diff --git a/drf_spectacular/openapi.py b/drf_spectacular/openapi.py
index f4f14f3b..106fb848 100644
--- a/drf_spectacular/openapi.py
+++ b/drf_spectacular/openapi.py
@@ -460,7 +460,12 @@ def get_operation_id(self) -> str:
         if re.search(r'<drf_format_suffix\w*:\w+>', self.path_regex):
             tokenized_path.append('formatted')
 
-        return '_'.join(tokenized_path + [action])
+        if spectacular_settings.OPERATION_ID_METHOD_POSITION == 'PRE':
+            return '_'.join([action] + tokenized_path)
+        elif spectacular_settings.OPERATION_ID_METHOD_POSITION == 'POST':
+            return '_'.join(tokenized_path + [action])
+        else:
+            assert False, 'Invalid value for OPERATION_ID_METHOD_POSITION. Allowed: PRE, POST'
 
     def is_deprecated(self) -> bool:
         """ override this for custom behaviour """
diff --git a/drf_spectacular/settings.py b/drf_spectacular/settings.py
index 61017db9..075f3c20 100644
--- a/drf_spectacular/settings.py
+++ b/drf_spectacular/settings.py
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
     # ``djangorestframework_camel_case``, while CAMELIZE_NAMES itself does not.
     'CAMELIZE_NAMES': False,
 
+    # Changes the location of the action/method on the generated OperationId. For example,
+    # "POST": "group_person_list", "group_person_create"
+    # "PRE":  "list_group_person", "create_group_person"
+    'OPERATION_ID_METHOD_POSITION': 'POST',
+
     # Determines if and how free-form 'additionalProperties' should be emitted in the schema. Some
     # code generator targets are sensitive to this. None disables generic 'additionalProperties'.
     # allowed values are 'dict', 'bool', None
diff --git a/tests/test_regressions.py b/tests/test_regressions.py
index 3fe0bf76..806e43f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_regressions.py
@@ -3410,3 +3410,14 @@ class XViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     assert schema['components']['schemas']['X']["properties"]["field_shirts"] == {
         "readOnly": True, 'type': 'string'
     }
+
+
+@mock.patch('drf_spectacular.settings.spectacular_settings.OPERATION_ID_METHOD_POSITION', "PRE")
+def test_operation_id_method_position(no_warnings):
+    class XViewSet(viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
+        queryset = SimpleModel.objects.all()
+        serializer_class = SimpleSerializer
+
+    schema = generate_schema('/x', XViewSet)
+    assert schema['paths']['/x/']['get']["operationId"] == 'list_x'
+    assert schema['paths']['/x/{id}/']['get']["operationId"] == 'retrieve_x'