1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp b/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
index 4f243c99401..290134dc88c 100644
--- a/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/util/uuid.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ UUID UUID::parse(const BSONObj& obj) {
     return res.getValue();
 }
 
+UUID UUID::nil() {
+    return UUID{};
+}
+
 bool UUID::isUUIDString(const std::string& s) {
     return std::regex_match(s, uuidRegex);
 }