diff --git a/3rdparty/SConscript b/3rdparty/SConscript
index dd5338989..a7a9960d3 100644
--- a/3rdparty/SConscript
+++ b/3rdparty/SConscript
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ thirdparty_versions = {
     'json-c':           '0.12-20140410',
     'libatomic_ops':    '7.6.10',
     'libunwind':        '1.2.1',
+    'libuuid':          '2.40.1',
     'libuv':            '1.35.0',
     'ltdl':             '2.4.6',
     'openfec':          '1.4.2.11',
@@ -132,6 +133,21 @@ elif 'libunwind' in system_dependencies:
 
     env = conf.Finish()
 
+# dep: libuuid
+if 'libuuid' in autobuild_dependencies:
+    env.BuildThirdParty(thirdparty_versions, 'libuuid')
+
+elif 'libuuid' in system_dependencies:
+    conf = Configure(env, custom_tests=env.CustomTests)
+
+    if not conf.AddPkgConfigDependency('uuid', '--cflags --libs'):
+        conf.env.AddManualDependency(libs=['uuid'])
+
+    if not conf.CheckLibWithHeaderExt('uuid', 'uuid.h', 'C', run=not is_crosscompiling):
+        env.Die("libuuid not found (see 'config.log' for details)")
+
+    env = conf.Finish()
+
 # dep: libatomic_ops
 if 'libatomic_ops' in autobuild_dependencies:
     env.BuildThirdParty(thirdparty_versions, 'libatomic_ops')
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index ac2e8c93c..91836fae1 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ AddOption('--disable-libunwind',
           action='store_true',
           help='disable libunwind support required for printing backtrace')
 
+AddOption('--disable-libuuid',
+          dest='disable_libuuid',
+          action='store_true',
+          help='disable libuuid support')
+
 AddOption('--disable-alsa',
           dest='disable_alsa',
           action='store_true',
@@ -815,6 +820,15 @@ else:
             'target_libunwind',
         ])
 
+    if meta.platform in ['linux'] and not GetOption('disable_libuuid'):
+        env.Append(ROC_TARGETS=[
+            'target_libuuid',
+        ])
+    else:
+        env.Append(ROC_TARGETS=[
+            'target_nouuid',
+        ])
+
     env.Append(ROC_TARGETS=[
         'target_libuv',
     ])
diff --git a/scripts/scons_helpers/build-3rdparty.py b/scripts/scons_helpers/build-3rdparty.py
index bec792135..1f2faac32 100644
--- a/scripts/scons_helpers/build-3rdparty.py
+++ b/scripts/scons_helpers/build-3rdparty.py
@@ -1170,6 +1170,27 @@ def die(text, *args):
     execute_make(ctx)
     install_files(ctx, 'include/*.h', ctx.pkg_inc_dir)
     install_files(ctx, 'src/.libs/libunwind.a', ctx.pkg_lib_dir)
+elif ctx.pkg_name == 'libuuid':
+    download(
+        ctx,
+        'https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/archive/refs/tags/v{ctx.pkg_ver}.tar.gz',
+        'util-linux-{ctx.pkg_ver}.tar.gz')
+    unpack(ctx,
+           'util-linux-{ctx.pkg_ver}.tar.gz',
+           'util-linux-{ctx.pkg_ver}')
+    changedir(ctx, 'util-linux-{ctx.pkg_ver}')
+    execute(ctx, './autogen.sh')
+    execute(ctx, './configure --disable-all-programs --enable-libuuid --host={host} {vars} {flags} {opts}'.format(
+        host=ctx.toolchain,
+        vars=format_vars(ctx),
+        flags=format_flags(ctx, cflags='-fcommon -fPIC'),
+        opts=' '.join([
+            '--disable-shared',
+            '--enable-static',
+        ])))
+    execute_make(ctx)
+    install_files(ctx, 'libuuid/uuid.h', ctx.pkg_inc_dir)
+    install_files(ctx, 'src/.libs/libuuid.a', ctx.pkg_lib_dir)
 elif ctx.pkg_name == 'openfec':
     if ctx.variant == 'debug':
         setattr(ctx, 'res_dir', 'bin/Debug')
diff --git a/src/internal_modules/roc_core/target_libuuid/roc_core/uuid.cpp b/src/internal_modules/roc_core/target_libuuid/roc_core/uuid.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57069021d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal_modules/roc_core/target_libuuid/roc_core/uuid.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Roc Streaming authors
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include "roc_core/uuid.h"
+
+#include "roc_core/panic.h"
+
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
+
+namespace roc {
+namespace core {
+
+// Uses libuuid to generate the uuid.
+bool uuid_generare(char* buf, size_t buf_sz) {
+    if (!buf) {
+        roc_panic("uuid: buffer is null");
+    }
+    if (buf_sz < UuidLen + 1) {
+        roc_panic("uuid: buffer too small");
+    }
+
+    uuid_t u;
+
+    uuid_generate(u);
+    uuid_unparse_lower(u, buf);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace core
+} // namespace roc
diff --git a/src/internal_modules/roc_core/uuid.cpp b/src/internal_modules/roc_core/target_nouuid/roc_core/uuid.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/internal_modules/roc_core/uuid.cpp
rename to src/internal_modules/roc_core/target_nouuid/roc_core/uuid.cpp
diff --git a/src/tests/roc_core/test_uuid.cpp b/src/tests/roc_core/test_uuid.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a63aab4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/roc_core/test_uuid.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Roc Streaming authors
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <CppUTest/TestHarness.h>
+
+#include "roc_core/uuid.h"
+
+namespace roc {
+namespace core {
+
+TEST_GROUP(uuid) {};
+
+TEST(uuid, generate) {
+    char a_uuid[UuidLen + 1] = {};
+
+    CHECK(uuid_generare(a_uuid, sizeof(a_uuid)) == true);
+    CHECK(a_uuid[8] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[13] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[18] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[23] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[UuidLen] == '\0');
+}
+
+TEST(uuid, generated_with_bigger_buffer) {
+    char a_uuid[UuidLen + 1 + 4] = {};
+
+    CHECK(uuid_generare(a_uuid, sizeof(a_uuid)) == true);
+    CHECK(a_uuid[8] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[13] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[18] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[23] == '-');
+    CHECK(a_uuid[UuidLen] == '\0');
+}
+
+} // namespace core
+} // namespace roc