diff --git a/src/de/serde.rs b/src/de/serde.rs
index e3b31f5e..4b73859d 100644
--- a/src/de/serde.rs
+++ b/src/de/serde.rs
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for BsonVisitor {
                     ));
                 }
 
+                "$uuid" => {
+                    let v: String = visitor.next_value()?;
+                    let uuid = extjson::models::Uuid { value: v }
+                        .parse()
+                        .map_err(Error::custom)?;
+                    return Ok(Bson::Binary(uuid));
+                }
+
                 "$code" => {
                     let code = visitor.next_value::<String>()?;
                     if let Some(key) = visitor.next_key::<String>()? {
diff --git a/src/extjson/models.rs b/src/extjson/models.rs
index 0bae6249..8e738c35 100644
--- a/src/extjson/models.rs
+++ b/src/extjson/models.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ impl Binary {
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub(crate) struct Uuid {
     #[serde(rename = "$uuid")]
-    value: String,
+    pub(crate) value: String,
 }
 
 impl Uuid {
diff --git a/src/tests/serde.rs b/src/tests/serde.rs
index 29d3253f..b89ad79e 100644
--- a/src/tests/serde.rs
+++ b/src/tests/serde.rs
@@ -650,6 +650,21 @@ fn test_serde_legacy_uuid_1() {
     assert_eq!(foo.csharp_legacy, uuid);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_de_uuid_extjson_string() {
+    let _guard = LOCK.run_concurrently();
+
+    let uuid_bson_bytes =
+        hex::decode("1D000000057800100000000473FFD26444B34C6990E8E7D1DFC035D400").unwrap();
+    let uuid_document = Document::from_reader(uuid_bson_bytes.as_slice()).unwrap();
+    let expected_uuid_bson = Bson::from_extended_document(uuid_document);
+
+    let ext_json_uuid = "{\"x\" : { \"$uuid\" : \"73ffd264-44b3-4c69-90e8-e7d1dfc035d4\"}}";
+    let actual_uuid_bson: Bson = serde_json::from_str(ext_json_uuid).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(actual_uuid_bson, expected_uuid_bson);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_de_oid_string() {
     let _guard = LOCK.run_concurrently();