diff --git a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/UUID.swift b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/UUID.swift
index 23b69a115..fa9cbbf62 100644
--- a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/UUID.swift
+++ b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/UUID.swift
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public struct UUID : Hashable, Equatable, CustomStringConvertible, Sendable {
     public init(uuid: uuid_t) {
         self.uuid = uuid
     }
-
+    
     /// Returns a string created from the UUID, such as "E621E1F8-C36C-495A-93FC-0C247A3E6E5F"
     public var uuidString: String {
         var bytes: uuid_string_t = (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
@@ -150,3 +150,11 @@ extension UUID : Comparable {
         return result < 0
     }
 }
+
+@available(FoundationPreview 6.2, *)
+extension UUID: LosslessStringConvertible {
+    /// Create a UUID from a string representation conforming to `LosslessStringConvertible`.
+    public init?(_ description: String) {
+            self.init(uuidString: description)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/UUIDTests.swift b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/UUIDTests.swift
index a21707f55..9a01f4801 100644
--- a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/UUIDTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/UUIDTests.swift
@@ -115,4 +115,19 @@ final class UUIDTests : XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertFalse(uuid2 > uuid1)
         XCTAssertTrue(uuid2 == uuid1)
     }
+    
+    func test_UUIDLosslessStringConvertible() {
+        let originalString = "E621E1F8-C36C-495A-93FC-0C247A3E6E5F"
+        let uuidFromString = UUID(originalString)
+        XCTAssertNotNil(uuidFromString, "UUID must be constructible from valid UUID string via LosslessStringConvertible")
+        XCTAssertEqual(uuidFromString?.description, originalString, "Round-tripped description must match original UUID string")
+
+        let uuid = UUID(uuidString: originalString)!
+        XCTAssertEqual(uuid, UUID(uuid.description), "UUID must round-trip through LosslessStringConvertible")
+
+        let invalidString = "not-a-uuid"
+        let invalidUUID = UUID(invalidString)
+        XCTAssertNil(invalidUUID, "Invalid UUID strings must result in nil from LosslessStringConvertible initializer")
+    }
+
 }