diff --git a/mongoengine/base/metaclasses.py b/mongoengine/base/metaclasses.py
index 8a25ff3d..6fdbe19c 100644
--- a/mongoengine/base/metaclasses.py
+++ b/mongoengine/base/metaclasses.py
@@ -390,10 +390,16 @@ class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
             new_class._fields['id'] = ObjectIdField(db_field='_id')
             new_class._fields['id'].name = 'id'
             new_class.id = new_class._fields['id']
-
-        # Prepend id field to _fields_ordered
-        if 'id' in new_class._fields and 'id' not in new_class._fields_ordered:
-            new_class._fields_ordered = ('id', ) + new_class._fields_ordered
+            new_class._db_field_map['id'] = '_id'
+            new_class._reverse_db_field_map['_id'] = 'id'
+            if 'id' in new_class._fields_ordered:
+                # An existing id field will be overwritten anyway, so remove it
+                loc = new_class._fields_ordered.index('id')
+                new_class._fields_ordered = new_class._fields_ordered[:loc] + \
+                                            new_class._fields_ordered[loc+1:]
+            else:
+                # Prepend id field to _fields_ordered
+                new_class._fields_ordered = ('id', ) + new_class._fields_ordered
 
         # Merge in exceptions with parent hierarchy
         exceptions_to_merge = (DoesNotExist, MultipleObjectsReturned)
diff --git a/tests/document/inheritance.py b/tests/document/inheritance.py
index afa3ccea..e408e611 100644
--- a/tests/document/inheritance.py
+++ b/tests/document/inheritance.py
@@ -307,6 +307,23 @@ class InheritanceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         doc = Animal(name='dog')
         self.assertFalse('_cls' in doc.to_mongo())
 
+    def test_abstract_handle_ids_in_metaclass_properly(self):
+
+        class City(Document):
+            continent = StringField()
+            meta = {'abstract': True,
+                    'allow_inheritance': False}
+
+        class EuropeanCity(City):
+            name = StringField()
+            country = StringField()
+
+        berlin = EuropeanCity(name='Berlin', continent='Europe')
+        self.assertEqual(len(berlin._db_field_map), len(berlin._fields_ordered))
+        self.assertEqual(len(berlin._reverse_db_field_map), len(berlin._fields_ordered))
+        self.assertEqual(len(berlin._fields_ordered), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(berlin._fields_ordered[0], 'id')
+
     def test_abstract_document_creation_does_not_fail(self):
 
         class City(Document):