diff --git a/planet/reconstitute.py b/planet/reconstitute.py
index ffba7a0..bb41cfa 100644
--- a/planet/reconstitute.py
+++ b/planet/reconstitute.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def id(xentry, entry):
 
     if entry.has_key("id") and entry.id:
         entry_id = entry.id
+        if hasattr(entry_id, 'values'): entry_id = entry_id.values()[0]
     elif entry.has_key("link") and entry.link:
         entry_id = entry.link
     elif entry.has_key("title") and entry.title:
diff --git a/planet/spider.py b/planet/spider.py
index 311077f..50d1739 100644
--- a/planet/spider.py
+++ b/planet/spider.py
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ def writeCache(feed_uri, feed_info, data):
         # generate an id, if none is present
         if not entry.has_key('id') or not entry.id:
             entry['id'] = reconstitute.id(None, entry)
-            if not entry['id']: continue
+        elif hasattr(entry['id'], 'values'):
+            entry['id'] = entry['id'].values()[0]
+        if not entry['id']: continue
 
         # determine updated date for purposes of selection
         updated = ''
diff --git a/tests/data/reconstitute/gr_id.xml b/tests/data/reconstitute/gr_id.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eca22b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/reconstitute/gr_id.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!--
+Description:  id
+Expect:       id == 'http://example.com/2'
+-->
+
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <entry xmlns:gr="http://www.google.com/schemas/reader/atom/">
+    <id gr:original-id="http://example.com/2">http://example.com/1</id>
+  </entry>
+</feed>
+