diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e9ca3f..8b21b97 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ check_compile 'whether we have pipe2() and O_CLOEXEC' "-DHAVE_PIPE2" \
 check_compile 'whether we have SOCK_CLOEXEC' "-DHAVE_SOCK_CLOEXEC" \
 '#define _GNU_SOURCE\n#include <sys/socket.h>\nint main() {\nreturn socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);}'
 
+check_compile 'whether we have clock_gettime' "-DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME" \
+'#define _GNU_SOURCE\n#include <time.h>\nint main() {\nstruct timespec now;clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now);\nreturn now.tv_sec ^ now.tv_nsec;}'
+
 check_define __APPLE__ && {
 	mac_detected=true
 	check_define __x86_64__ && mac_64=true
diff --git a/src/libproxychains.c b/src/libproxychains.c
index a3509c9..b67ce83 100644
--- a/src/libproxychains.c
+++ b/src/libproxychains.c
@@ -127,8 +127,18 @@ static void setup_hooks(void) {
 static int close_fds[16];
 static int close_fds_cnt = 0;
 
+static unsigned get_rand_seed(void) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+	struct timespec now;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &now);
+	return now.tv_sec ^ now.tv_nsec;
+#else
+	return time(NULL);
+#endif
+}
+
 static void do_init(void) {
-	srand(time(NULL));
+	srand(get_rand_seed());
 	core_initialize();
 
 	/* read the config file */