diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
index d822ef8..3de1812 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm/__init__.py
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ class ExecutorSettings(ExecutorSettingsBase):
             "required": False,
         },
     )
+    prefix: str = field(
+        default="",
+        metadata={
+            "help": "Prefix that is added to the job names",
+            "env_var": False,
+            "required": False
+        }
+    )
 
 
 # Required:
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ def __post_init__(self, test_mode: bool = False):
         # run check whether we are running in a SLURM job context
         self.warn_on_jobcontext()
         self.test_mode = test_mode
-        self.run_uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        self.run_uuid = self.workflow.executor_settings.prefix + str(uuid.uuid4())
         self.logger.info(f"SLURM run ID: {self.run_uuid}")
         self._fallback_account_arg = None
         self._fallback_partition = None