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)
     {
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Uuid.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Uuid.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb6cf7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Uuid.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Provider;
+
+class Uuid extends \Faker\Provider\Base
+{
+    /**
+     * Generate name based md5 UUID (version 3).
+     * @example '7e57d004-2b97-0e7a-b45f-5387367791cd'
+     */
+    public static function uuid()
+    {
+        // fix for compatibility with 32bit architecture; seed range restricted to 62bit
+        $seed = mt_rand(0, 2147483647) . '#' . mt_rand(0, 2147483647);
+
+        // Hash the seed and convert to a byte array
+        $val = md5($seed, true);
+        $byte = array_values(unpack('C16', $val));
+
+        // extract fields from byte array
+        $tLo = ($byte[0] << 24) | ($byte[1] << 16) | ($byte[2] << 8) | $byte[3];
+        $tMi = ($byte[4] << 8) | $byte[5];
+        $tHi = ($byte[6] << 8) | $byte[7];
+        $csLo = $byte[9];
+        $csHi = $byte[8] & 0x3f | (1 << 7);
+
+        // correct byte order for big edian architecture
+        if (pack('L', 0x6162797A) == pack('N', 0x6162797A)) {
+            $tLo = (($tLo & 0x000000ff) << 24) | (($tLo & 0x0000ff00) << 8)
+                | (($tLo & 0x00ff0000) >> 8) | (($tLo & 0xff000000) >> 24);
+            $tMi = (($tMi & 0x00ff) << 8) | (($tMi & 0xff00) >> 8);
+            $tHi = (($tHi & 0x00ff) << 8) | (($tHi & 0xff00) >> 8);
+        }
+
+        // apply version number
+        $tHi &= 0x0fff;
+        $tHi |= (3 << 12);
+
+        // cast to string
+        $uuid = sprintf(
+            '%08x-%04x-%04x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x',
+            $tLo, $tMi, $tHi, $csHi, $csLo,
+            $byte[10], $byte[11], $byte[12], $byte[13], $byte[14], $byte[15]
+        );
+
+        return $uuid;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Faker/Provider/UuidTest.php b/test/Faker/Provider/UuidTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fceb8dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Faker/Provider/UuidTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Faker\Test\Provider;
+
+use Faker\Provider\Uuid as BaseProvider;
+
+class UuidTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testUuidReturnsUuid()
+    {
+        $uuid = BaseProvider::uuid();
+        $this->assertTrue($this->isUuid($uuid));
+    }
+
+    public function testUuidExpectedSeed()
+    {
+        mt_srand(123);
+        $this->assertEquals("8e2e0c84-50dd-367c-9e66-f3ab455c78d6", BaseProvider::uuid());
+        $this->assertEquals("073eb60a-902c-30ab-93d0-a94db371f6c8", BaseProvider::uuid());
+    }
+
+    protected function isUuid($uuid)
+    {
+        return is_string($uuid) && (bool) preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{8,8}-(?:[a-f0-9]{4,4}-){3,3}[a-f0-9]{12,12}$/i', $uuid);
+    }
+}