diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1209ccac..b0adc7af 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@ find_package(UUID REQUIRED)
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${UUID_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${UUID_LIBRARIES})
 
+try_compile(normal_uuid ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmaketest
+                  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/tests/normal_uuid_lib_test.cc
+                  LINK_LIBRARIES ${UUID_LIBRARIES}
+                  CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=${UUID_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+try_compile(ossp_uuid ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmaketest
+                  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/tests/ossp_uuid_lib_test.cc
+                  LINK_LIBRARIES ${UUID_LIBRARIES}
+                  CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=${UUID_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+if(normal_uuid)
+    add_definitions(-DUSE_OSSP_UUID=0)
+elseif(ossp_uuid)
+    add_definitions(-DUSE_OSSP_UUID=1)
+else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "uuid lib error")
+endif()
+
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/cmake/tests/normal_uuid_lib_test.cc b/cmake/tests/normal_uuid_lib_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e535a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/tests/normal_uuid_lib_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <uuid.h>
+int main()
+{
+    uuid_t uu;
+    uuid_generate(uu);
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/tests/ossp_uuid_lib_test.cc b/cmake/tests/ossp_uuid_lib_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e251e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/tests/ossp_uuid_lib_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <uuid.h>
+int main()
+{
+    uuid_t *uuid;
+    uuid_create(&uuid);
+    uuid_make(uuid, UUID_MAKE_V1);
+    return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/Utilities.cc b/lib/src/Utilities.cc
index 612eefbe..22328058 100644
--- a/lib/src/Utilities.cc
+++ b/lib/src/Utilities.cc
@@ -260,9 +260,22 @@ std::set<std::string> splitStringToSet(const std::string &str,
 
 std::string getUuid()
 {
+#if USE_OSSP_UUID
+    uuid_t *uuid;
+    uuid_create(&uuid);
+    uuid_make(uuid, UUID_MAKE_V4);
+    char *str{nullptr};
+    size_t len{0};
+    uuid_export(uuid, UUID_FMT_BIN, &str, &len);
+    uuid_destroy(uuid);
+    std::string ret(binaryStringToHex((const unsigned char *)str, len));
+    free(str);
+    return ret;
+#else
     uuid_t uu;
     uuid_generate(uu);
     return binaryStringToHex(uu, 16);
+#endif
 }
 
 std::string base64Encode(const unsigned char *bytes_to_encode,