diff --git a/MarkovBot.pl b/MarkovBot.pl
index 4c55f38..8a67915 100644
--- a/MarkovBot.pl
+++ b/MarkovBot.pl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use MarkovBot::Commands;
 use MarkovBot::MarkovChain;
 use MarkovBot::Redis;
 use Encode qw(encode decode);
+use if (config("rng") eq "mt"), "Math::Random::MT::Perl" => qw(rand);
 
 sub said {
   my $self = shift;
diff --git a/MarkovBot/MarkovChain.pm b/MarkovBot/MarkovChain.pm
index 8ea6225..fdf3ddb 100644
--- a/MarkovBot/MarkovChain.pm
+++ b/MarkovBot/MarkovChain.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use lib $Bin;
 use MarkovBot::Config;
 use MarkovBot::Redis;
 use Encode qw(decode encode);
+use if (config("rng") eq "mt"), "Math::Random::MT::Perl" => qw(rand);
 
 sub markov( $ ) {
   # markov - given two starting words, returns a markov chain result
diff --git a/config.default.yml b/config.default.yml
index 4887c5b..e9dbd6f 100644
--- a/config.default.yml
+++ b/config.default.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ irc_port: 6697
 irc_channel: "#baz"
 irc_nickname: shithead-ng
 irc_nickname2: shithead
+
+#
+# RNG to use
+# This can be "rand" for perl's built in rand() function
+# Or "mt" to use the Math::Random::MT::Perl module (recommended)
+#
+rng: rand
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 6fd8e7b..62ed3b5 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ requires "YAML::Tiny" => "0";
 requires "POE::Component::SSLify" => "0";
 requires "Scalar::Util" => "0";
 requires "Encode" => "0";
+requires "if" => "0";
+
+recommends "Math::Random::MT::Perl" => "0";