diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/arma_rng.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/arma_rng.hpp
index 3846cfb8..66fcfba3 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/arma_rng.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/arma_rng.hpp
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ struct arma_rng::randg
       std::mt19937_64                 local_engine;
       std::gamma_distribution<double> local_g_distr(a,b);
       
-      local_engine.seed( local_seed_type(std::rand()) );
+      local_engine.seed( local_seed_type(arma_rng::randi<local_seed_type>()) );
       
       for(uword i=0; i<N; ++i)  { mem[i] = eT(local_g_distr(local_engine)); }
       }