diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ccb0b18..c82795a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Installation
       googleanalytics.domain = auto
       googleanalytics.track_events = false
       googleanalytics.fields = {}
+      googleanalytics.enable_user_id = false
 
    ``resource_prefix`` is an arbitrary identifier so that we can query
    for downloads in Google Analytics.  It can theoretically be any
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ Installation
 
    ``fields`` allows you to specify various options when creating the tracker. See `Google's documentation <https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference>`.
 
+   If ``enable_user_id`` is set to ``true``, then logged in users will be tracked into the Google Analytics' dashboard.
+   This way metrics can be tracked for every logged in user. You can read more
+   about this feature and its benefits `here<https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3123662>`_.
+
 Domain Linking
 --------------
 
diff --git a/ckanext/googleanalytics/plugin.py b/ckanext/googleanalytics/plugin.py
index 498a479..bfe0487 100644
--- a/ckanext/googleanalytics/plugin.py
+++ b/ckanext/googleanalytics/plugin.py
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ class GoogleAnalyticsPlugin(p.SingletonPlugin):
             config.get('googleanalytics.show_downloads', True))
         self.track_events = converters.asbool(
             config.get('googleanalytics.track_events', False))
+        self.enable_user_id = converters.asbool(
+            config.get('googleanalytics.enable_user_id', False))
 
         if not converters.asbool(config.get('ckan.legacy_templates', 'false')):
             p.toolkit.add_resource('fanstatic_library', 'ckanext-googleanalytics')
@@ -243,6 +245,10 @@ class GoogleAnalyticsPlugin(p.SingletonPlugin):
         templates in this extension, see ITemplateHelpers.
 
         '''
+
+        if self.enable_user_id and c.user:
+            self.googleanalytics_fields['userId'] = str(c.userobj.id)
+
         data = {
             'googleanalytics_id': self.googleanalytics_id,
             'googleanalytics_domain': self.googleanalytics_domain,