diff --git a/core/ustring.cpp b/core/ustring.cpp
index 3df30e096d6d..6ed96a6803c3 100644
--- a/core/ustring.cpp
+++ b/core/ustring.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "core/crypto/crypto_core.h"
 #include "core/math/math_funcs.h"
 #include "core/os/memory.h"
+#include "core/os/os.h"
 #include "core/print_string.h"
 #include "core/translation.h"
 #include "core/ucaps.h"
@@ -1004,6 +1005,46 @@ const CharType *String::c_str() const {
 	return size() ? &operator[](0) : &zero;
 }
 
+String String::uuidv4_text() {
+	uint32_t timestamp = OS::get_singleton()->get_unix_time();
+	uint32_t ticks = OS::get_singleton()->get_ticks_msec();
+	uint8_t bytes[16] = {
+		// time low
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp)&0xff),
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 1) & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 2) & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 3) & 0xff),
+
+		// time mid
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 4) & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 5) & 0xff),
+
+		// time high
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 6) & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)((timestamp << 7) & 0xff),
+
+		// clock seq hi
+		(uint8_t)(((ticks << 1) & 0x0f) | 0x40),
+
+		// clock seq low
+		(uint8_t)((ticks)&0xff),
+
+		// node
+		(uint8_t)((Math::rand() & 0x3f) | 0x80),
+		(uint8_t)(Math::rand() & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)(Math::rand() & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)(Math::rand() & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)(Math::rand() & 0xff),
+		(uint8_t)(Math::rand() & 0xff)
+	};
+
+	return String::hex_encode_buffer(bytes, 16)
+			.insert(8, "-")
+			.insert(13, "-")
+			.insert(18, "-")
+			.insert(23, "-");
+}
+
 String String::md5(const uint8_t *p_md5) {
 	return String::hex_encode_buffer(p_md5, 16);
 }
diff --git a/core/ustring.h b/core/ustring.h
index 5bf73001aa18..2080832b5228 100644
--- a/core/ustring.h
+++ b/core/ustring.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ class String {
 	static String num_int64(int64_t p_num, int base = 10, bool capitalize_hex = false);
 	static String num_uint64(uint64_t p_num, int base = 10, bool capitalize_hex = false);
 	static String chr(CharType p_char);
+	static String uuidv4_text();
 	static String md5(const uint8_t *p_md5);
 	static String hex_encode_buffer(const uint8_t *p_buffer, int p_len);
 	bool is_numeric() const;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/doc_classes/@GDScript.xml b/modules/gdscript/doc_classes/@GDScript.xml
index 93ce9870c9f2..4ca48c9c7fa2 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/doc_classes/@GDScript.xml
+++ b/modules/gdscript/doc_classes/@GDScript.xml
@@ -1256,6 +1256,13 @@
 				[/codeblock]
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="uuidv4_text">
+			<return type="String">
+			</return>
+			<description>
+				Returns a random 128-bit [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier]universally unique identifier[/url]. Example returned value: [code]dd10eb87-1596-426f-9e1d-496e8ceea6ed[/code].
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="var2bytes">
 			<return type="PoolByteArray">
 			</return>
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
index 2d3812fc8c14..9570b0c7596f 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ const char *GDScriptFunctions::get_func_name(Function p_func) {
 		"print_debug",
 		"push_error",
 		"push_warning",
+		"uuidv4_text",
 		"var2str",
 		"str2var",
 		"var2bytes",
@@ -817,6 +818,9 @@ void GDScriptFunctions::call(Function p_func, const Variant **p_args, int p_arg_
 			WARN_PRINTS(message);
 			r_ret = Variant();
 		} break;
+		case TEXT_UUIDV4: {
+			r_ret = String::uuidv4_text();
+		} break;
 		case VAR_TO_STR: {
 			VALIDATE_ARG_COUNT(1);
 			String vars;
@@ -1941,6 +1945,12 @@ MethodInfo GDScriptFunctions::get_info(Function p_func) {
 			mi.return_val.type = Variant::NIL;
 			return mi;
 
+		} break;
+		case TEXT_UUIDV4: {
+			MethodInfo mi("uuidv4_text");
+			mi.return_val.type = Variant::STRING;
+			return mi;
+
 		} break;
 		case VAR_TO_STR: {
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.h
index 1812ddf12141..62be547c0b17 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_functions.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class GDScriptFunctions {
 		TEXT_PRINT_DEBUG,
 		PUSH_ERROR,
 		PUSH_WARNING,
+		TEXT_UUIDV4,
 		VAR_TO_STR,
 		STR_TO_VAR,
 		VAR_TO_BYTES,