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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
index 0451466..1dce3e0 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Variables that Change Behavior
    /variable/CMAKE_AUTOMOC_RELAXED_MODE
    /variable/CMAKE_BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY
    /variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
+   /variable/CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID
    /variable/CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_EXCLUDE_EXTERNAL_FILES
    /variable/CMAKE_CODELITE_USE_TARGETS
    /variable/CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/CodeBlocks-custom-compiler-id.rst b/Help/release/dev/CodeBlocks-custom-compiler-id.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..893bd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/CodeBlocks-custom-compiler-id.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CodeBlocks-custom-compiler-id
+-----------------------------
+
+* The :generator:`CodeBlocks` extra generator learned to check a
+  :variable:`CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID` variable for a custom
+  compiler identification value to place in the project file.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad2709d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_COMPILER_ID
+----------------------------
+
+Change the compiler id in the generated CodeBlocks project files.
+
+CodeBlocks uses its own compiler id string which differs from
+:variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID`.  If this variable is left empty,
+CMake tries to recognize the CodeBlocks compiler id automatically.
+Otherwise the specified string is used in the CodeBlocks project file.
+See the CodeBlocks documentation for valid compiler id strings.
+
+Other IDEs like QtCreator that also use the CodeBlocks generator may ignore
+this setting.