diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-app-template.vcxproj b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-app-template.vcxproj
index 7433cd3..9e2b47a 100644
--- a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-app-template.vcxproj
+++ b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-app-template.vcxproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <ProjectGuid>{54880004-9AA2-434D-A2F0-7F59D6F1536A}</ProjectGuid>
+    <ProjectGuid><GUID></ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace><APPNAME></RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/scripts/update_vs_apps.pl b/scripts/update_vs_apps.pl
index 5f2f944..76fc59f 100755
--- a/scripts/update_vs_apps.pl
+++ b/scripts/update_vs_apps.pl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 use warnings;
 use strict;
+use Digest::MD5 'md5_hex';
 
 my $vs6_dir = "visualc/VS6";
 my $vs6_ext = "dsp";
@@ -81,15 +82,26 @@
     return $content;
 }
 
+sub gen_app_guid {
+    my ($path) = @_;
+
+    my $guid = md5_hex( "PolarSSL:$path" );
+    $guid =~ s/(.{8})(.{4})(.{4})(.{4})(.{12})/\U{$1-$2-$3-$4-$5}/;
+
+    return $guid;
+}
+
 sub gen_app {
     my ($path, $template, $dir, $ext) = @_;
 
+    my $guid = gen_app_guid( $path );
     $path =~ s!/!\\!g;
     (my $appname = $path) =~ s/.*\\//;
 
     my $content = $template;
     $content =~ s/<PATHNAME>/$path/g;
     $content =~ s/<APPNAME>/$appname/g;
+    $content =~ s/<GUID>/$guid/g;
 
     open my $app_fh, '>', "$dir/$appname.$ext";
     print $app_fh $content;