1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp b/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
index 8d7326fd76b..ca84906eab2 100644
--- a/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ StatusWith<UUID> UUID::parse(const std::string& s) {
     return UUID{std::move(uuid)};
 }
 
+UUID UUID::parse(const BSONObj& obj) {
+    auto res = parse(obj.getField("uuid"));
+    invariant(res.isOK());
+    return res.getValue();
+}
+
 bool UUID::isUUIDString(const std::string& s) {
     return std::regex_match(s, uuidRegex);
 }