diff --git a/include/sys/random.h b/include/sys/random.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ee7bf2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sys/random.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _SYS_RANDOM_H
+#define _SYS_RANDOM_H
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define __NEED_size_t
+#define __NEED_ssize_t
+#include <bits/alltypes.h>
+
+#define GRND_NONBLOCK	0x0001
+#define GRND_RANDOM	0x0002
+
+ssize_t getrandom(void *, size_t, unsigned);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/src/linux/getrandom.c b/src/linux/getrandom.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cc6f6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/linux/getrandom.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#include "syscall.h"
+
+ssize_t getrandom(void *buf, size_t buflen, unsigned flags)
+{
+	return syscall_cp(SYS_getrandom, buf, buflen, flags);
+}