diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc4ee5b0..dd155fd1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ parameter
 - `CircuitBuilder` accepts multiple (qu)bit registers through `add_register` method
 - Docstrings added to (user facing) public methods
 - Add `interaction_graph` as a property of the `Circuit`.
+- Add `mapping` as an attribute of the `Circuit`, which contains an identity mapping, prior to any 
+arbitrarily applied mapper pass.
 
 ## [ 0.9.0 ] - [ 2025-12-19 ]
 
diff --git a/opensquirrel/circuit.py b/opensquirrel/circuit.py
index 78e168c7..d90d4f88 100644
--- a/opensquirrel/circuit.py
+++ b/opensquirrel/circuit.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from opensquirrel.ir import Instruction
 from opensquirrel.ir.non_unitary import Measure
 from opensquirrel.ir.statement import AsmDeclaration
+from opensquirrel.passes.mapper import IdentityMapper
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from opensquirrel.ir.ir import IR
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self, register_manager: RegisterManager, ir: IR) -> None:
         """Create a circuit object from a register manager and an IR."""
         self.register_manager = register_manager
         self.ir = ir
+        self.mapping = IdentityMapper().map(self, self.qubit_register_size)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_string(cls, cqasm_string: str) -> Circuit:
@@ -176,9 +178,9 @@ def map(self, mapper: Mapper) -> None:
         """
         from opensquirrel.passes.mapper.qubit_remapper import remap_ir
 
-        mapping = mapper.map(self, self.qubit_register_size)
+        self.mapping = mapper.map(self, self.qubit_register_size)
 
-        remap_ir(self, mapping)
+        remap_ir(self, self.mapping)
 
     def merge(self, merger: Merger) -> None:
         """Merges the circuit using the specified merger.
diff --git a/tests/passes/mapper/test_general_mapper.py b/tests/passes/mapper/test_general_mapper.py
index 12a00645..531a99cf 100644
--- a/tests/passes/mapper/test_general_mapper.py
+++ b/tests/passes/mapper/test_general_mapper.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ def remapped_circuit(self) -> Circuit:
         builder.CNOT(1, 0)
         builder.CNOT(0, 2)
         builder.measure(1, 0)
-        return builder.to_circuit()
+        circuit = builder.to_circuit()
+        circuit.mapping = Mapping([1, 0, 2])
+        return circuit
 
     def test_circuit_map(self, circuit: Circuit, remapped_circuit: Circuit) -> None:
         mapper = HardcodedMapper(mapping=Mapping([1, 0, 2]))
diff --git a/tests/test_circuit.py b/tests/test_circuit.py
index 00a89654..8265cc06 100644
--- a/tests/test_circuit.py
+++ b/tests/test_circuit.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from opensquirrel import Circuit, CircuitBuilder
 from opensquirrel.circuit import MeasurementToBitMap
 from opensquirrel.ir import AsmDeclaration
+from opensquirrel.passes.mapper import HardcodedMapper, IdentityMapper
+from opensquirrel.passes.mapper.mapping import Mapping
 
 
 def test_asm_filter() -> None:
@@ -129,3 +131,59 @@ def test_interaction_graph_multi_qubit_gate_pairs() -> None:
         (0, 2): 1,
         (1, 2): 1,
     }
+
+
+def test_mapping_attribute_initial_identity() -> None:
+    """Test that circuit.mapping is initially an identity mapping."""
+    builder = CircuitBuilder(5)
+    builder.H(0)
+    builder.CNOT(0, 1)
+    circuit = builder.to_circuit()
+
+    assert hasattr(circuit, "mapping")
+    assert isinstance(circuit.mapping, Mapping)
+    assert circuit.mapping == Mapping([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+
+
+def test_mapping_attribute_after_mapping() -> None:
+    """Test that circuit.mapping contains the mapping produced by circuit.map()."""
+    builder = CircuitBuilder(5)
+    builder.H(0)
+    builder.CNOT(0, 1)
+    circuit = builder.to_circuit()
+
+    mapper = HardcodedMapper(Mapping([4, 3, 2, 1, 0]))
+    circuit.map(mapper=mapper)
+
+    assert circuit.mapping == Mapping([4, 3, 2, 1, 0])
+
+
+def test_mapping_attribute_identity_mapping() -> None:
+    """Test that circuit.mapping doesn't change when identity mapper is applied."""
+    builder = CircuitBuilder(3)
+    builder.H(0)
+    circuit = builder.to_circuit()
+
+    initial_mapping = circuit.mapping
+
+    mapper = IdentityMapper()
+    circuit.map(mapper=mapper)
+
+    assert circuit.mapping == initial_mapping
+    assert circuit.mapping == Mapping([0, 1, 2])
+
+
+def test_mapping_attribute_from_string() -> None:
+    """Test that circuit.mapping is set correctly when creating a circuit from string."""
+    circuit = Circuit.from_string(
+        """
+        version 3.0
+        qubit[4] q
+        H q[0]
+        CNOT q[0], q[1]
+        """
+    )
+
+    assert hasattr(circuit, "mapping")
+    assert isinstance(circuit.mapping, Mapping)
+    assert circuit.mapping == Mapping([0, 1, 2, 3])