diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index af8772e7d..8cc161bca 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ sub genUUID
     #Though a UUID of this form is not guaranteed to be unique absolutely,
     #the chances of a cluster the size of the entire internet generating
     #two identical UUIDs is 4 in 10 octillion.
+    my %args = @_;
+    if ($args{mac}) { #if a mac address was supplied, generate a uuidv1 instead
+        #TODO: UUIDv1
+    }
     srand();    #Many note this as bad practice, however, forks are going on..
     my $uuid;
     $uuid =
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
index 08eef0733..eae310c6f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/kvm.pm
@@ -213,7 +213,15 @@ sub build_diskstruct {
 }
 sub getNodeUUID {
     my $node = shift;
-    return xCAT::Utils::genUUID();
+    if ($confdata->{mac}->{$node}->[0]) { #a uuidv1 is possible, generate that for absolute uniqueness guarantee
+        my $mac = ($confdata->{mac}->{$node}->[0];
+        $mac =~ s/\|.*//;
+        $mac =~ s/!.*//;
+        return xCAT::Utils::genUUID(mac=>$mac);
+    } else {
+        return xCAT::Utils::genUUID();
+    }
+
 }
 sub build_nicstruct {
     my $rethash;