diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
index d7177dd9..f57823ed 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func prettyJSONFormat(cmd *cobra.Command, serializedChain []byte) string {
 func addRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pk := key.Get(cmd)
 
+	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
+
 	var cnr cid.ID
 	cidStr, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(commonflags.CIDFlag)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(cidStr))
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func addRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 
 	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", util.ParseAPEChain(chain, []string{rule}))
+	chain.ID = apechain.ID(chainID)
 	serializedChain := chain.Bytes()
 
 	cmd.Println("Container ID: " + cidStr)
@@ -87,4 +90,5 @@ func initControlAddRuleCmd() {
 	ff := addRuleCmd.Flags()
 	ff.String(commonflags.CIDFlag, "", commonflags.CIDFlagUsage)
 	ff.String(ruleFlag, "", "Rule statement")
+	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
 }