1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp b/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
index 4c6320a8507..9befbbfbb4a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceUtil/UUID.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <IceUtil/UUID.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
+#   include <rpc.h>
 #else
 extern "C" // uuid/uuid.h seems to miss extern "C" declarations.
 {
@@ -24,7 +25,19 @@ string
 IceUtil::generateUUID()
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
+
+    UUID uuid;
+    UuidCreate(&uuid);
+
+    unsigned char* str;
+    UuidToString(&uuid, &str);
+
+    string result(reinterpret_cast<char*>(str));
+    RpcStringFree(&str);
+    return result;
+    
 #else
+
     uuid_t uuid;
     uuid_generate(uuid);
 
@@ -32,5 +45,6 @@ IceUtil::generateUUID()
     uuid_unparse(uuid, str);
 
     return str;
+
 #endif
 }