diff --git a/integration-tests/lts/casts.test.ts b/integration-tests/lts/casts.test.ts
index 562e5bb55..94b330848 100644
--- a/integration-tests/lts/casts.test.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/lts/casts.test.ts
@@ -48,4 +48,21 @@ describe("casts", () => {
 
     tc.assert<tc.IsExact<(typeof expr)["__element__"], $Movie>>(true);
   });
+
+  test("UUID to object cast", () => {
+    const expr = e.cast(
+      e.Movie,
+      e.cast(e.uuid, "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      expr.toEdgeQL(),
+      `<default::Movie>(<std::uuid>("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"))`
+    );
+
+    tc.assert<tc.IsExact<(typeof expr)["__element__"], $Movie>>(true);
+
+    // @ts-expect-error: does not allow assignment of non UUID
+    e.cast(e.Movie, 42);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/generate/src/syntax/cast.ts b/packages/generate/src/syntax/cast.ts
index bb3f9a850..dff6c8c4f 100644
--- a/packages/generate/src/syntax/cast.ts
+++ b/packages/generate/src/syntax/cast.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   BaseType,
   TypeSet,
   ObjectTypeExpression,
+  ScalarType,
 } from "./typesystem";
 import { $expressionify } from "./path";
 import type { orScalarLiteral } from "./castMaps";
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ export function cast<Target extends BaseType | ObjectTypeExpression>(
     : never,
   Cardinality.Empty
 >;
+export function cast<Target extends ObjectTypeExpression>(
+  target: Target,
+  arg: TypeSet<ScalarType<"std::uuid">>
+): $expr_Cast<Target["__element__"], Cardinality.One>;
 export function cast<Target extends BaseType, Expr extends TypeSet>(
   target: Target,
   expr: orScalarLiteral<Expr>