2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
index df3d5e4657..6657491c06 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
         alias_type 'bit',      'text'
         alias_type 'varbit',   'text'
         alias_type 'macaddr',  'text'
+        alias_type 'uuid',     'text'
 
         # FIXME: I don't think this is correct. We should probably be returning a parsed date,
         # but the tests pass with a string returned.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index 03c318f5f7..b08c59d97d 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ module ActiveRecord
           else
             string
           end
-
         end
 
         def cidr_to_string(object)
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
           :integer
         # UUID type
         when 'uuid'
-          :string
+          :uuid
         # Small and big integer types
         when /^(?:small|big)int$/
           :integer
@@ -319,6 +318,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
         def macaddr(name, options = {})
           column(name, 'macaddr', options)
         end
+
+        def uuid(name, options = {})
+          column(name, 'uuid', options)
+        end
       end
 
       ADAPTER_NAME = 'PostgreSQL'
@@ -341,7 +344,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
         :hstore      => { :name => "hstore" },
         :inet        => { :name => "inet" },
         :cidr        => { :name => "cidr" },
-        :macaddr     => { :name => "macaddr" }
+        :macaddr     => { :name => "macaddr" },
+        :uuid        => { :name => "uuid" }
       }
 
       # Returns 'PostgreSQL' as adapter name for identification purposes.