diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index b03bc2ffcf76..0e311ad55c04 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ menu "Lua libraries/modules"
 	source "package/lua-testmore/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-ubjson/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-utf8/Config.in"
+	source "package/lua-uuid/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-valua/Config.in"
 	source "package/lua-zlib/Config.in"
 	source "package/luabitop/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/lua-uuid/Config.in b/package/lua-uuid/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2f259f2fd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-uuid/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_UUID
+	bool "lua-uuid"
+	help
+	  Generates uuids in pure Lua.
+
+	  https://github.com/Tieske/uuid
diff --git a/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.hash b/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.hash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5942078e09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# computed by luarocks/buildroot
+sha256  e615c1fb1c22e50af5860e45794c027b1a5524cb8e7e6206ad3fed8e78b1f59e  uuid-1.0.0-1.src.rock
+sha256  27e7bf0219274247f4014cfb5070abfb2bb27e66c17a2dbd61427cf7fed81199  uuid/LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.mk b/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d763071f8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lua-uuid/lua-uuid.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# lua-uuid
+#
+################################################################################
+
+LUA_UUID_VERSION = 1.0.0-1
+LUA_UUID_NAME_UPSTREAM = uuid
+LUA_UUID_SUBDIR = uuid
+LUA_UUID_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+LUA_UUID_LICENSE_FILES = $(LUA_UUID_SUBDIR)/LICENSE.md
+
+$(eval $(luarocks-package))