diff --git a/src/ngircd/ngircd.c b/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
index 74a99880..4cac909d 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/ngircd.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static void Pidfile_Delete PARAMS(( void ));
 
 static void Fill_Version PARAMS(( void ));
 
+static void Random_Init PARAMS(( void ));
+
 static void Setup_FDStreams PARAMS(( int fd ));
 
 static bool NGIRCd_Init PARAMS(( bool ));
@@ -262,6 +264,8 @@ main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
 		NGIRCd_SignalRestart = false;
 		NGIRCd_SignalQuit = false;
 
+		Random_Init();
+
 		/* Initialize modules, part I */
 		Log_Init( ! NGIRCd_NoDaemon );
 		Conf_Init( );
@@ -289,8 +293,6 @@ main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		srandom(getpid());
-
 		/* Create protocol and server identification. The syntax
 		 * used by ngIRCd in PASS commands and the known "extended
 		 * flags" are described in doc/Protocol.txt. */
@@ -564,6 +566,37 @@ NGIRCd_getNobodyID(uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid )
 } /* NGIRCd_getNobodyID */
 
 
+static bool
+Random_Init_Kern(const char *file)
+{
+	unsigned int seed;
+	bool ret = false;
+	int fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		if (read(fd, &seed, sizeof(seed)) == sizeof(seed))
+			ret = true;
+		close(fd);
+		srandom(seed);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initialize libc random(3) number generator
+ */
+static void
+Random_Init(void)
+{
+	if (Random_Init_Kern("/dev/urandom"))
+		return;
+	if (Random_Init_Kern("/dev/random"))
+		return;
+	if (Random_Init_Kern("/dev/arandom"))
+		return;
+	srandom(random() ^ getpid() ^ time(NULL));
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Initialize ngIRCd daemon.
  *
diff --git a/src/ngircd/proc.c b/src/ngircd/proc.c
index aace8053..557543c2 100644
--- a/src/ngircd/proc.c
+++ b/src/ngircd/proc.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ GLOBAL pid_t
 Proc_Fork(PROC_STAT *proc, int *pipefds, void (*cbfunc)(int, short), int timeout)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
+	unsigned int seed;
 
 	assert(proc != NULL);
 	assert(pipefds != NULL);
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ Proc_Fork(PROC_STAT *proc, int *pipefds, void (*cbfunc)(int, short), int timeout
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	seed = random();
 	pid = fork();
 	switch (pid) {
 	case -1:
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ Proc_Fork(PROC_STAT *proc, int *pipefds, void (*cbfunc)(int, short), int timeout
 		return -1;
 	case 0:
 		/* New child process: */
+		srandom(seed ^ time(NULL) ^ getpid());
 		Signals_Exit();
 		signal(SIGTERM, Proc_GenericSignalHandler);
 		signal(SIGALRM, Proc_GenericSignalHandler);