diff --git a/fix_tei.py b/fix_tei.py
index f7463df..a28236d 100644
--- a/fix_tei.py
+++ b/fix_tei.py
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ def main():
             fix_tei_header(tei_header[0], str(args.bibfile), str(args.bibtype))
 
             tei_text = xml_tree2.xpath("/t:TEI/t:text", namespaces=NS_MAP)[0]
+            # this xml:id is for xmlmind functionality
+            libeoaconvert.assign_xml_id(tei_text, "text")
             tei_front_part = add_tei_frontpart()
             tei_text.insert(0, tei_front_part)