diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index f8b0b42..6bf30bf 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 History
 -------
 
+v0.9.1 (2018-XX-XX)
+...................
+* add ``UUID1``, ``UUID3``, ``UUID4`` and ``UUID5`` types #167
+
 v0.9.0 (2018-04-28)
 ...................
 * tweak email-validator import error message #145
diff --git a/docs/examples/exotic.py b/docs/examples/exotic.py
index 9fbdc5d..79f0b2b 100644
--- a/docs/examples/exotic.py
+++ b/docs/examples/exotic.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from uuid import UUID
 
-from pydantic import (DSN, BaseModel, EmailStr, NameEmail, NegativeFloat, NegativeInt, PositiveFloat, PositiveInt,
-                      PyObject, confloat, conint, constr)
+from pydantic import (DSN, UUID1, UUID3, UUID4, UUID5, BaseModel, EmailStr, NameEmail, NegativeFloat, NegativeInt,
+                      PositiveFloat, PositiveInt, PyObject, confloat, conint, constr)
 
 
 class Model(BaseModel):
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ class Model(BaseModel):
     db_driver = 'postgres'
     db_query: dict = None
     dsn: DSN = None
-    uuid: UUID = None
+    uuid_any: UUID = None
+    uuid_v1: UUID1 = None
+    uuid_v3: UUID3 = None
+    uuid_v4: UUID4 = None
+    uuid_v5: UUID5 = None
 
 m = Model(
     cos_function='math.cos',
@@ -48,7 +53,11 @@ m = Model(
     neg_float=-2.3,
     email_address='Samuel Colvin <s@muelcolvin.com >',
     email_and_name='Samuel Colvin <s@muelcolvin.com >',
-    uuid='ebcdab58-6eb8-46fb-a190-d07a33e9eac8'
+    uuid_any=uuid.uuid4(),
+    uuid_v1=uuid.uuid1(),
+    uuid_v3=uuid.uuid3(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, 'python.org'),
+    uuid_v4=uuid.uuid4(),
+    uuid_v5=uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, 'python.org')
 )
 print(m.dict())
 """
@@ -68,6 +77,10 @@ print(m.dict())
     'email_and_name': <NameEmail("Samuel Colvin <s@muelcolvin.com>")>,
     ...
     'dsn': 'postgres://postgres@localhost:5432/foobar',
-    'uuid': UUID('ebcdab58-6eb8-46fb-a190-d07a33e9eac8'),
+    'uuid_any': UUID('ebcdab58-6eb8-46fb-a190-d07a33e9eac8'),
+    'uuid_v1': UUID('c96e505c-4c62-11e8-a27c-dca90496b483'),
+    'uuid_v3': UUID('6fa459ea-ee8a-3ca4-894e-db77e160355e'),
+    'uuid_v4': UUID('22209f7a-aad1-491c-bb83-ea19b906d210'),
+    'uuid_v5': UUID('886313e1-3b8a-5372-9b90-0c9aee199e5d'),
 }
 """
diff --git a/pydantic/types.py b/pydantic/types.py
index 7526076..a8013f7 100644
--- a/pydantic/types.py
+++ b/pydantic/types.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from typing import Optional, Type, Union
+from uuid import UUID
 
 from .utils import import_string, make_dsn, validate_email
 from .validators import str_validator
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ __all__ = [
     'confloat',
     'PositiveFloat',
     'NegativeFloat',
+    'UUID1',
+    'UUID3',
+    'UUID4',
+    'UUID5',
 ]
 
 NoneStr = Optional[str]
@@ -237,4 +242,20 @@ class NegativeFloat(ConstrainedFloat):
     lt = 0
 
 
+class UUID1(UUID):
+    _required_version = 1
+
+
+class UUID3(UUID):
+    _required_version = 3
+
+
+class UUID4(UUID):
+    _required_version = 4
+
+
+class UUID5(UUID):
+    _required_version = 5
+
+
 # TODO, JsonEither, JsonList, JsonDict
diff --git a/pydantic/validators.py b/pydantic/validators.py
index aae4863..b9595ef 100644
--- a/pydantic/validators.py
+++ b/pydantic/validators.py
@@ -114,16 +114,20 @@ def enum_validator(v, field, config, **kwargs) -> Enum:
     return enum_v.value if config.use_enum_values else enum_v
 
 
-def uuid_validator(v) -> UUID:
-    if isinstance(v, UUID):
-        return v
-    elif isinstance(v, str):
-        return UUID(v)
+def uuid_validator(v, field, config, **kwargs) -> UUID:
+    if isinstance(v, str):
+        v = UUID(v)
     elif isinstance(v, (bytes, bytearray)):
-        return UUID(v.decode())
-    else:
+        v = UUID(v.decode())
+    elif not isinstance(v, UUID):
         raise ValueError(f'str, byte or native UUID type expected not {type(v)}')
 
+    required_version = getattr(field.type_, '_required_version', None)
+    if required_version and v.version != required_version:
+        raise ValueError(f'uuid version {required_version} expected, not {v.version}')
+
+    return v
+
 
 # order is important here, for example: bool is a subclass of int so has to come first, datetime before date same
 _VALIDATORS = [
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 4e7149b..22d85a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import uuid
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta
 from enum import Enum, IntEnum
@@ -6,8 +7,8 @@ from uuid import UUID
 
 import pytest
 
-from pydantic import (DSN, BaseModel, EmailStr, NameEmail, NegativeFloat, NegativeInt, PositiveFloat, PositiveInt,
-                      PyObject, StrictStr, ValidationError, confloat, conint, constr)
+from pydantic import (DSN, UUID1, UUID3, UUID4, UUID5, BaseModel, EmailStr, NameEmail, NegativeFloat, NegativeInt,
+                      PositiveFloat, PositiveInt, PyObject, StrictStr, ValidationError, confloat, conint, constr)
 
 try:
     import email_validator
@@ -461,6 +462,32 @@ v:
         Model(v=None)
 
 
+class UUIDModel(BaseModel):
+    a: UUID1
+    b: UUID3
+    c: UUID4
+    d: UUID5
+
+
+def test_uuid_validation():
+    a = uuid.uuid1()
+    b = uuid.uuid3(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, 'python.org')
+    c = uuid.uuid4()
+    d = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, 'python.org')
+
+    m = UUIDModel(a=a, b=b, c=c, d=d)
+    assert m.dict() == {
+        'a': a,
+        'b': b,
+        'c': c,
+        'd': d,
+    }
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        UUIDModel(a=d, b=c, c=b, d=a)
+    assert exc_info.value.message == '4 errors validating input'
+
+
 def test_anystr_strip_whitespace_enabled():
     class Model(BaseModel):
         str_check: str