error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
+static void nvdimm_get_uuid(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                  void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(obj);
+    char *value = NULL;
+
+    value = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&nvdimm->uuid);
+
+    visit_type_str(v, name, &value, errp);
+    g_free(value);
+}
+
+
+static void nvdimm_set_uuid(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                  void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    NVDIMMDevice *nvdimm = NVDIMM(obj);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    char *value;
+
+    visit_type_str(v, name, &value, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (qemu_uuid_parse(value, &nvdimm->uuid) != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Property '%s.%s' has invalid value",
+                   object_get_typename(obj), name);
+        goto out;
+    }
+    g_free(value);
+
+out:
+    error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+}
+
+
 static void nvdimm_init(Object *obj)
 {
     object_property_add(obj, NVDIMM_LABEL_SIZE_PROP, "int",
                         nvdimm_get_label_size, nvdimm_set_label_size, NULL,
                         NULL, NULL);
+
+    object_property_add(obj, NVDIMM_UUID_PROP, "QemuUUID", nvdimm_get_uuid,
+                        nvdimm_set_uuid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void nvdimm_finalize(Object *obj)
 
 
 #include "hw/mem/pc-dimm.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h"
+#include "qemu/uuid.h"
 
 #define NVDIMM_DEBUG 0
 #define nvdimm_debug(fmt, ...)                                \
                                                TYPE_NVDIMM)
 
 #define NVDIMM_LABEL_SIZE_PROP "label-size"
+#define NVDIMM_UUID_PROP       "uuid"
 #define NVDIMM_UNARMED_PROP    "unarmed"
 
 struct NVDIMMDevice {
      * the guest write persistence.
      */
     bool unarmed;
+
+    /*
+     * The PPC64 - spapr requires each nvdimm device have a uuid.
+     */
+    QemuUUID uuid;
 };
 typedef struct NVDIMMDevice NVDIMMDevice;