diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a27d78..95ced80 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/justinas/alice v1.2.0
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/xid v1.3.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.26.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
diff --git a/logginghandler.go b/logginghandler.go
index d4dd0a6..114d3ad 100644
--- a/logginghandler.go
+++ b/logginghandler.go
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/justinas/alice"
+	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/hlog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
+const (
+	UUIDKey    = "uuid"
+	UUIDHeader = "X-Request-ID"
+)
+
 func init() { //nolint:gochecknoinits
 	zerolog.DefaultContextLogger = &log.Logger
 }
@@ -39,6 +45,43 @@ func FromCtx(ctx context.Context) *zerolog.Logger {
 	return zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
 }
 
+// RequestIDHandler looks in the header for an existing request id. Else it will create one.
+func RequestIDHandler() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			id := r.Header.Get(UUIDHeader)
+
+			if id != "" {
+				ctx := r.Context()
+
+				log := zerolog.Ctx(ctx)
+
+				uuid, err := xid.FromString(id)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Msg("couldnt parse uuid")
+
+					hlog.RequestIDHandler(UUIDKey, UUIDHeader)(next).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
+					return
+				}
+
+				ctx = hlog.CtxWithID(ctx, uuid)
+				r = r.WithContext(ctx)
+
+				log.UpdateContext(func(c zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
+					return c.Str(UUIDKey, uuid.String())
+				})
+
+				w.Header().Set(UUIDHeader, uuid.String())
+
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			} else {
+				hlog.RequestIDHandler(UUIDKey, UUIDHeader)(next).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Handler(log zerolog.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		chain := alice.New(
@@ -56,7 +99,7 @@ func Handler(log zerolog.Logger) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			hlog.RemoteAddrHandler("remote"),
 			hlog.UserAgentHandler("user-agent"),
 			hlog.RefererHandler("referer"),
-			hlog.RequestIDHandler("uuid", "X-Request-ID"),
+			RequestIDHandler(),
 		).Then(next)
 
 		return chain
diff --git a/logginghandler_test.go b/logginghandler_test.go
index b35cc50..acdd301 100644
--- a/logginghandler_test.go
+++ b/logginghandler_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/hlog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.xsfx.dev/logginghandler"
@@ -18,13 +19,17 @@ import (
 func Example() {
 	logger := log.With().Logger()
 
-	handler := logginghandler.Handler(logger)(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		logger := logginghandler.FromRequest(r)
+	handler := logginghandler.Handler(
+		logger,
+	)(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			logger := logginghandler.FromRequest(r)
 
-		logger.Info().Msg("this is a request")
+			logger.Info().Msg("this is a request")
 
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	}))
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		}),
+	)
 
 	http.Handle("/", handler)
 	log.Fatal().Msg(http.ListenAndServe(":5000", nil).Error())
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ func TestUUID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
 
-	assert.NotEmpty(rr.Header().Get("X-Request-ID"))
+	assert.NotEmpty(rr.Header().Get(logginghandler.UUIDHeader))
 }
 
 func TestFromCtx(t *testing.T) {
@@ -58,10 +63,14 @@ func TestFromCtx(t *testing.T) {
 	var output bytes.Buffer
 
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	handler := logginghandler.Handler(zerolog.New(&output))(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		log := logginghandler.FromCtx(r.Context())
-		log.Info().Msg("hello world")
-	}))
+	handler := logginghandler.Handler(
+		zerolog.New(&output),
+	)(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			log := logginghandler.FromCtx(r.Context())
+			log.Info().Msg("hello world")
+		}),
+	)
 
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
 
@@ -75,3 +84,69 @@ func TestFromCtx(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NotEmpty(jOut)
 }
+
+func TestRequestIDHandler(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	assert := require.New(t)
+
+	handler := logginghandler.RequestIDHandler()(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			log := hlog.FromRequest(r)
+			log.Info().Msg("hello from TestRequestID")
+		}),
+	)
+
+	id := "cfrj1ro330reqgvfpgu0"
+
+	// Create buffer to store output.
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), "GET", "/", nil)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	h := hlog.NewHandler(zerolog.New(&output))(handler)
+
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+
+	assert.NotEmpty(rr.Header().Get(logginghandler.UUIDHeader))
+	assert.NotEqual(rr.Header().Get(logginghandler.UUIDHeader), id)
+
+	// Now test with request id in header.
+
+	nr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	nReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), "GET", "/", nil)
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	nReq.Header.Add(logginghandler.UUIDHeader, id)
+
+	h.ServeHTTP(nr, nReq)
+
+	assert.NotEmpty(nr.Header().Get(logginghandler.UUIDHeader))
+	assert.Equal(nr.Header().Get(logginghandler.UUIDHeader), id)
+
+	logs := strings.Split(output.String(), "\n")
+	assert.Len(logs, 3)
+
+	getUUID := func(l string) (string, error) {
+		var out struct{ UUID string }
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(l), &out)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		return out.UUID, nil
+	}
+
+	uuid1, err := getUUID(logs[0])
+	assert.NoError(err)
+
+	assert.NotEqual(id, uuid1)
+
+	uuid2, err := getUUID(logs[1])
+	assert.NoError(err)
+	assert.Equal(id, uuid2)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4884cad..5d42433 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ github.com/justinas/alice
 # github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib
 # github.com/rs/xid v1.3.0
+## explicit
 github.com/rs/xid
 # github.com/rs/zerolog v1.26.1
 ## explicit