diff --git a/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJelly.scala b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJelly.scala
index 65f65ac..7fcde62 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJelly.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJelly.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import eu.neverblink.jelly.convert.jena.JenaConverterFactory
 import eu.neverblink.jelly.convert.jena.riot.{JellyFormatVariant, JellyLanguage, JellyStreamWriter}
 import eu.neverblink.jelly.core.proto.google.v1 as google
 import eu.neverblink.jelly.core.proto.v1.{LogicalStreamType, PhysicalStreamType, RdfStreamOptions}
+import org.apache.jena.riot.lang.LabelToNode
 import org.apache.jena.riot.system.StreamRDFWriter
 import org.apache.jena.riot.{Lang, RDFParser, RIOT}
 
@@ -159,7 +160,10 @@ object RdfToJelly extends RdfSerDesCommand[RdfToJellyOptions, RdfFormat.Readable
             .build()
           JellyStreamWriter(JenaConverterFactory.getInstance(), variant, outputStream)
 
-    RDFParser.source(inputStream).lang(jenaLang).parse(jellyWriter)
+    RDFParser.source(inputStream)
+      .lang(jenaLang)
+      .labelToNode(LabelToNode.createUseLabelAsGiven())
+      .parse(jellyWriter)
     jellyWriter.finish()
 
   /** Convert Jelly text to Jelly binary.
diff --git a/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJellySpec.scala b/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJellySpec.scala
index 129b2c0..c6cf447 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJellySpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/eu/neverblink/jelly/cli/command/rdf/RdfToJellySpec.scala
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@ class RdfToJellySpec extends AnyWordSpec with TestFixtureHelper with Matchers:
         content.containsAll(tripleModel.listStatements()) shouldBe true
       }
 
+      "preserve the original blank node IDs" in {
+        val inputString =
+          """_:b1 <http://a.com/p> _:b2 .
+            |_:b1 <http://a.com/p> _:b3 .
+            |""".stripMargin
+        val input = ByteArrayInputStream(inputString.getBytes)
+        RdfToJelly.setStdIn(input)
+        val (out, err) = RdfToJelly.runTestCommand(
+          List("rdf", "to-jelly", "--in-format", RdfFormat.NQuads.cliOptions.head),
+        )
+        val newIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(RdfToJelly.getOutBytes)
+        val content = translateJellyBack(newIn)
+        content.size() should be(2)
+        val statements = content.listStatements().asScala.toSeq
+        statements.flatMap(s => Seq(s.getSubject, s.getObject)).toSet
+          .map(_.asResource().getId.toString)
+          .toSet should be(Set("b1", "b2", "b3"))
+      }
+
       "input stream to output stream, generalized RDF (N-Triples)" in {
         val inputStream = new FileInputStream(getClass.getResource("/generalized.nt").getPath)
         RdfToJelly.setStdIn(inputStream)