diff --git a/examples/sqlalchemy.py b/examples/sqlalchemy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..675b209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+from sqlalchemy import types
+from typeid import TypeID, from_uuid
+
+
+class TypeIDType(types.TypeDecorator):
+	impl = types.Uuid
+
+	cache_ok = True
+
+	prefix: Optional[str]
+
+	def __init__(self, prefix: Optional[str], *args, **kwargs):
+		self.prefix = prefix
+		super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+	def process_bind_param(self, value: TypeID, dialect):
+		if self.prefix is None:
+			assert value.prefix is None
+		else:
+			assert value.prefix == self.prefix
+
+		return value.uuid
+
+	def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+		return from_uuid(value, self.prefix)
+
+
diff --git a/typeid/typeid.py b/typeid/typeid.py
index 3ff3fb7..ba1ce4c 100644
--- a/typeid/typeid.py
+++ b/typeid/typeid.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ def suffix(self) -> str:
     def prefix(self) -> str:
         return self._prefix
 
+    @property
+    def uuid(self) -> UUID:
+        return _convert_b32_to_uuid(self.suffix)
+
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         value = ""
         if self.prefix:
@@ -69,3 +73,7 @@ def get_prefix_and_suffix(string: str) -> tuple:
 
 def _convert_uuid_to_b32(uuid_instance: UUID) -> str:
     return base32.encode(list(uuid_instance.bytes))
+
+
+def _convert_b32_to_uuid(b32: str) -> UUID:
+    return UUID(bytes=bytes(base32.decode(b32)))