diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/item/include_variations.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/item/include_variations.html
index de49a8b90d..584afd90ca 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/item/include_variations.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/item/include_variations.html
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
                                     <i class="fa fa-arrow-down"></i></button>
                                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" data-formset-delete-button>
                                     <i class="fa fa-trash"></i></button>
+                                {% if form.instance.id %}
+                                    <br><small class="text-muted">#{{ form.instance.id }}</small>
+                                {% endif %}
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </h4>
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
index 8bb342f7b6..4d73d0e8b9 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/index.html
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
                                 <a href="
                         {% url "control:event.item" organizer=request.event.organizer.slug event=request.event.slug item=i.id %}">{{ i }}</a>
                                 {% if not i.active %}</strike>{% endif %}
-                            </strong>
+                                </strong>
+                                <br><small class="text-muted">#{{ i.pk }}</small>
                             </td>
                             <td>
                                 {% if i.available_from or i.available_until %}