diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index 03a3b3b7..715661f0 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package gorm_test
 
 import (
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
 )
 
@@ -49,17 +51,78 @@ func TestCalculateField(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type UUID [16]byte
+
+type NullUUID struct {
+	UUID
+	Valid bool
+}
+
+func FromString(input string) (u UUID) {
+	src := []byte(input)
+	return FromBytes(src)
+}
+
+func FromBytes(src []byte) (u UUID) {
+	dst := u[:]
+	hex.Decode(dst[0:4], src[0:8])
+	hex.Decode(dst[4:6], src[9:13])
+	hex.Decode(dst[6:8], src[14:18])
+	hex.Decode(dst[8:10], src[19:23])
+	hex.Decode(dst[10:], src[24:])
+	return
+}
+
+func (u UUID) String() string {
+	buf := make([]byte, 36)
+	src := u[:]
+	hex.Encode(buf[0:8], src[0:4])
+	buf[8] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(buf[9:13], src[4:6])
+	buf[13] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(buf[14:18], src[6:8])
+	buf[18] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(buf[19:23], src[8:10])
+	buf[23] = '-'
+	hex.Encode(buf[24:], src[10:])
+	return string(buf)
+}
+
+func (u UUID) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	return u.String(), nil
+}
+
+func (u *UUID) Scan(src interface{}) error {
+	switch src := src.(type) {
+	case UUID: // support gorm convert from UUID to NullUUID
+		*u = src
+		return nil
+	case []byte:
+		*u = FromBytes(src)
+		return nil
+	case string:
+		*u = FromString(src)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("uuid: cannot convert %T to UUID", src)
+}
+
+func (u *NullUUID) Scan(src interface{}) error {
+	u.Valid = true
+	return u.UUID.Scan(src)
+}
+
 func TestFieldSet(t *testing.T) {
 	type TestFieldSetNullUUID struct {
-		NullUUID uuid.NullUUID
+		NullUUID NullUUID
 	}
 	scope := DB.NewScope(&TestFieldSetNullUUID{})
 	field := scope.Fields()[0]
-	err := field.Set(uuid.FromStringOrNil("3034d44a-da03-11e8-b366-4a00070b9f00"))
+	err := field.Set(FromString("3034d44a-da03-11e8-b366-4a00070b9f00"))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if id, ok := field.Field.Addr().Interface().(*uuid.NullUUID); !ok {
+	if id, ok := field.Field.Addr().Interface().(*NullUUID); !ok {
 		t.Fatal()
 	} else if !id.Valid || id.UUID.String() != "3034d44a-da03-11e8-b366-4a00070b9f00" {
 		t.Fatal(id)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f675334d..024f73ca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.0.0-20190204142019-df6d76eb9289
 	github.com/erikstmartin/go-testdb v0.0.0-20160219214506-8d10e4a1bae5
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.1
-	github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v0.0.0-20180308033659-04140366298a
 	github.com/jinzhu/now v1.0.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.10.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 25f61146..894ee21b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeME
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.1.1/go.mod h1:U7qILu1NlMHj9FlMhZLlkCdDnU1DBEAqr0aevW3Awn0=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.1 h1:g24URVg0OFbNUTx9qqY1IRZ9D9z3iPyi5zKhQZpNwpA=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.4.1/go.mod h1:zAC/RDZ24gD3HViQzih4MyKcchzm+sOG5ZlKdlhCg5w=
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible h1:y12jRkkFxsd7GpqdSZ+/KCs/fJbqpEXSGd4+jfEaewE=
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7/go.mod h1:tluoj9z5200jBnyusfRPU2LqT6J+DAorxEvtC7LHB+E=
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfb
 github.com/golang/mock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0 h1:+dTQ8DZQJz0Mb/HjFlkptS1FeQ4cWSnN941F8aEG4SQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:zLgOLi98H3fifZn+44m+umXrS52loVEgC2AApnigrVQ=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ google.golang.org/api v0.1.0/go.mod h1:UGEZY7KEX120AnNLIHFMKIo4obdJhkp2tPbaPlQx1
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.2.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.3.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180831171423-11092d34479b/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20181029155118-b69ba1387ce2/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
diff --git a/model_struct.go b/model_struct.go
index a1e6c0e2..f646910a 100644
--- a/model_struct.go
+++ b/model_struct.go
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ func (scope *Scope) GetStructFields() (fields []*StructField) {
 func parseTagSetting(tags reflect.StructTag) map[string]string {
 	setting := map[string]string{}
 	for _, str := range []string{tags.Get("sql"), tags.Get("gorm")} {
+		if str == "" {
+			continue
+		}
 		tags := strings.Split(str, ";")
 		for _, value := range tags {
 			v := strings.Split(value, ":")