diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a52a179..a5a898a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ A value without one of the type's prefixes fails with a `*WrongPrefixError`, whi
 
 `ObjectType`, `Separator` and `Prefix` are named string types, so an object type, a separator and a prefix cannot be swapped by mistake. `Bare()` and the parse inputs stay `string`, because they are the wire and storage boundary.
 
+### Work with UUIDs
+
+`FromUUID[T](u)` builds an ID from a `uuid.UUID`, and `id.UUID()` returns the bare value as a `uuid.UUID`. `Scan` and `DecodeSpanner` also accept `uuid.UUID` and `[16]byte`, for drivers and columns that carry native UUIDs. These need `StorageFormat: FormatDropPrefix`, because a native UUID has no prefix.
+
 ## Emitted forms
 
 | Method | Emits | Controlled by |
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 60ca10b..c64cdf5 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/TrogonStack/trogonobjectid"
 )
 
@@ -44,3 +46,14 @@ func ExampleID_EncodeSpanner() {
 	// 0199e3a1-7c2b-7d4e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f
 	// true
 }
+
+func ExampleFromUUID() {
+	u := uuid.MustParse("0199e3a1-7c2b-7d4e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f")
+	id, _ := trogonobjectid.FromUUID[invoiceType](u)
+	back, _ := id.UUID()
+	fmt.Println(id)
+	fmt.Println(back == u)
+	// Output:
+	// inv_0199e3a1-7c2b-7d4e-9f10-2a3b4c5d6e7f
+	// true
+}
diff --git a/objectid.go b/objectid.go
index ea7e39c..cd92e06 100644
--- a/objectid.go
+++ b/objectid.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 // ObjectType names an object ID type, for example "user". It is lowercase snake_case
@@ -385,6 +387,10 @@ func (id *ID[T]) Scan(src any) error {
 		value = v
 	case []byte:
 		value = string(v)
+	case uuid.UUID:
+		value = v.String()
+	case [16]byte:
+		value = uuid.UUID(v).String()
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: cannot scan %T", ErrInvalidFormat, src)
 	}
diff --git a/uuid.go b/uuid.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec298e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uuid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package trogonobjectid
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// FromUUID returns the ID for u, after the type's Validate.
+func FromUUID[T Definer](u uuid.UUID) (ID[T], error) {
+	return New[T](u.String())
+}
+
+// UUID returns the bare value as a uuid.UUID, so callers that work with UUIDs do not
+// parse Bare themselves. The zero ID fails with ErrEmptyValue.
+func (id ID[T]) UUID() (uuid.UUID, error) {
+	if id.IsZero() {
+		return uuid.Nil, &ValidationError{ObjectTypes: mustSpec[T]().objectTypes, Err: ErrEmptyValue}
+	}
+	u, err := uuid.Parse(id.id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return uuid.Nil, &ValidationError{ObjectTypes: mustSpec[T]().objectTypes, Value: id.id, Err: fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrInvalidUUID, err)}
+	}
+	return u, nil
+}
diff --git a/uuid_test.go b/uuid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20d1164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uuid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package trogonobjectid_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/TrogonStack/trogonobjectid"
+)
+
+func TestFromUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	u := uuid.MustParse(invoiceUUID)
+
+	id, err := trogonobjectid.FromUUID[invoiceType](u)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, trogonobjectid.MustNew[invoiceType](invoiceUUID), id)
+
+	t.Run("validates against the type", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := trogonobjectid.FromUUID[seqType](u)
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, trogonobjectid.ErrInvalidInteger)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestIDUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := trogonobjectid.MustNew[invoiceType](invoiceUUID).UUID()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, uuid.MustParse(invoiceUUID), got)
+
+	t.Run("the zero ID has no UUID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := InvoiceID{}.UUID()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, trogonobjectid.ErrEmptyValue)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a bare value that is not a UUID has no UUID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := trogonobjectid.MustNew[userType]("abc-123").UUID()
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, trogonobjectid.ErrInvalidUUID)
+	})
+}
+
+func TestScanNativeUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	want := trogonobjectid.MustNew[invoiceType](invoiceUUID)
+	u := uuid.MustParse(invoiceUUID)
+
+	for name, src := range map[string]any{"uuid.UUID": u, "[16]byte": [16]byte(u)} {
+		t.Run("Scan accepts "+name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var got InvoiceID
+			require.NoError(t, got.Scan(src))
+			assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+		})
+		t.Run("DecodeSpanner accepts "+name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var got InvoiceID
+			require.NoError(t, got.DecodeSpanner(src))
+			assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+		})
+	}
+
+	t.Run("a full storage format rejects a native UUID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var got UserID
+		require.ErrorIs(t, got.Scan(u), trogonobjectid.ErrInvalidFormat)
+	})
+}