diff --git a/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-element.ts b/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-element.ts
index 2011bcd826..a8318ea84a 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-element.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-element.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export class TerraformElement extends Construct {
 
   public get friendlyUniqueId() {
     const node = this.constructNode
+    if (this.stack.useStaticNames) {
+      return node.id;
+    }
+    
     const components = node.scopes.slice(1).map(c => Node.of(c).id);
     return components.length > 0 ? makeUniqueId(components) : '';
   }
diff --git a/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-stack.ts b/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-stack.ts
index 632d42c2d0..b4707317c3 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-stack.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class TerraformStack extends Construct {
   public readonly artifactFile: string;
   private readonly rawOverrides: any = {}
   private readonly cdktfVersion: string;
+  private staticNames = false;
 
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
     super(scope, id);
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@ export class TerraformStack extends Construct {
     curr[lastKey] = value;
   }
 
+  public useConstructIdsAsNames() {
+    this.staticNames = true;
+  }
+
+  public get useStaticNames(): boolean {
+    return this.staticNames;
+  }
+
   public allProviders(): TerraformProvider[] {
     const providers: TerraformProvider[] = [];
 
diff --git a/packages/cdktf/test/__snapshots__/stack.test.js.snap b/packages/cdktf/test/__snapshots__/stack.test.js.snap
index 55c35f97f0..bd07c6b462 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/test/__snapshots__/stack.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/cdktf/test/__snapshots__/stack.test.js.snap
@@ -87,3 +87,91 @@ exports[`stack synthesis merges all elements into a single output 1`] = `
   }
 }"
 `;
+
+exports[`use static names 1`] = `
+"{
+  \\"//\\": {
+    \\"metadata\\": {
+      \\"version\\": \\"stubbed\\",
+      \\"stackName\\": \\"MyStack\\"
+    }
+  },
+  \\"provider\\": {
+    \\"test\\": [
+      {
+        \\"access_key\\": \\"foo\\"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  \\"resource\\": {
+    \\"aws_bucket\\": {
+      \\"Resource1\\": {
+        \\"foo\\": \\"Resource1\\",
+        \\"prop1\\": \\"bar1\\",
+        \\"prop2\\": 1234,
+        \\"prop3\\": {
+          \\"name\\": \\"should be overwritten in resource 2\\",
+          \\"value\\": 5678
+        },
+        \\"//\\": {
+          \\"metadata\\": {
+            \\"path\\": \\"MyStack/Resource1\\",
+            \\"uniqueId\\": \\"Resource1\\"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    \\"aws_topic\\": {
+      \\"Resource2\\": {
+        \\"foo\\": \\"Resource2\\",
+        \\"prop1\\": \\"bar1\\",
+        \\"prop3\\": {
+          \\"name\\": \\"test\\",
+          \\"value\\": 5678
+        },
+        \\"//\\": {
+          \\"metadata\\": {
+            \\"path\\": \\"MyStack/Resource2\\",
+            \\"uniqueId\\": \\"Resource2\\"
+          }
+        },
+        \\"provisioner\\": [
+          {
+            \\"local-exec\\": {
+              \\"command\\": \\"echo 'Hello World' >example.txt\\"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  \\"module\\": {
+    \\"EksModule\\": {
+      \\"cluster_name\\": \\"my_cluster_name\\",
+      \\"source\\": \\"terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws\\",
+      \\"version\\": \\"7.0.1\\",
+      \\"//\\": {
+        \\"metadata\\": {
+          \\"path\\": \\"MyStack/EksModule\\",
+          \\"uniqueId\\": \\"EksModule\\"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  \\"output\\": {
+    \\"eks_version\\": {
+      \\"value\\": \\"7.0.1\\"
+    }
+  },
+  \\"terraform\\": {
+    \\"backend\\": {
+      \\"remote\\": {
+        \\"organization\\": \\"test\\",
+        \\"workspaces\\": {
+          \\"name\\": \\"test\\"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}"
+`;
diff --git a/packages/cdktf/test/stack.test.ts b/packages/cdktf/test/stack.test.ts
index a10611c4f0..ae8b9387df 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf/test/stack.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf/test/stack.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,52 @@ test('stack synthesis merges all elements into a single output', () => {
   expect(Testing.synth(stack)).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
+test('use static names', () => {
+  const app = Testing.stubVersion(new App({stackTraces: false}));
+  const stack = new TerraformStack(app, 'MyStack');
+  stack.useConstructIdsAsNames();
+
+  new TestProvider(stack, 'test-provider', {
+    accessKey: 'foo'
+  })
+
+  new MyResource(stack, 'Resource1', {
+    terraformResourceType: 'aws_bucket'
+  });
+
+  const overrideResource = new MyResource(stack, 'Resource2', {
+    terraformResourceType: 'aws_topic',
+  })
+  overrideResource.addOverride('//', 'this is a comment');
+  overrideResource.addOverride('prop2', undefined);
+  overrideResource.addOverride('prop3.name', 'test');
+  overrideResource.addOverride('provisioner', [{
+    'local-exec': {
+      command: "echo 'Hello World' >example.txt"
+    }
+  }]);
+
+  const eks = new MyModule(stack, 'EksModule', {
+    source: 'terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws',
+    version: '7.0.1',
+  });
+
+  new TerraformOutput(stack, "eks_version", {
+    value: eks.version
+  })
+
+  stack.addOverride('terraform.backend', {
+    remote: {
+      organization: 'test',
+      workspaces: {
+        name: 'test'
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  expect(Testing.synth(stack)).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
+
 class MyModule extends TerraformModule {
   protected synthesizeAttributes() {
     return {