diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
index d5dd184..a017e53 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			return bool.Parse(value);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the value of the attribute with the given name and returns as a GUID.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <param name="name"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static Guid GetAttributeAsGuid(this IcdXmlReader extends, string name)
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			string value = extends.GetAttributeAsString(name);
+			return new Guid(value);
+		}
+
 		#endregion
 
 		#region Recurse
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
index 676195e..2d26022 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the value of the attribute with the given name and returns as a GUID.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="xml"></param>
+		/// <param name="name"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static Guid GetAttributeAsGuid(string xml, string name)
+		{
+			using (IcdXmlReader reader = new IcdXmlReader(xml))
+			{
+				reader.ReadToNextElement();
+				return reader.GetAttributeAsGuid(name);
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the value of the attribute with the given name and returns as a bool.
 		/// </summary>