diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index c4b7129f3..1ba3d6c97 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ The following wonderful people contributed directly or indirectly to this projec
 - `Vorobjev Simon <https://github.com/simonvorobjev>`_
 - `Wagner Macedo <https://github.com/wagnerluis1982>`_
 - `wjt <https://github.com/wjt>`_
+- `Yaw Danso <https://github.com/dglitxh>`_
 - `zeroone2numeral2 <https://github.com/zeroone2numeral2>`_
 - `zeshuaro <https://github.com/zeshuaro>`_
 - `zpavloudis <https://github.com/zpavloudis>`_
 
+
 Please add yourself here alphabetically when you submit your first pull request.
diff --git a/telegram/_message.py b/telegram/_message.py
index 6bcb05261..9fec8d65e 100644
--- a/telegram/_message.py
+++ b/telegram/_message.py
@@ -572,6 +572,15 @@ class Message(TelegramObject):
         """:obj:`int`: Shortcut for :attr:`telegram.Chat.id` for :attr:`chat`."""
         return self.chat.id
 
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> int:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+        """
+        :obj:`int`: Shortcut for :attr:`message_id`.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 20.0
+        """
+        return self.message_id
+
     @property
     def link(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """:obj:`str`: Convenience property. If the chat of the message is not
diff --git a/tests/test_message.py b/tests/test_message.py
index a9e1181de..1e904f457 100644
--- a/tests/test_message.py
+++ b/tests/test_message.py
@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ class TestMessage:
     def test_chat_id(self, message):
         assert message.chat_id == message.chat.id
 
+    def test_id(self, message):
+        assert message.message_id == message.id
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("type_", argvalues=[Chat.SUPERGROUP, Chat.CHANNEL])
     def test_link_with_username(self, message, type_):
         message.chat.username = "username"