diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 97a803ab..c1adf881 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ OffsetArrays = "6fe1bfb0-de20-5000-8ca7-80f57d26f881"
 SQLStrings = "af517c2e-c243-48fa-aab8-efac3db270f5"
 Tables = "bd369af6-aec1-5ad0-b16a-f7cc5008161c"
 TimeZones = "f269a46b-ccf7-5d73-abea-4c690281aa53"
+UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
 
 [compat]
 CEnum = "0.2, 0.3, 0.4"
diff --git a/src/LibPQ.jl b/src/LibPQ.jl
index c9a1321d..e1cfce06 100644
--- a/src/LibPQ.jl
+++ b/src/LibPQ.jl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ using Memento: Memento, getlogger, warn, info, error, debug
 using OffsetArrays
 using SQLStrings
 using TimeZones
+using UUIDs: UUID
 
 const Parameter = Union{String,Missing}
 const LOGGER = getlogger(@__MODULE__)
diff --git a/src/parsing.jl b/src/parsing.jl
index a2ed7d31..5625e0a8 100644
--- a/src/parsing.jl
+++ b/src/parsing.jl
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ function pqparse(::Type{Vector{UInt8}}, bytes::Array{UInt8,1})
     return unescaped_vec
 end
 
+## uuid
+_DEFAULT_TYPE_MAP[:uuid] = UUID
+function Base.parse(::Type{UUID}, pqv::PQBinaryValue{PQ_SYSTEM_TYPES[:uuid]})
+    return UUID(pqparse(UInt128, data_pointer(pqv)))
+end
+
 ## bool
 # TODO: check whether we ever need this or if PostgreSQL always gives t or f
 _DEFAULT_TYPE_MAP[:bool] = Bool
@@ -664,7 +670,7 @@ function array_size(str)
     return dims
 end
 
-for pq_eltype in ("int2", "int4", "int8", "float4", "float8", "oid", "numeric")
+for pq_eltype in ("int2", "int4", "int8", "float4", "float8", "oid", "numeric", "uuid")
     array_oid = PQ_SYSTEM_TYPES[Symbol("_$pq_eltype")]
     jl_type = _DEFAULT_TYPE_MAP[Symbol(pq_eltype)]
     jl_missingtype = Union{jl_type,Missing}
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 52a3f984..09ccedc8 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using OffsetArrays
 using SQLStrings
 using TimeZones
 using Tables
+using UUIDs: UUID
 
 Memento.config!("critical")
 
@@ -1191,6 +1192,7 @@ end
                             ("'hello  '::char(10)", "hello"),
                             ("'hello  '::varchar(10)", "hello  "),
                             ("'3'::\"char\"", LibPQ.PQChar('3')),
+                            ("'6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a'::uuid", UUID("6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a")),
                             ("'t'::bool", true),
                             ("'T'::bool", true),
                             ("'true'::bool", true),
@@ -1256,6 +1258,7 @@ end
                             ("'{{{NULL,2,3},{4,NULL,6}}}'::float8[]", Array{Union{Float64, Missing}}(reshape(Union{Float64, Missing}[missing 2 3; 4 missing 6], 1, 2, 3))),
                             ("'{{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::oid[]", Array{Union{LibPQ.Oid, Missing}}(reshape(LibPQ.Oid[1 2 3; 4 5 6], 1, 2, 3))),
                             ("'{{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::numeric[]", Array{Union{Decimal, Missing}}(reshape(Decimal[1 2 3; 4 5 6], 1, 2, 3))),
+                            ("'{6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a}'::uuid[]", Union{UUID, Missing}[UUID("6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a")]),
                             ("'[1:1][-2:-1][3:5]={{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::int2[]", copyto!(OffsetArray{Union{Missing, Int16}}(undef, 1:1, -2:-1, 3:5), [1 2 3; 4 5 6])),
                             ("'[1:1][-2:-1][3:5]={{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::int4[]", copyto!(OffsetArray{Union{Missing, Int32}}(undef, 1:1, -2:-1, 3:5), [1 2 3; 4 5 6])),
                             ("'[1:1][-2:-1][3:5]={{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::int8[]", copyto!(OffsetArray{Union{Missing, Int64}}(undef, 1:1, -2:-1, 3:5), [1 2 3; 4 5 6])),
@@ -1416,6 +1419,18 @@ end
         @testset "Parameters" begin
             conn = LibPQ.Connection("dbname=postgres user=$DATABASE_USER"; throw_error=true)
 
+            @testset "UUID" begin
+                tests = (
+                    ("'6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a'::uuid", UUID("6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a")),
+                )
+
+                @testset for (pg_str, obj) in tests
+                    result = execute(conn, "SELECT $pg_str = \$1", [obj])
+                    @test first(first(result))
+                    close(result)
+                end
+            end
+
             @testset "Arrays" begin
                 tests = (
                     ("SELECT 'foo' = ANY(\$1)", [["bar", "foo"]]),
@@ -1428,7 +1443,8 @@ end
                     ("SELECT 'f\\\"oo' = ANY(\$1)", [["b\\\"ar", "f\\\"oo"]]),
                     ("SELECT 'f\"\\oo' = ANY(\$1)", [["b\"\\ar", "f\"\\oo"]]),
                     ("SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] = \$1", [[1, 2]]),
-                    ("SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] = \$1", Any[Any[1, 2]])
+                    ("SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] = \$1", Any[Any[1, 2]]),
+                    ("SELECT '{6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a}'::uuid[] = \$1", [[UUID("6dc2b682-a411-a51f-ce9e-af63d1ef7c1a")]]),
                 )
 
                 @testset for (query, arr) in tests