diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
index ca05c2f5488..8f0da525154 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ pub use reader::{
 pub use schema::{AvroSchema, Schema};
 pub use ser::to_value;
 pub use util::{max_allocation_bytes, set_serde_human_readable};
+pub use uuid::Uuid;
 pub use writer::{
     to_avro_datum, to_avro_datum_schemata, GenericSingleObjectWriter, SpecificSingleObjectWriter,
     Writer,
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/tests/uuids.rs b/lang/rust/avro/tests/uuids.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bea71e2e418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/tests/uuids.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use apache_avro::Uuid;
+use apache_avro_test_helper::TestResult;
+
+#[test]
+fn avro_3948_use_apache_avro_uuid() -> TestResult {
+    let _ = Uuid::parse_str("550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}