diff --git a/.changeset/modern-wasps-wink.md b/.changeset/modern-wasps-wink.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8888918c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/modern-wasps-wink.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab': minor
+---
+
+Add a mapping from gitlab create issue API to also output the issue iid (id scoped to the gitlab project) in the output of the scaffolder.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.test.ts
index 820ef8902e..7298a502b6 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
 
     mockGitlabClient.Issues.create.mockResolvedValue({
       id: 42,
+      iid: 1,
       web_url: 'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
     });
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
     );
 
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueId', 42);
+    expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueIid', 1);
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'issueUrl',
       'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
 
     mockGitlabClient.Issues.create.mockResolvedValue({
       id: 42,
+      iid: 1,
       web_url: 'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
     });
 
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
     );
 
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueId', 42);
+    expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueIid', 1);
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'issueUrl',
       'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
 
     mockGitlabClient.Issues.create.mockResolvedValue({
       id: 42,
+      iid: 1,
       web_url: 'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
     });
 
@@ -196,6 +201,7 @@ describe('gitlab:issues:create', () => {
     );
 
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueId', 42);
+    expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith('issueIid', 1);
     expect(mockContext.output).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'issueUrl',
       'https://gitlab.com/hangar18-/issues/42',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.ts
index bc9c796253..894caf635c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-gitlab/src/actions/createGitlabIssueAction.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ const issueInputProperties = z.object({
 const issueOutputProperties = z.object({
   issueUrl: z.string({ description: 'Issue Url' }),
   issueId: z.number({ description: 'Issue Id' }),
+  issueIid: z.number({ description: 'Issue Iid' }),
 });
 
 /**
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ export const createGitlabIssueAction = (options: {
 
         ctx.output('issueId', response.id);
         ctx.output('issueUrl', response.web_url);
+        ctx.output('issueIid', response.iid);
       } catch (error: any) {
         if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
           // Handling Zod validation errors