  We report the near-infrared (IR) identification of the likely counterpart to
X1908+075, a highly-absorbed Galactic X-ray source recently suspected to belong
to the rare class of OB supergiant-neutron star binary systems. Our JHKs-band
imaging of the field reveals the existence within the X-ray error boxes of a
near-IR source consistent with an early-type star lying at d=7 kpc and
suffering A(V)=16 mag of extinction, the latter value being in good agreement
with the hydrogen column density derived from a modelling of the X-ray
spectrum. Our follow-up, near-IR spectroscopic observations confirm the nature
of this candidate and lead to a late O-type supergiant classification, thereby
supporting the identification of a new Galactic OB-supergiant X-ray binary.
