diff --git a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
index 61310d749c9..591b239e5b5 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/controller/rest.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
-
-	"code.google.com/p/go-uuid/uuid"
 )
 
 // PodLister is anything that knows how to list pods.
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RE
 	}
 
 	if len(controller.Name) == 0 {
-		controller.Name = uuid.NewUUID().String()
+		controller.Name = util.NewUUID().String()
 	}
 	// Pod Manifest ID should be assigned by the pod API
 	controller.DesiredState.PodTemplate.DesiredState.Manifest.ID = ""
diff --git a/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go b/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
index 04075ef1222..df0dac71026 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/pod/rest.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
 
-	"code.google.com/p/go-uuid/uuid"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func (rs *REST) Create(ctx api.Context, obj runtime.Object) (<-chan apiserver.RE
 	if !api.ValidNamespace(ctx, &pod.ObjectMeta) {
 		return nil, errors.NewConflict("pod", pod.Namespace, fmt.Errorf("Pod.Namespace does not match the provided context"))
 	}
-	pod.DesiredState.Manifest.UUID = uuid.NewUUID().String()
+	pod.DesiredState.Manifest.UUID = util.NewUUID().String()
 	if len(pod.Name) == 0 {
 		pod.Name = pod.DesiredState.Manifest.UUID
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/uuid.go b/pkg/util/uuid.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfd01b22ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/uuid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"code.google.com/p/go-uuid/uuid"
+)
+
+type UUID interface {
+	String() string
+}
+
+var uuidLock sync.Mutex
+
+/**
+ * The UUID package is naive and can generate identical UUIDs if the time interval is quick enough.
+ * Block subsequent UUIDs for 200 Nanoseconds, the UUID uses 100 ns increments, we block for 200 to be safe
+ * Blocks in a go routine, so that the caller doesn't have to wait.
+ * TODO: save old unused UUIDs so that no one has to block.
+ */
+func NewUUID() UUID {
+	uuidLock.Lock()
+	result := uuid.NewUUID()
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Nanosecond)
+		uuidLock.Unlock()
+	}()
+	return result
+}