diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 7f0f8e7..29ad964 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
     const gen = vkgen.VkGenerateStep.init(b, "etc/vk.xml", "vk.zig");
 
     exe.addPackage(gen.package);
-
+    exe.addPackage(pkgs.uuid);
     exe.addPackage(pkgs.glfw);
 
     build_glfw.link(b, exe, .{});
diff --git a/gyro.lock b/gyro.lock
index 260b942..f24f989 100644
--- a/gyro.lock
+++ b/gyro.lock
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ git https://github.com/SpexGuy/Zig-ImGui.git 0a2cfca89de2ef1ff5a346c6e2c29e8b334
 git https://github.com/SpexGuy/Zig-ImGui.git 0a2cfca89de2ef1ff5a346c6e2c29e8b3347d2e3 zig-imgui/imgui_build.zig 0a2cfca89de2ef1ff5a346c6e2c29e8b3347d2e3
 git https://github.com/viviicat/Zig-VMA.git 643c98344cd921cef25c66fd0f35005c53a3e459 vma_build.zig 643c98344cd921cef25c66fd0f35005c53a3e459
 git https://github.com/viviicat/Zig-VMA.git 643c98344cd921cef25c66fd0f35005c53a3e459 vma.zig 643c98344cd921cef25c66fd0f35005c53a3e459
+git https://github.com/dmgk/zig-uuid.git 9895f72f67d463b6bd616cc63dcfe70d12dc53b9 uuid.zig 9895f72f67d463b6bd616cc63dcfe70d12dc53b9
diff --git a/gyro.zzz b/gyro.zzz
index de79e8d..47bf1b5 100644
--- a/gyro.zzz
+++ b/gyro.zzz
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ deps:
       url: "https://github.com/viviicat/Zig-VMA.git"
       ref: 643c98344cd921cef25c66fd0f35005c53a3e459
       root: vma.zig
+  uuid:
+    git:
+      url: "https://github.com/dmgk/zig-uuid.git"
+      ref: 9895f72f67d463b6bd616cc63dcfe70d12dc53b9
+      root: uuid.zig
 build_deps:
   build_vulkan:
     git:
diff --git a/src/common/uuid.zig b/src/common/uuid.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b7abc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/uuid.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const ExtUUID = @import("uuid");
+
+pub const zero = ExtUUID.zero;
+
+pub const UUID = struct {
+    pub const init = ExtUUID.init;
+    pub const format = ExtUUID.format;
+    pub const parse = ExtUUID.parse;
+
+    pub fn find(names: []const UUID, name: UUID) ?i32 {
+        for (names) |n, i| {
+            if (std.mem.eql([16]u8, n.bytes, name.bytes)) {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+};