diff --git a/python/uuid_utils/__init__.py b/python/uuid_utils/__init__.py
index 761eaee..4eec8c4 100644
--- a/python/uuid_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/python/uuid_utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from uuid import SafeUUID
+
 from ._uuid_utils import (
     NAMESPACE_DNS,
     NAMESPACE_OID,
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
     "RESERVED_NCS",
     "RFC_4122",
     "UUID",
+    "SafeUUID",
     "__version__",
     "getnode",
     "uuid1",
diff --git a/python/uuid_utils/__init__.pyi b/python/uuid_utils/__init__.pyi
index e49fe40..1bbdfdb 100644
--- a/python/uuid_utils/__init__.pyi
+++ b/python/uuid_utils/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import builtins
 import sys
-from enum import Enum
+from uuid import SafeUUID
 
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ _FieldsType: TypeAlias = tuple[int, int, int, int, int, int]
 
 __version__: str
 
-class SafeUUID(Enum):
-    safe: int
-    unsafe: int
-    unknown: None
-
 class UUID:
     """Instances of the UUID class represent UUIDs as specified in RFC 4122.
     UUID objects are immutable, hashable, and usable as dictionary keys.
@@ -182,3 +177,25 @@ RESERVED_NCS: str
 RFC_4122: str
 RESERVED_MICROSOFT: str
 RESERVED_FUTURE: str
+
+__all__ = [
+    "NAMESPACE_DNS",
+    "NAMESPACE_OID",
+    "NAMESPACE_URL",
+    "NAMESPACE_X500",
+    "RESERVED_FUTURE",
+    "RESERVED_MICROSOFT",
+    "RESERVED_NCS",
+    "RFC_4122",
+    "UUID",
+    "SafeUUID",
+    "__version__",
+    "getnode",
+    "uuid1",
+    "uuid3",
+    "uuid4",
+    "uuid5",
+    "uuid6",
+    "uuid7",
+    "uuid8",
+]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fa6fa4a..052e53e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 use mac_address::get_mac_address;
 use pyo3::{
     exceptions::{PyTypeError, PyValueError},
+    ffi,
     prelude::*,
     pyclass::CompareOp,
     types::{PyBytes, PyDict},
 };
 use rand::RngCore;
-use std::hash::Hasher;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::{collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher, hash::Hash};
+use std::{hash::Hasher, sync::atomic::AtomicPtr};
+use std::{
+    ptr::null_mut,
+    sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
+};
 use uuid::{Builder, Bytes, Context, Timestamp, Uuid, Variant, Version};
 
 static NODE: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
@@ -306,6 +310,11 @@ impl UUID {
             uuid: Uuid::from_u128(int),
         })
     }
+
+    #[getter]
+    fn is_safe(&self) -> *mut ffi::PyObject {
+        return SAFE_UUID_UNKNOWN.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
 }
 
 #[pyfunction]
@@ -429,6 +438,9 @@ fn _getnode() -> u64 {
     node
 }
 
+// ptr to python stdlib uuid.SafeUUID.unknown
+static SAFE_UUID_UNKNOWN: AtomicPtr<ffi::PyObject> = AtomicPtr::new(null_mut());
+
 #[pyfunction]
 fn getnode() -> PyResult<u64> {
     Ok(_getnode())
@@ -436,6 +448,18 @@ fn getnode() -> PyResult<u64> {
 
 #[pymodule]
 fn _uuid_utils(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
+    let safe_uuid_unknown = Python::with_gil(|py| {
+        return PyModule::import_bound(py, "uuid")
+            .unwrap()
+            .getattr("SafeUUID")
+            .unwrap()
+            .getattr("unknown")
+            .unwrap()
+            .unbind();
+    });
+
+    SAFE_UUID_UNKNOWN.store(safe_uuid_unknown.into_ptr(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+
     m.add("__version__", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))?;
     m.add_class::<UUID>()?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(uuid1, m)?)?;
diff --git a/tests/test_uuid.py b/tests/test_uuid.py
index f023845..b33e988 100644
--- a/tests/test_uuid.py
+++ b/tests/test_uuid.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import pickle
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
-from uuid import UUID, getnode
+from uuid import UUID, SafeUUID, getnode
 
 import pytest
 import uuid_utils
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ def test_copy() -> None:
     assert copy.deepcopy(uuid) == uuid
 
 
+def test_is_safe() -> None:
+    assert uuid_utils.uuid1().is_safe is SafeUUID.unknown
+    assert uuid_utils.uuid4().is_safe is SafeUUID.unknown
+
+
 @pytest.mark.xfail(sys.platform == "linux", reason="Might fail in Github Actions")
 def test_getnode() -> None:
     assert uuid_utils.getnode() == getnode()