diff --git a/python-stdlib/uuid/manifest.py b/python-stdlib/uuid/manifest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e59bdf2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-stdlib/uuid/manifest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+metadata(version="0.1.0")
+
+module("uuid.py")
diff --git a/python-stdlib/uuid/test_uuid.py b/python-stdlib/uuid/test_uuid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efd472296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-stdlib/uuid/test_uuid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import unittest
+import uuid
+
+
+class TestUUID(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_unique(self):
+        n = 10
+        us = set(uuid.uuid4().bytes for _ in range(n))
+        self.assertEqual(len(us), n)
+
+    def test_len(self):
+        u = uuid.uuid4()
+        self.assertEqual(len(u.bytes), 16)
+        self.assertEqual(len(u.hex), 32)
+        self.assertEqual(len(str(u)), 36)
+
+    def test_repr(self):
+        u = repr(uuid.uuid4())
+        self.assertEqual(len(u), 44)
+        self.assertTrue(u.startswith("UUID('"))
+        self.assertTrue(u.endswith("')"))
+
+    def test_constructor(self):
+        u1 = uuid.uuid4()
+        u2 = uuid.UUID(bytes.fromhex(u1.hex))
+        self.assertEqual(u1.hex, u2.hex)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/python-stdlib/uuid/uuid.py b/python-stdlib/uuid/uuid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b131f7a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-stdlib/uuid/uuid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+
+
+class UUID:
+    def __init__(self, bytes):
+        if len(bytes) != 16:
+            raise ValueError("bytes arg must be 16 bytes long")
+        self.bytes = bytes
+
+    @property
+    def hex(self):
+        return self.bytes.hex()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        h = self.hex
+        return "-".join((h[0:8], h[8:12], h[12:16], h[16:20], h[20:32]))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "UUID('{}')".format(self)
+
+
+def uuid4():
+    """Generates a random UUID compliant to RFC 4122 pg.14"""
+    random = bytearray(os.urandom(16))
+    random[6] = (random[6] & 0x0F) | 0x40
+    random[8] = (random[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80
+    return UUID(bytes(random))
diff --git a/tools/ci.sh b/tools/ci.sh
index e2b6919be..1cb813432 100755
--- a/tools/ci.sh
+++ b/tools/ci.sh
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ function ci_package_tests_run {
         python-stdlib/time \
         python-stdlib/unittest/tests \
         python-stdlib/unittest-discover/tests \
+        python-stdlib/uuid \
         ; do
         (cd $path && "${MICROPYTHON}" -m unittest)
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then false; return; fi