diff --git a/pygeoapi/util.py b/pygeoapi/util.py
index 7e1f64e..4a1ddfd 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/util.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/util.py
@@ -32,22 +32,23 @@
 import base64
 from copy import deepcopy
 from filelock import FileLock
-import json
-import logging
-import mimetypes
-import os
-import re
 import functools
 from functools import partial
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import date, datetime, time
 from decimal import Decimal
 from enum import Enum
+import json
+import logging
+import mimetypes
+import os
 import pathlib
 from pathlib import Path
+import re
 from typing import Any, IO, Union, List, Optional, Callable
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from urllib.request import urlopen
+import uuid
 
 import dateutil.parser
 from shapely import ops
@@ -400,6 +401,8 @@ def json_serial(obj: Any) -> str:
         return l10n.locale2str(obj)
     elif isinstance(obj, (pathlib.PurePath, Path)):
         return str(obj)
+    elif isinstance(obj, uuid.UUID):
+        return str(obj)
     else:
         msg = f'{obj} type {type(obj)} not serializable'
         LOGGER.error(msg)
diff --git a/tests/test_util.py b/tests/test_util.py
index 262cfcd..c71ce80 100644
--- a/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/test_util.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from contextlib import nullcontext as does_not_raise
 from copy import deepcopy
 from io import StringIO
 from unittest import mock
+import uuid
 
 import pytest
 from pyproj.exceptions import CRSError
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ def test_json_serial():
     d = Decimal(1.0)
     assert util.json_serial(d) == 1.0
 
+    d = uuid.UUID('12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678')
+    assert util.json_serial(d) == '12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678'
+
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         util.json_serial('foo')