diff --git a/apisix/plugins/request-id.lua b/apisix/plugins/request-id.lua
index 183374e8f73d..6f1ab7b0cc9e 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/request-id.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/request-id.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ local bit = require("bit")
 local core = require("apisix.core")
 local snowflake = require("snowflake")
 local uuid = require("resty.jit-uuid")
+local nanoid = require("nanoid")
 local process = require("ngx.process")
 local timers = require("apisix.timers")
 local tostring = tostring
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ local schema = {
     properties = {
         header_name = {type = "string", default = "X-Request-Id"},
         include_in_response = {type = "boolean", default = true},
-        algorithm = {type = "string", enum = {"uuid", "snowflake"}, default = "uuid"}
+        algorithm = {type = "string", enum = {"uuid", "snowflake", "nanoid"}, default = "uuid"}
     }
 }
 
@@ -205,6 +206,9 @@ local function get_request_id(algorithm)
     if algorithm == "uuid" then
         return uuid()
     end
+    if algorithm == "nanoid" then
+        return nanoid.safe_simple()
+    end
     return next_id()
 end
 
diff --git a/docs/en/latest/plugins/request-id.md b/docs/en/latest/plugins/request-id.md
index dadf8ddf8674..4d8e58f8ae94 100644
--- a/docs/en/latest/plugins/request-id.md
+++ b/docs/en/latest/plugins/request-id.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ API request. The plugin will not add a request id if the `header_name` is alread
 | ------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | header_name         | string  | optional    | "X-Request-Id" |       | Request ID header name                                         |
 | include_in_response | boolean | optional    | true           |       | Option to include the unique request ID in the response header |
-| algorithm           | string  | optional    | "uuid"         | ["uuid", "snowflake"] | ID generation algorithm |
+| algorithm           | string  | optional    | "uuid"         | ["uuid", "snowflake", "nanoid"] | ID generation algorithm |
 
 ## How To Enable
 
diff --git a/docs/zh/latest/plugins/request-id.md b/docs/zh/latest/plugins/request-id.md
index 130f66f8337f..5482672ea224 100644
--- a/docs/zh/latest/plugins/request-id.md
+++ b/docs/zh/latest/plugins/request-id.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ title: request-id
 | ------------------- | ------- | -------- | -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------ |
 | header_name         | string  | 可选 | "X-Request-Id" |                       | Request ID header name         |
 | include_in_response | boolean | 可选 | true          |                       | 是否需要在返回头中包含该唯一 ID |
-| algorithm           | string  | 可选 | "uuid"         | ["uuid", "snowflake"] | ID 生成算法 |
+| algorithm           | string  | 可选 | "uuid"         | ["uuid", "snowflake", "nanoid"] | ID 生成算法 |
 
 ## 如何启用
 
diff --git a/rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec b/rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec
index d1ce6652a314..2b3c830a4e3e 100644
--- a/rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec
+++ b/rockspec/apisix-master-0.rockspec
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ dependencies = {
     "opentelemetry-lua = 0.1-3",
     "net-url = 0.9-1",
     "xml2lua = 1.5-2",
+    "nanoid = 0.1-1"
 }
 
 build = {
diff --git a/t/plugin/request-id.t b/t/plugin/request-id.t
index fb7343708331..af083e28e7c7 100644
--- a/t/plugin/request-id.t
+++ b/t/plugin/request-id.t
@@ -646,3 +646,71 @@ GET /opentracing
 X-Request-ID: 123
 --- response_headers
 X-Request-ID: 123
+
+
+
+=== TEST 20: add plugin with algorithm nanoid (default uuid)
+--- config
+    location /t {
+        content_by_lua_block {
+            local t = require("lib.test_admin").test
+            local http = require "resty.http"
+            local v = {}
+            local ids = {}
+            local code, body = t('/apisix/admin/routes/1',
+                 ngx.HTTP_PUT,
+                 [[{
+                        "plugins": {
+                            "request-id": {
+                                "algorithm": "nanoid"
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "upstream": {
+                            "nodes": {
+                                "127.0.0.1:1982": 1
+                            },
+                            "type": "roundrobin"
+                        },
+                        "uri": "/opentracing"
+                }]]
+                )
+            if code >= 300 then
+                ngx.say("algorithm nanoid is error")
+            end
+            for i = 1, 180 do
+                local th = assert(ngx.thread.spawn(function()
+                    local httpc = http.new()
+                    local uri = "http://127.0.0.1:" .. ngx.var.server_port .. "/opentracing"
+                    local res, err = httpc:request_uri(uri,
+                        {
+                            method = "GET",
+                            headers = {
+                                ["Content-Type"] = "application/json",
+                            }
+                        }
+                    )
+                    if not res then
+                        ngx.log(ngx.ERR, err)
+                        return
+                    end
+                    local id = res.headers["X-Request-Id"]
+                    if not id then
+                        return -- ignore if the data is not synced yet.
+                    end
+                    if ids[id] == true then
+                        ngx.say("ids not unique")
+                        return
+                    end
+                    ids[id] = true
+                end, i))
+                table.insert(v, th)
+            end
+            for i, th in ipairs(v) do
+                ngx.thread.wait(th)
+            end
+            ngx.say("true")
+        }
+    }
+--- wait: 5
+--- response_body
+true