diff --git a/library/Rhumsaa/Uuid/Uuid.php b/library/Rhumsaa/Uuid/Uuid.php
index 40e56ff..e293ba2 100644
--- a/library/Rhumsaa/Uuid/Uuid.php
+++ b/library/Rhumsaa/Uuid/Uuid.php
@@ -185,6 +185,24 @@ final class Uuid
         return new \DateTime('@' . number_format($unixTime, 0, '', ''));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of the fields of this UUID, with keys named according
+     * to the RFC 4122 names for the fields.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getFields()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'time_low' => $this->getTimeLow(),
+            'time_mid' => $this->getTimeMid(),
+            'time_hi_and_version' => $this->getTimeHiAndVersion(),
+            'clock_seq_hi_and_reserved' => $this->getClockSeqHiAndReserved(),
+            'clock_seq_low' => $this->getClockSeqLow(),
+            'node' => $this->getNode(),
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the least significant 64 bits of this UUID's 128 bit value
      *
diff --git a/tests/Rhumsaa/Uuid/UuidTest.php b/tests/Rhumsaa/Uuid/UuidTest.php
index e639b00..37eb887 100644
--- a/tests/Rhumsaa/Uuid/UuidTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rhumsaa/Uuid/UuidTest.php
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ class UuidTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $date = $uuid->getDateTime();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers Rhumsaa\Uuid\Uuid::getFields
+     */
+    public function testGetFields()
+    {
+        $uuid = Uuid::fromString('ff6f8cb0-c57d-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66');
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('time_low', $uuid->getFields());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('time_mid', $uuid->getFields());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('time_hi_and_version', $uuid->getFields());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('clock_seq_hi_and_reserved', $uuid->getFields());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('clock_seq_low', $uuid->getFields());
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('node', $uuid->getFields());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Rhumsaa\Uuid\Uuid::getLeastSignificantBits
      */