diff --git a/khal/controllers.py b/khal/controllers.py
index 6148f29ec..ae10c6059 100644
--- a/khal/controllers.py
+++ b/khal/controllers.py
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ def print_ics(conf, name, ics, format):
     events = [item for item in cal.walk() if item.name == "VEVENT"]
     events_grouped = defaultdict(list)
     for event in events:
-        events_grouped[event["UID"]].append(event)
+        events_grouped[event.get("UID", f"khal-vevent-without-uid-{id(event)}")].append(event)
 
     vevents = []
     for uid in events_grouped:
diff --git a/khal/khalendar/event.py b/khal/khalendar/event.py
index 8fda097e5..029c5aac8 100644
--- a/khal/khalendar/event.py
+++ b/khal/khalendar/event.py
@@ -347,7 +347,10 @@ def duration(self) -> dt.timedelta:
 
     @property
     def uid(self) -> str:
-        return self._vevents[self.ref]["UID"]
+        try:
+            return self._vevents[self.ref]["UID"]
+        except KeyError:
+            return f"khal-vevent-without-uid-{id(self.ref)}"
 
     @property
     def organizer(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/event_test.py b/tests/event_test.py
index c33e4ed94..d1a8bdb9b 100644
--- a/tests/event_test.py
+++ b/tests/event_test.py
@@ -736,6 +736,11 @@ def test_sort_event_summary():
     assert event1 < event2
 
 
+def test_uid_missing():
+    event_uid = _get_text("event_uid_missing")
+    assert event_uid.uid.startswith("khal-vevent-without-uid-")
+
+
 def test_create_timezone_in_future():
     """Events too far into the future (after the next DST transition) used
     to be created with invalid timezones"""
diff --git a/tests/ics/event_uid_missing.ics b/tests/ics/event_uid_missing.ics
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..123422e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ics/event_uid_missing.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+VERSION:2.0
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+SUMMARY:Missing uid
+DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140707T090000
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20140707T140000
+END:VEVENT
+END:VCALENDAR