diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/impl/api/parse.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/impl/api/parse.kt
index 04fb4d4ea0..0999f76337 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/impl/api/parse.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/impl/api/parse.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ import kotlin.reflect.full.withNullability
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.jvmErasure
 import kotlin.reflect.typeOf
 import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.uuid.ExperimentalUuidApi
+import kotlin.uuid.Uuid
 import java.time.Duration as JavaDuration
 import java.time.Instant as JavaInstant
 import java.time.LocalDate as JavaLocalDate
@@ -426,6 +428,7 @@ internal object Parsers : GlobalParserOptions {
         }
     }
 
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalUuidApi::class)
     internal val parsersOrder = listOf(
         // Int
         stringParser<Int> { it.toIntOrNull() },
@@ -491,6 +494,21 @@ internal object Parsers : GlobalParserOptions {
         posixParserToDoubleWithOptions,
         // Boolean
         stringParser<Boolean> { it.toBooleanOrNull() },
+        // UUID
+        stringParser<Uuid> { str ->
+
+            val uuidRegex = Regex("[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}")
+
+            if (uuidRegex.matches(str)) {
+                try {
+                    Uuid.parse(str)
+                } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
+                    null
+                }
+            } else {
+                null
+            }
+        },
         // BigInteger
         stringParser<BigInteger> { it.toBigIntegerOrNull() },
         // BigDecimal
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/parse.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/parse.kt
index 081e28d078..dc2d2bc495 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/parse.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/api/parse.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api
 
 import io.kotest.matchers.should
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldNotBe
 import kotlinx.datetime.DateTimeUnit
 import kotlinx.datetime.Instant
 import kotlinx.datetime.LocalDate
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.milliseconds
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.nanoseconds
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
+import kotlin.uuid.ExperimentalUuidApi
+import kotlin.uuid.Uuid
 import java.time.Duration as JavaDuration
 import java.time.Instant as JavaInstant
 
@@ -481,6 +484,28 @@ class ParseTests {
         df.parse()
     }
 
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalUuidApi::class)
+    @Test
+    fun `parse valid Uuid`() {
+        val validUUID = "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
+        val column by columnOf(validUUID)
+        val parsed = column.parse()
+
+        parsed.type() shouldBe typeOf<Uuid>()
+        (parsed[0] as Uuid).toString() shouldBe validUUID // Change UUID to Uuid
+    }
+
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalUuidApi::class)
+    @Test
+    fun `parse invalid Uuid`() {
+        val invalidUUID = "this is not a UUID"
+        val column = columnOf(invalidUUID)
+        val parsed = column.tryParse() // tryParse as string is not formatted.
+
+        parsed.type() shouldNotBe typeOf<Uuid>()
+        parsed.type() shouldBe typeOf<String>()
+    }
+
     /**
      * Asserts that all elements of the iterable are equal to each other
      */