diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index 5ae0a3e..67da885 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-from enum import Enum
+from enum import Enum, _simple_enum
 
 
 __author__ = 'Ka-Ping Yee <ping@zesty.ca>'
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
 bytes_ = bytes  # The built-in bytes type
 
 
-class SafeUUID(Enum):
+@_simple_enum(Enum)
+class SafeUUID:
     safe = 0
     unsafe = -1
     unknown = None