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diff --git a/util/random.lua b/util/random.lua
index 4963e98c..574e2e1c 100644
--- a/util/random.lua
+++ b/util/random.lua
@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@
 -- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
 --
 
-local urandom = assert(io.open("/dev/urandom", "r+"));
+local ok, crand = pcall(require, "util.crand");
+if ok then return crand; end
 
-local function seed(x)
-	urandom:write(x);
-	urandom:flush();
+local urandom, urandom_err = io.open("/dev/urandom", "r");
+
+local function seed()
 end
 
 local function bytes(n)
 	return urandom:read(n);
 end
 
+if not urandom then
+	function bytes()
+		error("Unable to obtain a secure random number generator, please see https://prosody.im/doc/random ("..urandom_err..")");
+	end
+end
+
 return {
 	seed = seed;
 	bytes = bytes;