diff --git a/Data/UUID.hs b/Data/UUID.hs
--- a/Data/UUID.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
                 ,fromString
                 ,toByteString
                 ,fromByteString
+                ,toWords
+                ,fromWords
                 ,null
                 ,nil
                 ) where
diff --git a/Data/UUID/Internal.hs b/Data/UUID/Internal.hs
--- a/Data/UUID/Internal.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID/Internal.hs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 -- |
 -- Module      : Data.UUID
 -- Copyright   : (c) 2008-2009 Antoine Latter
+--               (c) 2009 Mark Lentczner
 --
 -- License     : BSD-style
 --
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
     ,toByteString
     ,fromString
     ,toString
+    ,fromWords
+    ,toWords
     ,buildFromBytes
     ,buildFromWords
     ) where
@@ -67,6 +70,16 @@
     None was as fast, overall, as the representation used here.
 -}
 
+-- | Covert a 'UUID' into a sequence of 'Word32' values.
+-- Usefull for when you need to serialize a UUID and
+-- neither 'Storable' nor 'Binary' are appropriate. 
+toWords :: UUID -> (Word32, Word32, Word32, Word32)
+toWords (UUID w1 w2 w3 w4) = (w1, w2, w3, w4)
+
+-- | Create a 'UUID' from a sequence of 'Word32'. The
+-- opposite of 'toWords'.
+fromWords :: Word32 -> Word32 -> Word32 -> Word32 -> UUID
+fromWords = UUID
 
 --
 -- UTILITIES
diff --git a/Data/UUID/V1.hs b/Data/UUID/V1.hs
--- a/Data/UUID/V1.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID/V1.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 -- |
 -- Module      : Data.UUID.V1
 -- Copyright   : (c) 2008 Jason Dusek
+--               (c) 2009 Mark Lentczner
+--               (c) 2009-2010 Antoine Latter
 --
 -- License     : BSD-style
 --
diff --git a/Data/UUID/V5.hs b/Data/UUID/V5.hs
--- a/Data/UUID/V5.hs
+++ b/Data/UUID/V5.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- |
 -- Module      : Data.UUID.V5
--- Copyright   : (c) 2008 Antoine Latter
+-- Copyright   : (c) 2008-2009 Antoine Latter
 --
 -- License     : BSD-style
 --
diff --git a/uuid.cabal b/uuid.cabal
--- a/uuid.cabal
+++ b/uuid.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: uuid
-Version: 1.2.1
-Copyright: (c) 2008-2009 Antoine Latter
+Version: 1.2.2
+Copyright: (c) 2008-2011 Antoine Latter
 Author: Antoine Latter
 Maintainer: aslatter@gmail.com
 License: BSD3