diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 74661f3c8b..8f1726d98e 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo "bootstrap: checking installation..."
 BASEDIR=`pwd`;
 LIBDIR=${BASEDIR}/libs;
 SUBDIRS="ilbc curl iksemel js js/nsprpub libdingaling libedit libsndfile pcre sofia-sip \
-        speex sqlite srtp openzap spandsp libg722_1 portaudio unimrcp tiff-3.8.2 broadvoice";
+        speex sqlite srtp openzap spandsp libg722_1 portaudio unimrcp tiff-3.8.2 broadvoice uuid";
 
 if [ ! -f modules.conf ]; then 
     cp build/modules.conf.in modules.conf
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 77ea6323fd..313c83fc77 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -911,5 +911,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libs/tiff-3.8.2)
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libs/spandsp)
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libs/broadvoice)
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libs/libg722_1)
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libs/uuid)
 
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libs/uuid/.update b/libs/uuid/.update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69eeae4c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/uuid/.update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tue Dec 22 14:12:35 EST 2009
diff --git a/libs/uuid/configure.gnu b/libs/uuid/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c78238de46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/uuid/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic
+