diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9831cc..e7f5985 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ will inject just this:
 <link rel="preload" as="script" href="home.31132ae6680e598f8879.js">
 ```
 
+If you are using webpack's `NamedChunksPlugin` (or `NamedChunkIdsPlugin` if using webpack 5) you can also tell the plugin to search by the chunk id using the `searchByChunkId` option:
+```js
+plugins: [
+  new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
+  new PreloadWebpackPlugin({
+    rel: 'preload',
+    include: ['home'],
+    searchByChunkId: true
+  })
+]
+```
+
 It is very common in Webpack to use loaders such as `file-loader` to generate assets for specific
 types, such as fonts or images. If you wish to preload these files as well, you can use `include`
 with value `allAssets`:
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index fbdd58e..b2f39b7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   include: 'asyncChunks',
   fileBlacklist: [/\.map/],
   excludeHtmlNames: [],
+  searchByChunkId: false
 };
 
 class PreloadPlugin {
@@ -161,11 +162,17 @@ class PreloadPlugin {
       extractedChunks = compilation.chunks
         .filter((chunk) => {
           const chunkName = chunk.name;
-          // Works only for named chunks
-          if (!chunkName) {
+          const chunkId = chunk.id;
+
+          // Works only for named chunks, or chunks with id when "searchByChunkId" option is enabled
+          if (!chunkName && !options.searchByChunkId) {
             return false;
           }
-          return options.include.indexOf(chunkName) > -1;
+
+          return (
+            (options.include.indexOf(chunkName) > -1) ||
+            (options.searchByChunkId && options.include.indexOf(chunkId) > -1)
+          );
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/test/spec.js b/test/spec.js
index bc4ee29..e95fc59 100644
--- a/test/spec.js
+++ b/test/spec.js
@@ -373,6 +373,46 @@ describe('PreloadPlugin filters chunks', function() {
     });
     compiler.outputFileSystem = new MemoryFileSystem();
   });
+
+  it('based on chunkid', (done) => {
+    const compiler = webpack({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'file.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'bundle.js',
+        publicPath: '/',
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
+
+        // Setting home chunk id to "homeChunk"
+        new webpack.NamedChunksPlugin(chunk => {
+          const chunkName = chunk.name;
+
+          if (chunkName) {
+            if (chunkName === 'home') {
+              return 'homeChunk';
+            }
+
+            return chunk.name;
+          }
+        }),
+
+        // Preloading home chunk and searching by it chunk id
+        new PreloadPlugin({
+          include: ['homeChunk'],
+          searchByChunkId: true
+        })
+      ],
+    }, function(err, result) {
+      expect(err).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(JSON.stringify(result.compilation.errors)).toBe('[]');
+      const html = result.compilation.assets['index.html'].source();
+      expect(html).toContain('<link rel="preload" as="script" href="/homeChunk');
+      done();
+    });
+    compiler.outputFileSystem = new MemoryFileSystem();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('PreloadPlugin preloads all assets', function() {