diff --git a/providers/core/resources/asset.go b/providers/core/resources/asset.go
index c517a74f55..785460c0f0 100644
--- a/providers/core/resources/asset.go
+++ b/providers/core/resources/asset.go
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 package resources
 
 // Look into provider/providers.go for how asset information is attached.
+
+func (a *mqlAsset) id() (string, error) {
+	return "asset", nil
+}
diff --git a/providers/core/resources/core.lr.go b/providers/core/resources/core.lr.go
index 347491a9cd..74fd3225c5 100644
--- a/providers/core/resources/core.lr.go
+++ b/providers/core/resources/core.lr.go
@@ -820,7 +820,12 @@ func createAsset(runtime *plugin.Runtime, args map[string]*llx.RawData) (plugin.
 		return res, err
 	}
 
-	// to override __id implement: id() (string, error)
+	if res.__id == "" {
+		res.__id, err = res.id()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 
 	if runtime.HasRecording {
 		args, err = runtime.ResourceFromRecording("asset", res.__id)