diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 8fe80a4c..b2259910 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ Each of the generator properties (like `name`, `address`, and `lorem`) are calle
     opera                  // 'Opera/8.25 (Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Presto/2.9.188 Version/10.00'
     internetExplorer       // 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Trident/3.0)'
 
+### `Faker\Provider\Uuid`
+
+    uuid                   // '7e57d004-2b97-0e7a-b45f-5387367791cd'
+
 ## Localization
 
 `Faker\Factory` can take a locale as an argument, to return localized data. If no localized provider is found, the factory fallbacks to the default locale (en_EN).
diff --git a/src/Faker/Factory.php b/src/Faker/Factory.php
index ec19aa2d..6a9d4fc4 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Factory.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Factory
 {
     const DEFAULT_LOCALE = 'en_US';
 
-    protected static $defaultProviders = array('Person', 'Address', 'PhoneNumber', 'Company', 'Lorem', 'Internet', 'DateTime', 'Miscellaneous', 'UserAgent');
+    protected static $defaultProviders = array('Person', 'Address', 'PhoneNumber', 'Company', 'Lorem', 'Internet', 'DateTime', 'Miscellaneous', 'UserAgent', 'Uuid');
 
     public static function create($locale = self::DEFAULT_LOCALE)
     {