diff --git a/cmd/create-repo.go b/cmd/create-repo.go
index 20631a89..44705dc8 100644
--- a/cmd/create-repo.go
+++ b/cmd/create-repo.go
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Create a repository from the metadata description defined in the luet.yaml confi
 		helpers.CheckErr(err)
 		force := viper.GetBool("force-push")
 		imagePush := viper.GetBool("push-images")
+		snapshotID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("snapshot-id")
 
 		opts := []installer.RepositoryOption{
 			installer.WithSource(viper.GetString("packages")),
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ Create a repository from the metadata description defined in the luet.yaml confi
 		if metaName != "" {
 			metaFile.SetFileName(metaName)
 		}
-
+		repo.SetSnapshotID(snapshotID)
 		repo.SetRepositoryFile(installer.REPOFILE_TREE_KEY, treeFile)
 		repo.SetRepositoryFile(installer.REPOFILE_META_KEY, metaFile)
 
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ func init() {
 	createrepoCmd.Flags().String("meta-compression", "none", "Compression alg: none, gzip, zstd")
 	createrepoCmd.Flags().String("meta-filename", installer.REPOSITORY_METAFILE+".tar", "Repository metadata filename")
 	createrepoCmd.Flags().Bool("from-repositories", false, "Consume the user-defined repositories to pull specfiles from")
+	createrepoCmd.Flags().String("snapshot-id", "", "Unique ID to use when creating repository snapshots")
 
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(createrepoCmd)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/installer/repository.go b/pkg/installer/repository.go
index 8e00177b..5b5a82b6 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/repository.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type LuetSystemRepository struct {
 	PushImages      bool                          `json:"-"`
 	ForcePush       bool                          `json:"-"`
 
-	imagePrefix string
+	imagePrefix, snapshotID string
 }
 
 type LuetSystemRepositoryMetadata struct {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func (r *LuetSystemRepository) SetPriority(n int) {
 }
 
 func (r *LuetSystemRepository) initialize(ctx *types.Context, src string) error {
-	generator, err := r.getGenerator(ctx)
+	generator, err := r.getGenerator(ctx, r.snapshotID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "while constructing repository generator")
 	}
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ func (r *LuetSystemRepository) SetType(p string) {
 	r.LuetRepository.Type = p
 }
 
+// Sets snapshot ID
+func (r *LuetSystemRepository) SetSnapshotID(i string) {
+	r.snapshotID = i
+}
+
 func (r *LuetSystemRepository) GetVerify() bool {
 	return r.LuetRepository.Verify
 }
@@ -705,11 +710,15 @@ type RepositoryGenerator interface {
 	Initialize(string, pkg.PackageDatabase) ([]*artifact.PackageArtifact, error)
 }
 
-func (r *LuetSystemRepository) getGenerator(ctx *types.Context) (RepositoryGenerator, error) {
+func (r *LuetSystemRepository) getGenerator(ctx *types.Context, snapshotID string) (RepositoryGenerator, error) {
+	if snapshotID == "" {
+		snapshotID = time.Now().Format("20060102150405")
+	}
+
 	var rg RepositoryGenerator
 	switch r.GetType() {
 	case DiskRepositoryType, HttpRepositoryType:
-		rg = &localRepositoryGenerator{context: ctx}
+		rg = &localRepositoryGenerator{context: ctx, snapshotID: snapshotID}
 	case DockerRepositoryType:
 		rg = &dockerRepositoryGenerator{
 			b:           r.Backend,
@@ -717,6 +726,7 @@ func (r *LuetSystemRepository) getGenerator(ctx *types.Context) (RepositoryGener
 			imagePush:   r.PushImages,
 			force:       r.ForcePush,
 			context:     ctx,
+			snapshotID:  snapshotID,
 		}
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid repository type")
@@ -726,7 +736,7 @@ func (r *LuetSystemRepository) getGenerator(ctx *types.Context) (RepositoryGener
 
 // Write writes the repository metadata to the supplied destination
 func (r *LuetSystemRepository) Write(ctx *types.Context, dst string, resetRevision, force bool) error {
-	rg, err := r.getGenerator(ctx)
+	rg, err := r.getGenerator(ctx, r.snapshotID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/installer/repository_docker.go b/pkg/installer/repository_docker.go
index e13cd53a..a2049c02 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/repository_docker.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/repository_docker.go
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type dockerRepositoryGenerator struct {
-	b                compiler.CompilerBackend
-	imagePrefix      string
-	imagePush, force bool
-	context          *types.Context
+	b                       compiler.CompilerBackend
+	imagePrefix, snapshotID string
+	imagePush, force        bool
+	context                 *types.Context
 }
 
 func (l *dockerRepositoryGenerator) Initialize(path string, db pkg.PackageDatabase) ([]*artifact.PackageArtifact, error) {
@@ -270,8 +270,7 @@ func (d *dockerRepositoryGenerator) Generate(r *LuetSystemRepository, imagePrefi
 	// Create a named snapshot and push it.
 	// It edits the metadata pointing at the repository files associated with the snapshot
 	// And copies the new files
-	id := time.Now().Format("20060102150405")
-	artifacts, snapshotRepoFile, err := r.Snapshot(id, repoTemp)
+	artifacts, snapshotRepoFile, err := r.Snapshot(d.snapshotID, repoTemp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "while creating snapshot")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/installer/repository_local.go b/pkg/installer/repository_local.go
index 55f1eb86..355ed190 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/repository_local.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/repository_local.go
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-type localRepositoryGenerator struct{ context *types.Context }
+type localRepositoryGenerator struct {
+	context    *types.Context
+	snapshotID string
+}
 
 func (l *localRepositoryGenerator) Initialize(path string, db pkg.PackageDatabase) ([]*artifact.PackageArtifact, error) {
 	return buildPackageIndex(l.context, path, db)
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ func (g *localRepositoryGenerator) Generate(r *LuetSystemRepository, dst string,
 	// Create named snapshot.
 	// It edits the metadata pointing at the repository files associated with the snapshot
 	// And copies the new files
-	if _, _, err := r.Snapshot(time.Now().Format("20060102150405"), dst); err != nil {
+	if _, _, err := r.Snapshot(g.snapshotID, dst); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "while creating snapshot")
 	}