXT, allowNull: true }
     if (attribute._type === 'date') model[attributeName] = { type: DataTypes.DATE, allowNull: true }
diff --git a/lib/sqlHandler.js b/lib/sqlHandler.js
index 42a69a1..1b2de9f 100644
--- a/lib/sqlHandler.js
+++ b/lib/sqlHandler.js
@@ -142,12 +142,14 @@ SqlStore.prototype._buildModels = function () {
     case 'postgres':
       modelAttributes = modelGenerators.postgres.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel(
         self.resourceConfig.resource,
-        localAttributes)
+        localAttributes,
+        self.resourceConfig.generateId)
       break
     default:
       modelAttributes = modelGenerators.default.joiSchemaToSequelizeModel(
         self.resourceConfig.resource,
-        localAttributes)
+        localAttributes,
+        self.resourceConfig.generateId)
   }
 
   self.baseModel = self.sequelize.define(self.resourceConfig.resource, modelAttributes, { timestamps: false })