diff --git a/extmod/modbluetooth.c b/extmod/modbluetooth.c
index 3c00d5c1b..1b9888844 100644
--- a/extmod/modbluetooth.c
+++ b/extmod/modbluetooth.c
@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t bluetooth_uuid_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args
         if (value > 65535) {
             mp_raise_ValueError("invalid UUID");
         }
-        self->uuid._16 = value;
+        self->data[0] = value & 0xff;
+        self->data[1] = (value >> 8) & 0xff;
     } else {
         self->type = MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128;
-        mp_bluetooth_parse_uuid_128bit_str(all_args[0], self->uuid._128);
+        mp_bluetooth_parse_uuid_128bit_str(all_args[0], self->data);
     }
 
     return self;
@@ -135,41 +136,39 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t bluetooth_uuid_unary_op(mp_unary_op_t op, mp_obj_t self_in) {
     mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
     switch (op) {
         case MP_UNARY_OP_HASH: {
-            if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16) {
-                return mp_unary_op(MP_UNARY_OP_HASH, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(self->uuid._16));
-
-            } else if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32) {
-                return mp_unary_op(MP_UNARY_OP_HASH, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(self->uuid._32));
-
-            } else if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128) {
-                return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(qstr_compute_hash(self->uuid._128, sizeof(self->uuid._128)));
-            }
-            return MP_OBJ_NULL;
+            // Use the QSTR hash function.
+            return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(qstr_compute_hash(self->data, self->type));
         }
         default: return MP_OBJ_NULL; // op not supported
     }
 }
 
-
 STATIC void bluetooth_uuid_print(const mp_print_t *print, mp_obj_t self_in, mp_print_kind_t kind) {
     mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
-
-    if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16) {
-        mp_printf(print, "UUID16(0x%04x)", self->uuid._16);
-    } else if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32) {
-        mp_printf(print, "UUID32(0x%08x)", self->uuid._32);
-    } else if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128) {
-        mp_printf(print, "UUID128('");
-        for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
-            mp_printf(print, "%02x", self->uuid._128[15-i]);
-            if (i == 3 || i == 5 || i == 7 || i == 9) {
-                mp_printf(print, "-");
-            }
+    mp_printf(print, "UUID%u(%s", self->type * 8, self->type <= 4 ? "0x" : "'");
+    for (int i = 0; i < self->type; ++i) {
+        if (i == 4 || i == 6 || i == 8 || i == 10) {
+            mp_printf(print, "-");
         }
-        mp_printf(print, "')");
-    } else {
-        mp_printf(print, "UUID?(%d)", self->type);
+        mp_printf(print, "%02x", self->data[self->type - 1 - i]);
     }
+    if (self->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128) {
+        mp_printf(print, "'");
+    }
+    mp_printf(print, ")");
+}
+
+mp_int_t bluetooth_uuid_get_buffer(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_buffer_info_t *bufinfo, mp_uint_t flags) {
+    mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
+
+    if (flags != MP_BUFFER_READ) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    bufinfo->buf = self->data;
+    bufinfo->len = self->type;
+    bufinfo->typecode = 'B';
+    return 0;
 }
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_ENABLE_CENTRAL_MODE
@@ -177,19 +176,8 @@ STATIC void bluetooth_uuid_print(const mp_print_t *print, mp_obj_t self_in, mp_p
 STATIC void ringbuf_put_uuid(ringbuf_t *ringbuf, mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *uuid) {
     assert(ringbuf_free(ringbuf) >= uuid->type + 1);
     ringbuf_put(ringbuf, uuid->type);
-    switch (uuid->type) {
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16:
-            ringbuf_put16(ringbuf, uuid->uuid._16);
-            break;
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32:
-            ringbuf_put16(ringbuf, uuid->uuid._32 >> 16);
-            ringbuf_put16(ringbuf, uuid->uuid._32 & 0xffff);
-            break;
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128:
-            for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
-                ringbuf_put(ringbuf, uuid->uuid._128[i]);
-            }
-            break;
+    for (int i = 0; i < uuid->type; ++i) {
+        ringbuf_put(ringbuf, uuid->data[i]);
     }
 }
 
@@ -197,21 +185,8 @@ STATIC void ringbuf_get_uuid(ringbuf_t *ringbuf, mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *uuid)
     assert(ringbuf_avail(ringbuf) >= 1);
     uuid->type = ringbuf_get(ringbuf);
     assert(ringbuf_avail(ringbuf) >= uuid->type);
-    uint16_t h, l;
-    switch (uuid->type) {
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16:
-            uuid->uuid._16 = ringbuf_get16(ringbuf);
-            break;
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32:
-            h = ringbuf_get16(ringbuf);
-            l = ringbuf_get16(ringbuf);
-            uuid->uuid._32 = (h << 16) | l;
-            break;
-        case MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128:
-            for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
-                uuid->uuid._128[i] = ringbuf_get(ringbuf);
-            }
-            break;
+    for (int i = 0; i < uuid->type; ++i) {
+        uuid->data[i] = ringbuf_get(ringbuf);
     }
 }
 #endif // MICROPY_PY_BLUETOOTH_ENABLE_CENTRAL_MODE
@@ -223,6 +198,7 @@ STATIC const mp_obj_type_t bluetooth_uuid_type = {
     .unary_op = bluetooth_uuid_unary_op,
     .locals_dict = NULL,
     .print = bluetooth_uuid_print,
+    .buffer_p = { .get_buffer = bluetooth_uuid_get_buffer },
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/extmod/modbluetooth.h b/extmod/modbluetooth.h
index f7284a43e..e99641e8f 100644
--- a/extmod/modbluetooth.h
+++ b/extmod/modbluetooth.h
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ _IRQ_ALL                             = const(0xffff)
 
 // Common UUID type.
 // Ports are expected to map this to their own internal UUID types.
+// Internally the UUID data is little-endian, but the user should only
+// ever see this if they use the buffer protocol, e.g. in order to
+// construct an advertising payload (which needs to be in LE).
+// Both the constructor and the print function work in BE.
 typedef struct {
     mp_obj_base_t base;
     uint8_t type;
-    union {
-        uint16_t _16;
-        uint32_t _32;
-        uint8_t _128[16];
-    } uuid;
+    uint8_t data[16];
 } mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t;
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@ typedef struct {
 // Any method returning an int returns errno on failure, otherwise zero.
 
 // Note: All methods dealing with addresses (as 6-byte uint8 pointers) are in big-endian format.
-// (i.e. the same way they would be printed on a device sticker or in a UI).
-// This means that the lower level implementation might need to reorder them (e.g. Nimble works in little-endian)
+// (i.e. the same way they would be printed on a device sticker or in a UI), so the user sees
+// addresses in a way that looks like what they'd expect.
+// This means that the lower level implementation will likely need to reorder them (e.g. Nimble
+// works in little-endian, as does BLE itself).
 
 // Enables the Bluetooth stack.
 int mp_bluetooth_init(void);
diff --git a/extmod/modbluetooth_nimble.c b/extmod/modbluetooth_nimble.c
index 131b73574..c09f1cd2d 100644
--- a/extmod/modbluetooth_nimble.c
+++ b/extmod/modbluetooth_nimble.c
@@ -87,21 +87,22 @@ STATIC int ble_hs_err_to_errno(int err) {
     }
 }
 
+// Note: modbluetooth UUIDs store their data in LE.
 STATIC ble_uuid_t* create_nimble_uuid(const mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t *uuid) {
     if (uuid->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16) {
         ble_uuid16_t *result = m_new(ble_uuid16_t, 1);
         result->u.type = BLE_UUID_TYPE_16;
-        result->value = uuid->uuid._16;
+        result->value = (uuid->data[1] << 8) | uuid->data[0];
         return (ble_uuid_t*)result;
     } else if (uuid->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32) {
         ble_uuid32_t *result = m_new(ble_uuid32_t, 1);
         result->u.type = BLE_UUID_TYPE_32;
-        result->value = uuid->uuid._32;
+        result->value = (uuid->data[1] << 24) | (uuid->data[1] << 16) | (uuid->data[1] << 8) | uuid->data[0];
         return (ble_uuid_t*)result;
     } else if (uuid->type == MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128) {
         ble_uuid128_t *result = m_new(ble_uuid128_t, 1);
         result->u.type = BLE_UUID_TYPE_128;
-        memcpy(result->value, uuid->uuid._128, 16);
+        memcpy(result->value, uuid->data, 16);
         return (ble_uuid_t*)result;
     } else {
         return NULL;
@@ -115,15 +116,19 @@ STATIC mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t create_mp_uuid(const ble_uuid_any_t *uuid) {
     switch (uuid->u.type) {
         case BLE_UUID_TYPE_16:
             result.type = MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_16;
-            result.uuid._16 = uuid->u16.value;
+            result.data[0] = uuid->u16.value & 0xff;
+            result.data[1] = (uuid->u16.value << 8) & 0xff;
             break;
         case BLE_UUID_TYPE_32:
             result.type = MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_32;
-            result.uuid._32 = uuid->u32.value;
+            result.data[0] = uuid->u32.value & 0xff;
+            result.data[1] = (uuid->u32.value << 8) & 0xff;
+            result.data[2] = (uuid->u32.value << 16) & 0xff;
+            result.data[3] = (uuid->u32.value << 24) & 0xff;
             break;
         case BLE_UUID_TYPE_128:
             result.type = MP_BLUETOOTH_UUID_TYPE_128;
-            memcpy(result.uuid._128, uuid->u128.value, 16);
+            memcpy(result.data, uuid->u128.value, 16);
             break;
         default:
             assert(false);
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_bluetooth_uuid_t create_mp_uuid(const ble_uuid_any_t *uuid) {
     return result;
 }
 
-// modbluetooth (and the layers above it) work in BE addresses, Nimble works in LE.
+// modbluetooth (and the layers above it) work in BE for addresses, Nimble works in LE.
 STATIC void reverse_addr_byte_order(uint8_t *addr_out, const uint8_t *addr_in) {
     for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {
         addr_out[i] = addr_in[5-i];