diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/utils/from-create-object-input-to-flat-object-metadata-and-flat-field-metadatas-to-create.util.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/utils/from-create-object-input-to-flat-object-metadata-and-flat-field-metadatas-to-create.util.ts
index 5f00741811..19f9816e76 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/utils/from-create-object-input-to-flat-object-metadata-and-flat-field-metadatas-to-create.util.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/flat-object-metadata/utils/from-create-object-input-to-flat-object-metadata-and-flat-field-metadatas-to-create.util.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export const fromCreateObjectInputToFlatObjectMetadataAndFlatFieldMetadatasToCre
       standardId: createObjectInput.standardId ?? null,
       standardOverrides: null,
       applicationId: workspaceCustomApplicationId,
-      universalIdentifier: objectMetadataId,
+      universalIdentifier:
+        createObjectInput.universalIdentifier ?? objectMetadataId,
       targetTableName: 'DEPRECATED',
       workspaceId,
     };
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/dtos/create-object.input.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/dtos/create-object.input.ts
index f00a7e7aa2..dc3cc0feb2 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/dtos/create-object.input.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/dtos/create-object.input.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export class CreateObjectInput {
   @HideField()
   standardId?: string;
 
+  @HideField()
+  universalIdentifier?: string;
+
   @IsBoolean()
   @IsOptional()
   @Field({ nullable: true })