diff --git a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/utils/UUID.h b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/utils/UUID.h
index b45470785eb..6968b778007 100644
--- a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/utils/UUID.h
+++ b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/include/aws/core/utils/UUID.h
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ namespace Aws
              * Generates a UUID. It will always try to prefer a random implementation from the entropy source on the machine. If none, is available, it will
              * fallback to the mac address and timestamp implementation.
              */
-            static UUID RandomUUID();
+            static Aws::Utils::UUID RandomUUID();
 
             /**
              * Generates a pseudo-random UUID.
              */
-            static UUID PseudoRandomUUID();
+            static Aws::Utils::UUID PseudoRandomUUID();
 
         private:
             unsigned char m_uuid[UUID_BINARY_SIZE];
diff --git a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/utils/UUID.cpp b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/utils/UUID.cpp
index d92bcc27b38..91737d40994 100644
--- a/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/utils/UUID.cpp
+++ b/src/aws-cpp-sdk-core/source/utils/UUID.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Aws
             }
         }
 
-        UUID::UUID(const Aws::String& uuidToConvert)
+        Aws::Utils::UUID::UUID(const Aws::String& uuidToConvert)
         {
             //GUID has 2 characters per byte + 4 dashes = 36 bytes
             assert(uuidToConvert.length() == UUID_STR_SIZE);
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ namespace Aws
             memcpy(m_uuid, rawUuid.GetUnderlyingData(), rawUuid.GetLength());
         }
 
-        UUID::UUID(const unsigned char toCopy[UUID_BINARY_SIZE])
+        Aws::Utils::UUID::UUID(const unsigned char toCopy[UUID_BINARY_SIZE])
         {
             memcpy(m_uuid, toCopy, sizeof(m_uuid));
         }
 
-        UUID::operator Aws::String() const
+        Aws::Utils::UUID::operator Aws::String() const
         {
             Aws::String ss;
             ss.reserve(UUID_STR_SIZE);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Aws
             return ss;
         }
 
-        UUID UUID::RandomUUID()
+        Aws::Utils::UUID UUID::RandomUUID()
         {
             auto secureRandom = Crypto::CreateSecureRandomBytesImplementation();
             assert(secureRandom);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace Aws
             //https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122#section-4.1.1
             randomBytes[VARIANT_LOCATION] = (randomBytes[VARIANT_LOCATION] & VARIANT_MASK) | VARIANT;
 
-            return UUID(randomBytes);
+            return Aws::Utils::UUID(randomBytes);
         }
 
 #ifdef UINT64_MAX
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace Aws
             return static_cast<size_t>(std::hash<std::thread::id>{}(std::this_thread::get_id()) ^ threadRandomSeedGen());
         }
 
-        UUID UUID::PseudoRandomUUID()
+        Aws::Utils::UUID UUID::PseudoRandomUUID()
         {
             static const thread_local size_t threadSeed = GetCurrentThreadRandomSeed();
             static thread_local MTEngine gen(threadSeed);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace Aws
             //https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122#section-4.1.1
             randomBytes[VARIANT_LOCATION] = (randomBytes[VARIANT_LOCATION] & VARIANT_MASK) | VARIANT;
 
-            return UUID(randomBytes);
+            return Aws::Utils::UUID(randomBytes);
         }
     }
 }