diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flowobjective/impl/DistributedFlowObjectiveStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flowobjective/impl/DistributedFlowObjectiveStore.java
index 94d72ec..8dbc634 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flowobjective/impl/DistributedFlowObjectiveStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/flowobjective/impl/DistributedFlowObjectiveStore.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.FlowObjectiveStoreDelegate;
 import org.onosproject.net.flowobjective.ObjectiveEvent;
 import org.onosproject.store.AbstractStore;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicCounter;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.ConsistentMap;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.StorageService;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected StorageService storageService;
 
+    private AtomicCounter nextIds;
+
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
         nextGroups = storageService.<Integer, byte[]>consistentMapBuilder()
@@ -62,6 +65,10 @@
                                 .build()))
                 .build();
 
+        nextIds = storageService.atomicCounterBuilder()
+                .withName("next-objective-counter")
+                .build();
+
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
@@ -86,4 +93,9 @@
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int allocateNextId() {
+        return (int) nextIds.incrementAndGet();
+    }
 }