diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index 7f797926..20bdd3a2 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -803,10 +803,19 @@ function setupListModel(Model, nested) {
       contexts,
       enumerable: modelConfig.enumerable,
       external: modelConfig.external,
-      placeholder: () => {
+      placeholder: (id) => {
         const model = Object.create(listPlaceholderPrototype);
         definitions.set(model, config);
 
+        Object.defineProperties(model, {
+          id: { value: id },
+          toString: {
+            value: function () {
+              return this.id;
+            },
+          },
+        });
+
         return Object.freeze(model);
       },
       isInstance: (model) =>
diff --git a/test/spec/store.js b/test/spec/store.js
index 8108cabe..418cbce8 100644
--- a/test/spec/store.js
+++ b/test/spec/store.js
@@ -2086,8 +2086,13 @@ describe("store:", () => {
         },
       };
 
+      const pendingModel = store.get([Model], "test");
+
+      expect(pendingModel.id).toBe("test");
+      expect(String(pendingModel)).toBe("test");
+
       return store
-        .pending(store.get([Model]))
+        .pending(pendingModel)
         .then((models) => store.pending(models[0]).then(() => models))
         .then((models) => {
           const model = models[0];
@@ -2150,6 +2155,10 @@ describe("store:", () => {
       };
 
       const pendingModel = store.get(Model, 1);
+
+      expect(pendingModel.id).toBe("1");
+      expect(String(pendingModel)).toBe("1");
+
       expect(store.pending(pendingModel)).toBeInstanceOf(Promise);
       expect(() => pendingModel.value).toThrow();