diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.pm
index 0bc144d5..54ab7a2f 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.pm
@@ -174,9 +174,30 @@ __PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
 # DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:ZVpYU6k3d/k/nitjpdgf/A
 
 use POSIX qw(WEXITSTATUS WIFEXITED WIFSIGNALED WTERMSIG);
+use UUID4::Tiny qw(create_uuid_string);
 use Digest::SHA1 qw(sha1_hex);
 use Hydra::Model::DB;
 
+
+=head2 new
+
+Initialize a new row object.
+
+Sets the UUID automatically unless a UUID is specified in the attributes.
+
+=cut
+sub new {
+    my ($class, $attrs) = @_;
+
+    if (!defined $attrs->{uuid}) {
+      $attrs->{uuid} = create_uuid_string();
+    }
+
+    my $new = $class->next::method($attrs);
+
+    return $new;
+}
+
 =head2 started
 
 Update the row with the current timestamp as the start time.
diff --git a/t/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.t b/t/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.t
index f93f92b6..80589549 100644
--- a/t/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.t
+++ b/t/Hydra/Schema/Result/RunCommandLogs.t
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ sub new_run_log {
     });
 }
 
+subtest "A new record has a UUID" => sub {
+    my $runlog = new_run_log();
+    is(length($runlog->uuid), 36, "The UUID attribute is sufficiently UUID-like.");
+    like($runlog->uuid, qr/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}/, "The UUID attribute is sufficiently UUID-like.");
+};
+
 subtest "Not yet started" => sub {
     my $runlog = new_run_log();