diff --git a/disk/part_efi.c b/disk/part_efi.c
index a280ab5..216a292 100644
--- a/disk/part_efi.c
+++ b/disk/part_efi.c
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
 
 	printf("Part\tStart LBA\tEnd LBA\t\tName\n");
 	printf("\tAttributes\n");
-	printf("\tType UUID\n");
-	printf("\tPartition UUID\n");
+	printf("\tType GUID\n");
+	printf("\tPartition GUID\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < le32_to_cpu(gpt_head->num_partition_entries); i++) {
 		/* Stop at the first non valid PTE */
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@
 			print_efiname(&gpt_pte[i]));
 		printf("\tattrs:\t0x%016llx\n", gpt_pte[i].attributes.raw);
 		uuid_bin = (unsigned char *)gpt_pte[i].partition_type_guid.b;
-		uuid_bin_to_str(uuid_bin, uuid);
+		uuid_bin_to_str(uuid_bin, uuid, UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID);
 		printf("\ttype:\t%s\n", uuid);
 		uuid_bin = (unsigned char *)gpt_pte[i].unique_partition_guid.b;
-		uuid_bin_to_str(uuid_bin, uuid);
-		printf("\tuuid:\t%s\n", uuid);
+		uuid_bin_to_str(uuid_bin, uuid, UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID);
+		printf("\tguid:\t%s\n", uuid);
 	}
 
 	/* Remember to free pte */
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@
 	sprintf((char *)info->type, "U-Boot");
 	info->bootable = is_bootable(&gpt_pte[part - 1]);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARTITION_UUIDS
-	uuid_bin_to_str(gpt_pte[part - 1].unique_partition_guid.b, info->uuid);
+	uuid_bin_to_str(gpt_pte[part - 1].unique_partition_guid.b, info->uuid,
+			UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID);
 #endif
 
 	debug("%s: start 0x" LBAF ", size 0x" LBAF ", name %s", __func__,
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@
 		str_uuid = partitions[i].uuid;
 		bin_uuid = gpt_e[i].unique_partition_guid.b;
 
-		if (uuid_str_to_bin(str_uuid, bin_uuid)) {
+		if (uuid_str_to_bin(str_uuid, bin_uuid, UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD)) {
 			printf("Partition no. %d: invalid guid: %s\n",
 				i, str_uuid);
 			return -1;
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@
 	gpt_h->header_crc32 = 0;
 	gpt_h->partition_entry_array_crc32 = 0;
 
-	if (uuid_str_to_bin(str_guid, gpt_h->disk_guid.b))
+	if (uuid_str_to_bin(str_guid, gpt_h->disk_guid.b, UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID))
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index c48c696..cbd3c9e 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -822,9 +822,7 @@
 void mdelay(unsigned long);
 
 /* lib/uuid.c */
-void uuid_bin_to_str(unsigned char *uuid, char *str);
-int uuid_str_to_bin(char *uuid, unsigned char *out);
-int uuid_str_valid(const char *uuid);
+#include <uuid.h>
 
 /* lib/vsprintf.c */
 #include <vsprintf.h>
diff --git a/include/uuid.h b/include/uuid.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8feeed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uuid.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Samsung Electronics
+ * Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak@samsung.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+#ifndef __UUID_H__
+#define __UUID_H__
+
+enum {
+	UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD,
+	UUID_STR_FORMAT_GUID
+};
+
+#define UUID_STR_LEN		36
+#define UUID_BIN_LEN		16
+
+int uuid_str_valid(const char *uuid);
+int uuid_str_to_bin(char *uuid_str, unsigned char *uuid_bin, int str_format);
+void uuid_bin_to_str(unsigned char *uuid_bin, char *uuid_str, int str_format);
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c
index 3af3a7d..8db865f 100644
--- a/lib/uuid.c
+++ b/lib/uuid.c
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <common.h>
-
-#define UUID_STR_LEN		36
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <part_efi.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 /*
  * UUID - Universally Unique IDentifier - 128 bits unique number.
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
  *
  * GUID is used e.g. in GPT (GUID Partition Table) as a partiions unique id.
  */
-
 int uuid_str_valid(const char *uuid)
 {
 	int i, valid;
@@ -59,57 +59,92 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (i != 36 || !valid)
+	if (i != UUID_STR_LEN || !valid)
 		return 0;
 
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int uuid_str_to_bin(char *uuid, unsigned char *out)
+/*
+ * uuid_str_to_bin() - convert string UUID or GUID to big endian binary data.
+ *
+ * @param uuid_str - pointer to UUID or GUID string [37B]
+ * @param uuid_bin - pointer to allocated array for big endian output [16B]
+ * @str_format     - UUID string format: 0 - UUID; 1 - GUID
+ */
+int uuid_str_to_bin(char *uuid_str, unsigned char *uuid_bin, int str_format)
 {
 	uint16_t tmp16;
 	uint32_t tmp32;
 	uint64_t tmp64;
 
-	if (!uuid || !out)
+	if (!uuid_str_valid(uuid_str))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (strlen(uuid) != UUID_STR_LEN)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (str_format == UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD) {
+		tmp32 = cpu_to_be32(simple_strtoul(uuid_str, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin, &tmp32, 4);
 
-	tmp32 = cpu_to_le32(simple_strtoul(uuid, NULL, 16));
-	memcpy(out, &tmp32, 4);
+		tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(simple_strtoul(uuid_str + 9, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin + 4, &tmp16, 2);
 
-	tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 9, NULL, 16));
-	memcpy(out + 4, &tmp16, 2);
+		tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(simple_strtoul(uuid_str + 14, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin + 6, &tmp16, 2);
+	} else {
+		tmp32 = cpu_to_le32(simple_strtoul(uuid_str, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin, &tmp32, 4);
 
-	tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 14, NULL, 16));
-	memcpy(out + 6, &tmp16, 2);
+		tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid_str + 9, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin + 4, &tmp16, 2);
 
-	tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 19, NULL, 16));
-	memcpy(out + 8, &tmp16, 2);
+		tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid_str + 14, NULL, 16));
+		memcpy(uuid_bin + 6, &tmp16, 2);
+	}
 
-	tmp64 = cpu_to_be64(simple_strtoull(uuid + 24, NULL, 16));
-	memcpy(out + 10, (char *)&tmp64 + 2, 6);
+	tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(simple_strtoul(uuid_str + 19, NULL, 16));
+	memcpy(uuid_bin + 8, &tmp16, 2);
+
+	tmp64 = cpu_to_be64(simple_strtoull(uuid_str + 24, NULL, 16));
+	memcpy(uuid_bin + 10, (char *)&tmp64 + 2, 6);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void uuid_bin_to_str(unsigned char *uuid, char *str)
+/*
+ * uuid_bin_to_str() - convert big endian binary data to string UUID or GUID.
+ *
+ * @param uuid_bin - pointer to binary data of UUID (big endian) [16B]
+ * @param uuid_str - pointer to allocated array for output string [37B]
+ * @str_format     - UUID string format: 0 - UUID; 1 - GUID
+ */
+void uuid_bin_to_str(unsigned char *uuid_bin, char *uuid_str, int str_format)
 {
-	static const u8 le[16] = {3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11,
-				  12, 13, 14, 15};
+	const u8 uuid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
+						  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
+	const u8 guid_char_order[UUID_BIN_LEN] = {3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 4, 7, 6, 8,
+						  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15};
+	const u8 *char_order;
 	int i;
 
+	/*
+	 * UUID and GUID bin data - always in big endian:
+	 * 4B-2B-2B-2B-6B
+	 * be be be be be
+	 */
+	if (str_format == UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD)
+		char_order = uuid_char_order;
+	else
+		char_order = guid_char_order;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-		sprintf(str, "%02x", uuid[le[i]]);
-		str += 2;
+		sprintf(uuid_str, "%02x", uuid_bin[char_order[i]]);
+		uuid_str += 2;
 		switch (i) {
 		case 3:
 		case 5:
 		case 7:
 		case 9:
-			*str++ = '-';
+			*uuid_str++ = '-';
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/bootp.c b/net/bootp.c
index 4300f1c..189a003 100644
--- a/net/bootp.c
+++ b/net/bootp.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 			*e++ = 17;
 			*e++ = 0;	/* type 0 - UUID */
 
-			uuid_str_to_bin(uuid, e);
+			uuid_str_to_bin(uuid, e, UUID_STR_FORMAT_STD);
 			e += 16;
 		} else {
 			printf("Invalid pxeuuid: %s\n", uuid);