--- a/setup.py	Wed Feb 05 10:33:14 2014 -0500
+++ b/setup.py	Wed Oct 28 13:29:38 2015 +0000
@@ -1542,6 +1542,20 @@
                             define_macros=[('Py_LIMITED_API', '0x03040000')])
             self.extensions.append(ext)
 
+        # Build the _uuid module if possible
+        build_uuid = False
+        if find_file("uuid.h", inc_dirs, ["/usr/include/uuid"]):
+            if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'uuid'):
+                uuid_libs = ['uuid']
+            else:
+                uuid_libs = []
+            build_uuid = True
+        if build_uuid:
+            self.extensions.append(Extension('_uuid', ['_uuidmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries=uuid_libs))
+        else:
+            missing.append('_uuid')
+
         return missing
 
     def detect_tkinter_explicitly(self):