diff -urp qemu.patch1/configure qemu.patch2/configure
--- qemu.patch1/configure	2008-07-28 14:14:32.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu.patch2/configure	2008-07-28 14:18:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ uname_release=""
 curses="yes"
 nptl="yes"
 mixemu="no"
+uuid="yes"
 
 # OS specific
 targetos=`uname -s`
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --fmod-inc=*) fmod_inc="$optarg"
   ;;
+  --disable-uuid) uuid="no"
+  ;;
   --audio-card-list=*) audio_card_list="$optarg"
   ;;
   --audio-drv-list=*) audio_drv_list="$optarg"
@@ -433,6 +436,7 @@ echo "  --enable-darwin-user     enable 
 echo "  --disable-darwin-user    disable all darwin usermode emulation targets"
 echo "  --fmod-lib               path to FMOD library"
 echo "  --fmod-inc               path to FMOD includes"
+echo "  --disable-uuid           disable UUID support"
 echo "  --enable-uname-release=R Return R for uname -r in usermode emulation"
 echo "  --sparc_cpu=V            Build qemu for Sparc architecture v7, v8, v8plus, v8plusa, v9"
 echo "  --disable-vde            disable support for vde network"
@@ -851,6 +855,19 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi # test "$curses"
 
+##########################################
+# uuid library
+if test "$uuid" = "yes" ; then
+  uuid=no
+  cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <uuid/uuid.h>
+int main(void) { uuid_t u; return 0; }
+EOF
+  if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC -luuid 2> /dev/null ; then
+      uuid=yes
+  fi
+fi # test "$uuid"
+
 # Check if tools are available to build documentation.
 if [ -x "`which texi2html 2>/dev/null`" ] && \
    [ -x "`which pod2man 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
@@ -922,6 +939,7 @@ echo "Documentation     $build_docs"
 echo "uname -r          $uname_release"
 echo "NPTL support      $nptl"
 echo "vde support       $vde"
+echo "UUID Support      $uuid"
 
 if test $sdl_too_old = "yes"; then
 echo "-> Your SDL version is too old - please upgrade to have SDL support"
@@ -1122,6 +1140,10 @@ if test "$vnc_tls" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_VNC_TLS_LIBS=$vnc_tls_libs" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define CONFIG_VNC_TLS 1" >> $config_h
 fi
+if test "$uuid" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_UUID=yes" >> $config_mak
+  echo "#define CONFIG_UUID 1" >> $config_h
+fi
 qemu_version=`head $source_path/VERSION`
 echo "VERSION=$qemu_version" >>$config_mak
 echo "#define QEMU_VERSION \"$qemu_version\"" >> $config_h
diff -urp qemu.patch1/Makefile.target qemu.patch2/Makefile.target
--- qemu.patch1/Makefile.target	2008-07-28 14:14:32.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu.patch2/Makefile.target	2008-07-28 14:18:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -515,6 +515,10 @@ CPPFLAGS += $(CONFIG_VNC_TLS_CFLAGS)
 LIBS += $(CONFIG_VNC_TLS_LIBS)
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_UUID
+LIBS += -luuid
+endif
+
 # SCSI layer
 OBJS+= lsi53c895a.o esp.o
 
diff -urp qemu.patch1/monitor.c qemu.patch2/monitor.c
--- qemu.patch1/monitor.c	2008-07-28 12:11:23.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu.patch2/monitor.c	2008-07-28 15:08:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -1363,6 +1363,20 @@ static void do_inject_nmi(int cpu_index)
 }
 #endif
 
+static void do_info_uuid(void)
+{
+    extern char *qemu_uuid;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UUID
+    term_printf("uuid: ");
+    if (qemu_uuid == NULL)
+        term_printf("Not set\n");
+    else
+        term_printf("%s\n", qemu_uuid);
+#else
+    term_printf("uuid support: not compiled\n");
+#endif
+}
+
 static term_cmd_t term_cmds[] = {
     { "help|?", "s?", do_help,
       "[cmd]", "show the help" },
@@ -1502,6 +1516,7 @@ static term_cmd_t info_cmds[] = {
     { "slirp", "", do_info_slirp,
       "", "show SLIRP statistics", },
 #endif
+    { "uuid", "", do_info_uuid, "", "show UUID information" },
     { NULL, NULL, },
 };
 
diff -urp qemu.patch1/vl.c qemu.patch2/vl.c
--- qemu.patch1/vl.c	2008-07-28 14:14:32.000000000 +0200
+++ qemu.patch2/vl.c	2008-07-28 14:18:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ static int64_t qemu_icount_bias;
 QEMUTimer *icount_rt_timer;
 QEMUTimer *icount_vm_timer;
 
+const char *qemu_uuid;
+
 #define TFR(expr) do { if ((expr) != -1) break; } while (errno == EINTR)
 
 /***********************************************************/
@@ -7574,6 +7576,10 @@ static void help(int exitcode)
            "-no-shutdown    stop before shutdown\n"
            "-loadvm [tag|id]  start right away with a saved state (loadvm in monitor)\n"
 	   "-vnc display    start a VNC server on display\n"
+#ifdef CONFIG_UUID
+	   "-uuid %%08x-%%04x-%%04x-%%012x\n"
+	   "                specify machine UUID\n"
+#endif
 #ifndef _WIN32
 	   "-daemonize      daemonize QEMU after initializing\n"
 #endif
@@ -7690,6 +7696,7 @@ enum {
     QEMU_OPTION_clock,
     QEMU_OPTION_startdate,
     QEMU_OPTION_tb_size,
+    QEMU_OPTION_uuid,
     QEMU_OPTION_icount,
 };
 
@@ -7779,6 +7786,9 @@ const QEMUOption qemu_options[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
     { "curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses },
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UUID
+    { "uuid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_uuid },
+#endif
 
     /* temporary options */
     { "usb", 0, QEMU_OPTION_usb },
@@ -8553,6 +8563,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    case QEMU_OPTION_daemonize:
 		daemonize = 1;
 		break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_UUID
+	    case QEMU_OPTION_uuid:
+	        qemu_uuid = optarg;
+	        break;
+#endif
 	    case QEMU_OPTION_option_rom:
 		if (nb_option_roms >= MAX_OPTION_ROMS) {
 		    fprintf(stderr, "Too many option ROMs\n");