diff --git a/README b/README
index fef82e77..56488337 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ robohash:
 second-color:
     implements a "colored" seconds hash
 
+shortuuid
+    implements "shortuuid" concept
+
 simple-rpg:
     simple role-playing game example
 
diff --git a/shortuuid/shortuuid.factor b/shortuuid/shortuuid.factor
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5567937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shortuuid/shortuuid.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2010 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: kernel math sequences ;
+
+IN: shortuuid
+
+CONSTANT: alphabet
+"23456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+
+: (encode-uuid) ( n -- n c )
+    alphabet [ length /mod ] [ nth ] bi ;
+
+: encode-uuid ( uuid -- shortuuid )
+    [ dup 0 > ] [ (encode-uuid) ] "" produce-as nip ;
+
+: (decode-uuid) ( n c -- n )
+    alphabet index [ alphabet length * ] dip + ;
+
+: decode-uuid ( shortuuid -- uuid )
+    <reversed> 0 [ (decode-uuid) ] reduce ;