diff --git a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
index a42fe8aa9..e03a6e424 100644
--- a/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/bt_peer_connection.cpp
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			// in anonymous mode, every peer connection
 			// has a unique peer-id
 			for (int i = 0; i < 20; ++i)
-				*ptr++ = rand();
+				*ptr++ = random();
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp b/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
index 9644b97bd..2e15566a9 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/rpc_manager.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 
 #include <libtorrent/io.hpp>
+#include <libtorrent/random.hpp>
 #include <libtorrent/invariant_check.hpp>
 #include <libtorrent/kademlia/node_id.hpp> // for generate_random_id
 #include <libtorrent/kademlia/rpc_manager.hpp>
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ bool rpc_manager::invoke(entry& e, udp::endpoint target_addr
 	std::string transaction_id;
 	transaction_id.resize(2);
 	char* out = &transaction_id[0];
-	int tid = rand() ^ (rand() << 5);
+	int tid = random() ^ (random() << 5);
 	io::write_uint16(tid, out);
 	e["t"] = transaction_id;