diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b668d5683..a32bb5b0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ fmt: ## run go fmt
 		(echo "$(ONI) please format Go code with 'gofmt -s -w'" && false)
 	@test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o ! -name timestamp.proto ! -name duration.proto -name '*.proto' -type f -exec grep -Hn -e "^ " {} \; | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
 		(echo "$(ONI) please indent proto files with tabs only" && false)
-	@test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.proto' -type f -exec grep -EHn "[_ ]id = " {} \; | grep -v gogoproto.customname | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
-		(echo "$(ONI) id fields in proto files must have a gogoproto.customname set" && false)
 	@test -z "$$(find . -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.proto' -type f -exec grep -Hn "Meta meta = " {} \; | grep -v '(gogoproto.nullable) = false' | tee /dev/stderr)" || \
 		(echo "$(ONI) meta fields in proto files must have option (gogoproto.nullable) = false" && false)
 
diff --git a/api/services/execution/execution.proto b/api/services/execution/execution.proto
index 36a153447..f982609ca 100644
--- a/api/services/execution/execution.proto
+++ b/api/services/execution/execution.proto
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ service ContainerService {
 }
 
 message CreateRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	google.protobuf.Any spec = 2;
 	repeated containerd.v1.types.Mount rootfs = 3;
 	string runtime = 4;
@@ -37,26 +37,26 @@ message CreateRequest {
 }
 
 message CreateResponse {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 pid = 2;
 }
 
 message StartRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message DeleteRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message DeleteResponse {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 exit_status = 2;
 	google.protobuf.Timestamp exited_at = 3 [(gogoproto.stdtime) = true, (gogoproto.nullable) = false];
 }
 
 message InfoRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message ListRequest {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ message ListResponse {
 }
 
 message KillRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 signal = 2;
 	oneof pid_or_all {
 	    bool all = 3;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ message EventsRequest {
 }
 
 message ExecRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	bool terminal = 2;
 	string stdin = 3;
 	string stdout = 4;
@@ -92,27 +92,27 @@ message ExecResponse {
 }
 
 message PtyRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 pid = 2;
 	uint32 width = 3;
 	uint32 height = 4;
 }
 
 message CloseStdinRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 pid = 2;
 }
 
 message PauseRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message ResumeRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message ProcessesRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message ProcessesResponse{
diff --git a/api/services/shim/shim.proto b/api/services/shim/shim.proto
index 2aa12c682..8c2afac04 100644
--- a/api/services/shim/shim.proto
+++ b/api/services/shim/shim.proto
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ service Shim {
 }
 
 message CreateRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	string bundle = 2;
 	string runtime = 3;
 	bool no_pivot = 4;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ message StateRequest {
 }
 
 message StateResponse {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	string bundle = 2;
 	uint32 pid = 3;
 	containerd.v1.types.Status status = 4;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ message CloseStdinRequest {
 }
 
 message ProcessesRequest {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 }
 
 message ProcessesResponse{
diff --git a/api/types/container/container.proto b/api/types/container/container.proto
index 3ae378615..c05a21f52 100644
--- a/api/types/container/container.proto
+++ b/api/types/container/container.proto
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ enum Status {
 }
 
 message Container {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 	uint32 pid = 2;
 	Status status = 3;
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ message User {
 }
 
 message Event {
-	string id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	string id = 1;
 
 	enum EventType {
 		EXIT = 0;
diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/customnameid.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/customnameid.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c41e8db91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/customnameid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogo/descriptor"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogo/generator"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/vanity"
+)
+
+// CustomNameID preprocess the field, and set the [(gogoproto.customname) = "..."]
+// if necessary, in order to avoid setting `gogoproto.customname` manually.
+// The automatically assigned name should conform to Golang convention.
+func CustomNameID(file *descriptor.FileDescriptorProto) {
+
+	f := func(field *descriptor.FieldDescriptorProto) {
+		// Skip if [(gogoproto.customname) = "..."] has already been set.
+		if gogoproto.IsCustomName(field) {
+			return
+		}
+		// Skip if embedded
+		if gogoproto.IsEmbed(field) {
+			return
+		}
+		if field.OneofIndex != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		fieldName := generator.CamelCase(*field.Name)
+		switch {
+		case *field.Name == "id":
+			// id -> ID
+			fieldName = "ID"
+		case strings.HasPrefix(*field.Name, "id_"):
+			// id_some -> IDSome
+			fieldName = "ID" + fieldName[2:]
+		case strings.HasSuffix(*field.Name, "_id"):
+			// some_id -> SomeID
+			fieldName = fieldName[:len(fieldName)-2] + "ID"
+		case strings.HasSuffix(*field.Name, "_ids"):
+			// some_ids -> SomeIDs
+			fieldName = fieldName[:len(fieldName)-3] + "IDs"
+		default:
+			return
+		}
+		if field.Options == nil {
+			field.Options = &descriptor.FieldOptions{}
+		}
+		if err := proto.SetExtension(field.Options, gogoproto.E_Customname, &fieldName); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Iterate through all fields in file
+	vanity.ForEachFieldExcludingExtensions(file.MessageType, f)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/main.go
index cadf0364f..21f5c2366 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-gogoctrd/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func main() {
 		vanity.TurnOnStringerAll,
 		vanity.TurnOnUnmarshalerAll,
 		vanity.TurnOnSizerAll,
+		CustomNameID,
 	} {
 		vanity.ForEachFile(files, opt)
 	}
diff --git a/snapshot/storage/proto/record.proto b/snapshot/storage/proto/record.proto
index 8893a1771..feb486017 100644
--- a/snapshot/storage/proto/record.proto
+++ b/snapshot/storage/proto/record.proto
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ enum Kind {
 // Snapshot defines the storage type for a snapshot in the
 // metadata store.
 message Snapshot {
-	uint64 id = 1 [(gogoproto.customname) = "ID"];
+	uint64 id = 1;
 	string parent = 2;
 	Kind kind = 4;
 	bool readonly = 5;