diff --git a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.ts b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.ts
index 8d18fddd8e0b..a53129d726c1 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.ts
+++ b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function (this: BWT) {
   // Avoid recursive require.
   const { app } = require('electron');
 
+  // Set ID at constructon time so it's accessible after
+  // underlying window destruction.
+  const id = this.id;
+  Object.defineProperty(this, 'id', {
+    value: id,
+    writable: false
+  });
+
   const nativeSetBounds = this.setBounds;
   this.setBounds = (bounds, ...opts) => {
     bounds = {
diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.ts b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.ts
index de1035cc2ec0..902c072e6f5c 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ describe('BrowserWindow module', () => {
       w.webContents.on('destroyed', () => w.close());
     });
 
+    it('should allow access to id after destruction', async () => {
+      const closed = once(w, 'closed');
+      w.destroy();
+      await closed;
+      expect(w.id).to.be.a('number');
+    });
+
     it('should emit unload handler', async () => {
       await w.loadFile(path.join(fixtures, 'api', 'unload.html'));
       const closed = once(w, 'closed');