diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/utils.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/utils.ts
index 06aca5ab2..99283f359 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/utils.ts
@@ -929,3 +929,19 @@ export const decodeEntities = function (text: string): string {
 export const isString = (value: unknown): value is string => {
   return typeof value === 'string';
 };
+
+export const getEdgeId = (
+  from: string,
+  to: string,
+  {
+    counter = 0,
+    prefix,
+    suffix,
+  }: {
+    counter?: number;
+    prefix?: string;
+    suffix?: string;
+  }
+) => {
+  return `${prefix ? `${prefix}_` : ''}${from}_${to}_${counter}${suffix ? `_${suffix}` : ''}`;
+};