diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewGuidCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewGuidCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fa255d381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewGuidCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+/********************************************************************++
+Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+--********************************************************************/
+
+using System;
+using System.Management.Automation;
+
+namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The implementation of the "new-guid" cmdlet
+    /// </summary>    
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.New, "Guid", HelpUri = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=526920")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(Guid))]
+    public class NewGuidCommand : Cmdlet
+    {      
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a guid
+        /// </summary>
+        protected override void EndProcessing()
+        {     
+            WriteObject(Guid.NewGuid());            
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Modules/Shared/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1 b/src/Modules/Shared/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1
index 5ce0312213..7ab842bd1d 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Shared/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1
+++ b/src/Modules/Shared/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1
@@ -172,20 +172,6 @@ function New-TemporaryFile
         }
     }    
 }
-
-<# This cmdlet is used to generate a new guid #>
-function New-Guid
-{
-    [CmdletBinding(HelpURI='https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=526920')]
-	[OutputType([System.Guid])]
-    Param()
-    
-    Begin
-    {
-        [Guid]::NewGuid()
-    }    
-}
-
 <############################################################################################ 
 # Format-Hex cmdlet helps in displaying the Hexadecimal equivalent of the input data.
 ############################################################################################>
diff --git a/src/Modules/Unix/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1 b/src/Modules/Unix/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
index 3a8b6f177c..6fd68da654 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Unix/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
+++ b/src/Modules/Unix/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PowerShellVersion="3.0"
 CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Out-File", "Out-String", "Get-FormatData", "Export-FormatData", "ConvertFrom-Json", "ConvertTo-Json",
     "Invoke-RestMethod", "Invoke-WebRequest", "Register-ObjectEvent", "Register-EngineEvent",
-    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event",
+    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event", "New-Guid",
     "New-Event", "Add-Member", "Add-Type", "Compare-Object", "ConvertTo-Html", "ConvertFrom-StringData", 
     "Export-Csv", "Import-Csv", "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertFrom-Csv", "Export-Alias", "Invoke-Expression",
     "Get-Alias", "Get-Culture", "Get-Date", "Get-Host", "Get-Member", "Get-Random", "Get-UICulture",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Get-TraceSource", "Set-TraceSource", "Trace-Command",
     "Get-Runspace", "Debug-Runspace", "Enable-RunspaceDebug", "Disable-RunspaceDebug",
     "Get-RunspaceDebug", "Wait-Debugger" , "Get-Uptime"
-FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "New-Guid", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile"
+FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile"
 AliasesToExport= "fhx"
 NestedModules="Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.dll","Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1"
 HelpInfoURI = 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=390787'
diff --git a/src/Modules/Windows-Core/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1 b/src/Modules/Windows-Core/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
index c738fdad36..57643dae87 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Windows-Core/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
+++ b/src/Modules/Windows-Core/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PowerShellVersion="3.0"
 CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Out-File", "Out-String", "Get-FormatData", "Export-FormatData", "ConvertFrom-Json", "ConvertTo-Json",
     "Invoke-RestMethod", "Invoke-WebRequest", "Register-ObjectEvent", "Register-EngineEvent",
-    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event",
+    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event", "New-Guid", 
     "New-Event", "Add-Member", "Add-Type", "Compare-Object", "ConvertTo-Html", "ConvertFrom-StringData",
     "Export-Csv", "Import-Csv", "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertFrom-Csv", "Export-Alias", "Invoke-Expression",
     "Get-Alias", "Get-Culture", "Get-Date", "Get-Host", "Get-Member", "Get-Random", "Get-UICulture",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Get-TraceSource", "Set-TraceSource", "Trace-Command",
     "Unblock-File", "Get-Runspace", "Debug-Runspace", "Enable-RunspaceDebug", "Disable-RunspaceDebug",
     "Get-RunspaceDebug", "Wait-Debugger" , "Get-Uptime"
-FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "New-Guid", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile",
+FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile",
     "ConvertFrom-SddlString"
 AliasesToExport= "fhx"
 NestedModules="Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.dll","Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1"
diff --git a/src/Modules/Windows-Full/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1 b/src/Modules/Windows-Full/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
index 86eb1b2334..b7b5892c60 100644
--- a/src/Modules/Windows-Full/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
+++ b/src/Modules/Windows-Full/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psd1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Out-File", "Out-Printer", "Out-String",
     "Out-GridView", "Get-FormatData", "Export-FormatData", "ConvertFrom-Json", "ConvertTo-Json",
     "Invoke-RestMethod", "Invoke-WebRequest", "Register-ObjectEvent", "Register-EngineEvent",
-    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event",
+    "Wait-Event", "Get-Event", "Remove-Event", "Get-EventSubscriber", "Unregister-Event", "New-Guid",
     "New-Event", "Add-Member", "Add-Type", "Compare-Object", "ConvertTo-Html", "ConvertFrom-StringData",
     "Export-Csv", "Import-Csv", "ConvertTo-Csv", "ConvertFrom-Csv", "Export-Alias", "Invoke-Expression",
     "Get-Alias", "Get-Culture", "Get-Date", "Get-Host", "Get-Member", "Get-Random", "Get-UICulture",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CmdletsToExport= "Format-List", "Format-Custom", "Format-Table", "Format-Wide",
     "Send-MailMessage", "Get-TraceSource", "Set-TraceSource", "Trace-Command", "Show-Command", "Unblock-File",
     "Get-Runspace", "Debug-Runspace", "Enable-RunspaceDebug", "Disable-RunspaceDebug", "Get-RunspaceDebug", "Wait-Debugger",
     "ConvertFrom-String", "Convert-String" , "Get-Uptime"
-FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "New-Guid", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile",
+FunctionsToExport= "Get-FileHash", "New-TemporaryFile", "Format-Hex", "Import-PowerShellDataFile",
     "ConvertFrom-SddlString"
 AliasesToExport= "CFS", "fhx"
 NestedModules="Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.dll","Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility.psm1"
diff --git a/src/vs-csproj/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.csproj b/src/vs-csproj/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.csproj
index 7513116c53..dd533298e7 100644
--- a/src/vs-csproj/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.csproj
+++ b/src/vs-csproj/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility.csproj
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@
     <Compile Include="..\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility\commands\utility\neweventcommand.cs">
       <Link>commands\utility\neweventcommand.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="..\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility\commands\utility\NewGuidCommand.cs">
+      <Link>commands\utility\NewGuidCommand.cs</Link>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="..\Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility\commands\utility\NewTimeSpanCommand.cs">
       <Link>commands\utility\NewTimeSpanCommand.cs</Link>
     </Compile>