diff --git a/packages/core/dev-test/config.yml b/packages/core/dev-test/config.yml
index 3f2354c4..ff020199 100644
--- a/packages/core/dev-test/config.yml
+++ b/packages/core/dev-test/config.yml
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@ collections:
             label: Does not allow regeneration
             widget: uuid
             allow_regenerate: false
+          - name: with_prefix
+            label: With Prefix
+            widget: uuid
+            prefix: 'book/'
   - name: settings
     label: Settings
     delete: false
diff --git a/packages/core/src/interface.ts b/packages/core/src/interface.ts
index c95ae763..72a19e33 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/interface.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/interface.ts
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ export interface StringOrTextField extends BaseField {
 export interface UUIDField extends BaseField {
   widget: 'uuid';
   allow_regenerate?: boolean;
+  prefix?: string;
 }
 
 export interface UnknownField extends BaseField {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/UUIDControl.tsx b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/UUIDControl.tsx
index a109d1be..8ef88163 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/UUIDControl.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/UUIDControl.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { v4 as uuid, validate } from 'uuid';
 import IconButton from '@staticcms/core/components/common/button/IconButton';
 import Field from '@staticcms/core/components/common/field/Field';
 import TextField from '@staticcms/core/components/common/text-field/TextField';
-import { isEmpty } from '@staticcms/core/lib/util/string.util';
+import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '@staticcms/core/lib/util/string.util';
 
 import type { UUIDField, WidgetControlProps } from '@staticcms/core/interface';
 import type { FC } from 'react';
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ const UUIDControl: FC<WidgetControlProps<string, UUIDField>> = ({
   );
   const ref = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
 
+  const prefix = useMemo(() => field.prefix ?? '', [field.prefix]);
+  const internalValueWithoutPrefix =
+    isNotEmpty(prefix) && internalValue.startsWith(prefix)
+      ? internalValue.replace(prefix, '')
+      : internalValue;
+
   const handleChange = useCallback(
     (newUUID: string) => {
       setInternalValue(newUUID);
@@ -37,14 +43,24 @@ const UUIDControl: FC<WidgetControlProps<string, UUIDField>> = ({
   );
 
   const generateUUID = useCallback(() => {
-    handleChange(uuid());
-  }, [handleChange]);
+    handleChange(`${prefix}${uuid()}`);
+  }, [handleChange, prefix]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (isEmpty(internalValue) || !validate(internalValue)) {
-      generateUUID();
+    let alive = true;
+
+    if (isEmpty(internalValueWithoutPrefix) || !validate(internalValueWithoutPrefix)) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (alive) {
+          generateUUID();
+        }
+      }, 100);
     }
-  }, [generateUUID, internalValue]);
+
+    return () => {
+      alive = false;
+    };
+  }, [generateUUID, internalValueWithoutPrefix]);
 
   const allowRegenerate = useMemo(() => field.allow_regenerate ?? true, [field.allow_regenerate]);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/__tests__/UUIDControl.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/__tests__/UUIDControl.spec.ts
index ea038061..6904b2f7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/__tests__/UUIDControl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/__tests__/UUIDControl.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @jest-environment jsdom
  */
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-import { act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { act, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { v4, validate } from 'uuid';
 
@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ describe(UUIDControl.name, () => {
       props: { onChange },
     } = renderControl({ value: 'I_AM_AN_INVALID_UUID' });
 
-    const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
-    const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
-    expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
-    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
+      const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
+      expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+      expect(mockValidate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('I_AM_AN_INVALID_UUID');
+    });
   });
 
   it('should generate a new UUID if none is provided', async () => {
@@ -103,11 +106,13 @@ describe(UUIDControl.name, () => {
       props: { onChange },
     } = renderControl();
 
-    const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
-    const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
-    expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
+      const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
+      expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
 
-    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+    });
   });
 
   it('shows generate new uuid button by default', async () => {
@@ -135,8 +140,11 @@ describe(UUIDControl.name, () => {
 
     const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
     const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
-    expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
-    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(input).toHaveValue('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+    });
 
     mockUUID.mockReturnValue('I_AM_ANOTHER_NEW_UUID');
     const generateNewUUIDButton = getByTestId('generate-new-uuid');
@@ -189,4 +197,45 @@ describe(UUIDControl.name, () => {
     const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
     expect(input).toBeDisabled();
   });
+
+  it('should add prefix to start of UUID onChange', async () => {
+    const {
+      getByTestId,
+      props: { onChange },
+    } = renderControl({
+      field: {
+        ...mockUUIDField,
+        prefix: 'book/',
+      },
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
+      const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
+      expect(input).toHaveValue('book/I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+
+      expect(onChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('book/I_AM_A_NEW_UUID');
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should consider UUID with prefix to be valid', async () => {
+    mockValidate.mockReturnValue(true);
+
+    const {
+      getByTestId,
+      props: { onChange },
+    } = renderControl({
+      value: 'book/I_AM_A_VALID_UUID',
+      field: {
+        ...mockUUIDField,
+        prefix: 'book/',
+      },
+    });
+
+    const inputWrapper = getByTestId('text-input');
+    const input = inputWrapper.getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
+    expect(input).toHaveValue('book/I_AM_A_VALID_UUID');
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockValidate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('I_AM_A_VALID_UUID');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/schema.ts b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/schema.ts
index 0220d6d1..0756edc8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/widgets/uuid/schema.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export default {
   properties: {
     allow_regenerate: { type: 'boolean' },
+    prefix: { type: 'string' },
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/demo/public/config.yml b/packages/demo/public/config.yml
index 444b2ec9..67aa0a1b 100644
--- a/packages/demo/public/config.yml
+++ b/packages/demo/public/config.yml
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@ collections:
             label: Does not allow regeneration
             widget: uuid
             allow_regenerate: false
+          - name: with_prefix
+            label: With Prefix
+            widget: uuid
+            prefix: 'book/'
   - name: settings
     label: Settings
     delete: false