diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5b99dc98a4..3eb66ecdb2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ src_libnm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-test-utils.h \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-time-utils.c \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-time-utils.h \
+	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c \
+	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-value-type.h \
 	$(NULL)
 
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build b/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
index 39eccbdfca..4f13fd0b17 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ libnm_glib_aux = static_library(
     'nm-secret-utils.c',
     'nm-shared-utils.c',
     'nm-time-utils.c',
+    'nm-uuid.c',
   ),
   include_directories: [
     src_inc,
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38d9826a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include "libnm-glib-aux/nm-default-glib.h"
+
+#include "nm-uuid.h"
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1ef9bf65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-uuid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#ifndef __NM_UUID_H__
+#define __NM_UUID_H__
+
+#endif /* __NM_UUID_H__ */