diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 918c67cc7f..67461e858e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ This also fixes `relatedFeature`, `sourceFeature` and `targetFeature`, which wer
 - https://github.com/eclipse-syson/syson/issues/2419[#2419] [export] Fix the export of the prefix metadata carried by the ends of a connector, which were dropped when those ends are declared inline.
 The ends of a connector created from a diagram are owned through an `EndFeatureMembership` and are exported inline, so their metadata, such as the `#original` and `#derive` of a requirement derivation, were lost.
 - https://github.com/eclipse-syson/syson/issues/2340[#2340] [diagrams] Replace the name of the _New Perform action_ tool to _New Perform Action_ to be consistent with other tools.
+- https://github.com/eclipse-syson/syson/issues/2437[#2437] [metamodel] Fix elementId when creating a FlowDefinition
 
 === Improvements
 
diff --git a/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/SysmlFactoryImpl.java b/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/SysmlFactoryImpl.java
index 2b4af09fab..00f8895e2c 100644
--- a/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/SysmlFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/SysmlFactoryImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2023, 2025 Obeo.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2026 Obeo.
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -1213,11 +1213,12 @@ public Flow createFlow() {
     /**
      * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
      *
-     * @generated
+     * @generated NOT
      */
     @Override
     public FlowDefinition createFlowDefinition() {
         FlowDefinitionImpl flowDefinition = new FlowDefinitionImpl();
+        flowDefinition.setElementId(ElementUtil.generateUUID(flowDefinition).toString());
         return flowDefinition;
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/FlowDefinitionTest.java b/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/FlowDefinitionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53be09f602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/metamodel/syson-sysml-metamodel/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/sysml/impl/FlowDefinitionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Obeo.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Obeo - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.syson.sysml.impl;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FlowDefinition;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.SysmlFactory;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * {@link FlowDefinition} related tests.
+ *
+ * @author rpage
+ */
+public class FlowDefinitionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testElementIdNotEmpty() {
+        FlowDefinition flowDefinition = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createFlowDefinition();
+        assertFalse(flowDefinition.getElementId().isEmpty());
+    }
+}