diff --git a/headers/build/private/shared/Uuid.h b/headers/build/private/shared/Uuid.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2541993c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/build/private/shared/Uuid.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <../private/shared/Uuid.h>
diff --git a/headers/private/shared/Uuid.h b/headers/private/shared/Uuid.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e52072f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/shared/Uuid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Haiku, Inc.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _UUID_H_
+#define _UUID_H_
+
+
+#include <String.h>
+
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+
+class BUuid {
+public:
+								BUuid();
+								BUuid(const BUuid& other);
+								~BUuid();
+
+			bool				IsNil() const;
+
+			BUuid&				SetToRandom();
+
+			BString				ToString() const;
+
+			int					Compare(const BUuid& other) const;
+
+	inline	bool				operator==(const BUuid& other) const;
+	inline	bool				operator!=(const BUuid& other) const;
+
+	inline	bool				operator<(const BUuid& other) const;
+	inline	bool				operator>(const BUuid& other) const;
+	inline	bool				operator<=(const BUuid& other) const;
+	inline	bool				operator>=(const BUuid& other) const;
+
+			BUuid&				operator=(const BUuid& other);
+
+private:
+			bool				_SetToDevRandom();
+			void				_SetToRandomFallback();
+
+private:
+			uint8				fValue[16];
+};
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator==(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) == 0;
+}
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator!=(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) != 0;
+}
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator<(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) < 0;
+}
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator>(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) > 0;
+}
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator<=(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) <= 0;
+}
+
+
+inline bool
+BUuid::operator>=(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return Compare(other) >= 0;
+}
+
+
+}	// namespace BPrivate
+
+
+using BPrivate::BUuid;
+
+
+#endif	// _UUID_H_
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
index 2459568ac7..d4aca5381d 100644
--- a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ StaticLibrary libshared.a :
 	ShakeTrackingFilter.cpp
 	StringForRate.cpp
 	StringForSize.cpp
+	Uuid.cpp
 	Variant.cpp
 ;
 
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/Uuid.cpp b/src/kits/shared/Uuid.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23fd3c70b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kits/shared/Uuid.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013, Haiku, Inc.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+
+#include <Uuid.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+static const char* const kHexChars = "0123456789abcdef";
+
+static const size_t kVersionByteIndex = 6;
+static const size_t kVariantByteIndex = 8;
+
+
+static bool
+init_random_seed()
+{
+	// set a time-based seed
+	timespec time;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &time);
+	uint32 seed = (uint32)time.tv_sec ^ (uint32)time.tv_nsec;
+
+	// factor in a stack address -- with address space layout randomization
+	// that adds a bit of additional randomness
+	seed ^= (uint32)(addr_t)&time;
+
+	srandom(seed);
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+
+BUuid::BUuid()
+{
+	memset(fValue, 0, sizeof(fValue));
+}
+
+
+BUuid::BUuid(const BUuid& other)
+{
+	memcpy(fValue, other.fValue, sizeof(fValue));
+}
+
+
+BUuid::~BUuid()
+{
+}
+
+
+bool
+BUuid::IsNil() const
+{
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(fValue); i++) {
+		if (fValue[i] != 0)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+BUuid&
+BUuid::SetToRandom()
+{
+	if (!BUuid::_SetToDevRandom())
+		BUuid::_SetToRandomFallback();
+
+	// set variant and version
+	fValue[kVariantByteIndex] &= 0x3f;
+	fValue[kVariantByteIndex] |= 0x80;
+	fValue[kVersionByteIndex] &= 0x0f;
+	fValue[kVersionByteIndex] |= 4 << 4;
+		// version 4
+
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BString
+BUuid::ToString() const
+{
+	char buffer[32];
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+		buffer[2 * i] = kHexChars[fValue[i] >> 4];
+		buffer[2 * i + 1] = kHexChars[fValue[i] & 0xf];
+	}
+	return BString().SetToFormat("%.8s-%.4s-%.4s-%.4s-%.12s",
+		buffer, buffer + 8, buffer + 12, buffer + 16, buffer + 20);
+}
+
+
+int
+BUuid::Compare(const BUuid& other) const
+{
+	return memcmp(fValue, other.fValue, sizeof(fValue));
+}
+
+
+BUuid&
+BUuid::operator=(const BUuid& other)
+{
+	memcpy(fValue, other.fValue, sizeof(fValue));
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+bool
+BUuid::_SetToDevRandom()
+{
+	// open device
+	int fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		fd = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd < 0)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	// read bytes
+	ssize_t bytesRead = read(fd, fValue, sizeof(fValue));
+	close(fd);
+
+	return bytesRead == (ssize_t)sizeof(fValue);
+}
+
+
+void
+BUuid::_SetToRandomFallback()
+{
+	static bool sSeedInitialized = init_random_seed();
+	(void)sSeedInitialized;
+
+	for (int32 i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+		uint32 value = random();
+		fValue[4 * i + 0] = uint8(value >> 24);
+		fValue[4 * i + 1] = uint8(value >> 16);
+		fValue[4 * i + 2] = uint8(value >> 8);
+		fValue[4 * i + 3] = uint8(value);
+	}
+
+	// random() returns 31 bit numbers only, so we move a few bits from where
+	// we overwrite them with the version anyway.
+	uint8 bitsToMove = fValue[kVersionByteIndex];
+	for (int32 i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		fValue[4 * i] |= (bitsToMove << i) & 0x80;
+}
+
+
+}	// namespace BPrivate
+
+
+using BPrivate::BUuid;