diff --git a/lib/dialects/mssql/schema/mssql-columncompiler.js b/lib/dialects/mssql/schema/mssql-columncompiler.js
index 87941d0f92..568407c688 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/mssql/schema/mssql-columncompiler.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/mssql/schema/mssql-columncompiler.js
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.json = 'nvarchar(max)';
 // TODO: mssql supports check constraints as of SQL Server 2008
 // so make enu here more like postgres
 ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.enu = 'nvarchar(100)';
-ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.uuid = 'uniqueidentifier';
+ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.uuid = ({ useBinaryUuid = false } = {}) =>
+  useBinaryUuid ? 'binary(16)' : 'uniqueidentifier';
+
 ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.datetime = 'datetime2';
 ColumnCompiler_MSSQL.prototype.bool = 'bit';
 
diff --git a/lib/dialects/postgres/schema/pg-columncompiler.js b/lib/dialects/postgres/schema/pg-columncompiler.js
index 5fb7fa2580..facb5d654f 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/postgres/schema/pg-columncompiler.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/postgres/schema/pg-columncompiler.js
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.double = 'double precision';
 ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.floating = 'real';
 ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.smallint = 'smallint';
 ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.tinyint = 'smallint';
-ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.uuid = 'uuid';
+ColumnCompiler_PG.prototype.uuid = ({ useBinaryUuid = false } = {}) =>
+  useBinaryUuid ? 'binary(16)' : 'uuid';
 
 function jsonColumn(client, jsonb) {
   if (
diff --git a/lib/dialects/redshift/schema/redshift-columncompiler.js b/lib/dialects/redshift/schema/redshift-columncompiler.js
index cd3f4059db..405ce4b824 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/redshift/schema/redshift-columncompiler.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/redshift/schema/redshift-columncompiler.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // -------
 
 const ColumnCompiler_PG = require('../../postgres/schema/pg-columncompiler');
+const ColumnCompiler = require('../../../schema/columncompiler');
 
 class ColumnCompiler_Redshift extends ColumnCompiler_PG {
   constructor() {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.mediumblob = 'varchar(16777218)';
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.set = 'text';
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.text = 'varchar(max)';
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.tinyblob = 'varchar(256)';
-ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.uuid = 'char(36)';
+ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.uuid = ColumnCompiler.prototype.uuid;
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.varbinary = 'varchar(max)';
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.bigint = 'bigint';
 ColumnCompiler_Redshift.prototype.bool = 'boolean';
diff --git a/lib/schema/columncompiler.js b/lib/schema/columncompiler.js
index bf1a9319ab..56a35adf27 100644
--- a/lib/schema/columncompiler.js
+++ b/lib/schema/columncompiler.js
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ ColumnCompiler.prototype.geography = 'geography';
 ColumnCompiler.prototype.point = 'point';
 ColumnCompiler.prototype.enu = 'varchar';
 ColumnCompiler.prototype.bit = ColumnCompiler.prototype.json = 'text';
-ColumnCompiler.prototype.uuid = 'char(36)';
+ColumnCompiler.prototype.uuid = ({ useBinaryUuid = false } = {}) =>
+  useBinaryUuid ? 'binary(16)' : 'char(36)';
 ColumnCompiler.prototype.increments = ({ primaryKey = true } = {}) =>
   'integer not null' + (primaryKey ? ' primary key' : '') + ' autoincrement';
 ColumnCompiler.prototype.bigincrements = ({ primaryKey = true } = {}) =>
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/mssql.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/mssql.js
index 91649f22b2..709ff44114 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/mssql.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/mssql.js
@@ -1167,6 +1167,32 @@ describe('MSSQL SchemaBuilder', function () {
     );
   });
 
+  it('adding uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo');
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'ALTER TABLE [users] ADD [foo] uniqueidentifier'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    equal(1, tableSql.length);
+    equal(tableSql[0].sql, 'ALTER TABLE [users] ADD [foo] binary(16)');
+  });
+
   it('is possible to set raw statements in defaultTo, #146', function () {
     tableSql = client
       .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/mysql.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/mysql.js
index 453914aa73..6304f971e4 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/mysql.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/mysql.js
@@ -1115,6 +1115,34 @@ module.exports = function (dialect) {
       );
     });
 
+    it('adding uuid', function () {
+      tableSql = client
+        .schemaBuilder()
+        .table('users', function (table) {
+          table.uuid('foo');
+        })
+        .toSQL();
+
+      expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+      expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+        'alter table `users` add `foo` char(36)'
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+      tableSql = client
+        .schemaBuilder()
+        .table('users', function (table) {
+          table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+        })
+        .toSQL();
+
+      expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+      expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+        'alter table `users` add `foo` binary(16)'
+      );
+    });
+
     it('test set comment', function () {
       tableSql = client
         .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/oracledb.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/oracledb.js
index dc07b5f85f..f0299be6be 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/oracledb.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/oracledb.js
@@ -1011,6 +1011,32 @@ describe('OracleDb SchemaBuilder', function () {
     );
   });
 
+  it('adding uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo');
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal('alter table "users" add "foo" char(36)');
+  });
+
+  it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table "users" add "foo" binary(16)'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('test set comment', function () {
     tableSql = client
       .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/postgres.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/postgres.js
index 8aff022c2e..de5b733406 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/postgres.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/postgres.js
@@ -1671,6 +1671,34 @@ describe('PostgreSQL SchemaBuilder', function () {
     );
   });
 
+  it('adding uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo');
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table "users" add column "foo" uuid'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table "users" add column "foo" binary(16)'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('set comment', function () {
     tableSql = client
       .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/redshift.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/redshift.js
index 3d3b92dfd4..028c7b30dc 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/redshift.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/redshift.js
@@ -850,6 +850,34 @@ describe('Redshift SchemaBuilder', function () {
     );
   });
 
+  it('adding uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo');
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table "users" add column "foo" char(36)'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table "users" add column "foo" binary(16)'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('allows adding default json objects when the column is json', function () {
     tableSql = client
       .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/test/unit/schema-builder/sqlite3.js b/test/unit/schema-builder/sqlite3.js
index 0cebd7b123..1333c39064 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema-builder/sqlite3.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema-builder/sqlite3.js
@@ -894,6 +894,34 @@ describe('SQLite SchemaBuilder', function () {
     equal(tableSql[0].sql, 'alter table `users` add column `foo` blob');
   });
 
+  it('adding uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo');
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table `users` add column `foo` char(36)'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('adding binary uuid', function () {
+    tableSql = client
+      .schemaBuilder()
+      .table('users', function (table) {
+        table.uuid('foo', { useBinaryUuid: true });
+      })
+      .toSQL();
+
+    expect(tableSql.length).to.equal(1);
+    expect(tableSql[0].sql).to.equal(
+      'alter table `users` add column `foo` binary(16)'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('allows for on delete cascade with foreign keys, #166', function () {
     tableSql = client
       .schemaBuilder()
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index fbd82073bb..0517318c8a 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ export declare namespace Knex {
     ): ColumnBuilder;
     json(columnName: string): ColumnBuilder;
     jsonb(columnName: string): ColumnBuilder;
-    uuid(columnName: string): ColumnBuilder;
+    uuid(columnName: string, options?: Readonly<{useBinaryUuid?: boolean}>): ColumnBuilder;
     comment(val: string): void;
     specificType(columnName: string, type: string): ColumnBuilder;
     primary(columnNames: readonly string[], options?: Readonly<{constraintName?: string, deferrable?: deferrableType}>): TableBuilder;