diff --git a/spec/std/uuid_spec.cr b/spec/std/uuid_spec.cr
index 1e8a54dfa7e0..ce0061f6a5bb 100644
--- a/spec/std/uuid_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/std/uuid_spec.cr
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ describe "UUID" do
       subject.version.should eq UUID::Version::V4
     end
 
+    it "does inspect" do
+      subject = UUID.random
+      subject.inspect.should eq "UUID(#{subject})"
+    end
+
     it "works with variant" do
       subject = UUID.random(variant: UUID::Variant::NCS)
       subject.variant.should eq UUID::Variant::NCS
diff --git a/src/uuid.cr b/src/uuid.cr
index c859082b136f..c557b7935d2b 100644
--- a/src/uuid.cr
+++ b/src/uuid.cr
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ struct UUID
     to_slice == other.to_slice
   end
 
+  # Convert to `String` in literal format.
+  def inspect(io : IO)
+    io << "UUID("
+    to_s(io)
+    io << ')'
+  end
+
   def to_s(io : IO)
     slice = to_slice