diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4350d8baf5..6bcb477ba4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ util-host-os-info.c util-host-os-info.h \
 util-rule-vars.c util-rule-vars.h \
 util-fix_checksum.c util-fix_checksum.h \
 util-daemon.c util-daemon.h \
+util-random.c util-random.h \
 tm-modules.c tm-modules.h \
 tm-queues.c tm-queues.h \
 tm-queuehandlers.c tm-queuehandlers.h \
diff --git a/src/defrag.c b/src/defrag.c
index 428dc64580..66c3d39880 100644
--- a/src/defrag.c
+++ b/src/defrag.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "util-print.h"
 #include "util-debug.h"
 #include "util-fix_checksum.h"
+#include "util-random.h"
 
 #ifdef UNITTESTS
 #include "util-unittest.h"
@@ -1266,9 +1267,9 @@ void
 DefragInit(void)
 {
     /* Initialize random value for hashing and hash table size. */
-    unsigned int seed = TimeRandPreseed();
+    unsigned int seed = RandomTimePreseed();
     /* set defaults */
-    defrag_hash_rand = (int)( DEFAULT_DEFRAG_HASH_SIZE * (rand_r(&seed) / RAND_MAX + 1.0)) ; /* XXX seed rand */
+    defrag_hash_rand = (int)( DEFAULT_DEFRAG_HASH_SIZE * (rand_r(&seed) / RAND_MAX + 1.0));
 
     defrag_hash_size = DEFAULT_DEFRAG_HASH_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/src/flow.c b/src/flow.c
index c4cb34d61e..9663aa5a0f 100644
--- a/src/flow.c
+++ b/src/flow.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "tm-modules.h"
 #include "tm-threads.h"
 
+#include "util-random.h"
 #include "util-time.h"
 
 #include "flow.h"
@@ -436,9 +437,9 @@ void FlowInitConfig (char quiet)
     }
     SCMutexInit(&flow_memuse_mutex, NULL);
 
-    unsigned int seed = TimeRandPreseed();
+    unsigned int seed = RandomTimePreseed();
     /* set defaults */
-    flow_config.hash_rand   = (int)( FLOW_DEFAULT_HASHSIZE * (rand_r(&seed) / RAND_MAX + 1.0)) ; /* XXX seed rand */
+    flow_config.hash_rand   = (int)( FLOW_DEFAULT_HASHSIZE * (rand_r(&seed) / RAND_MAX + 1.0));
 
     flow_config.hash_size   = FLOW_DEFAULT_HASHSIZE;
     flow_config.memcap      = FLOW_DEFAULT_MEMCAP;
diff --git a/src/util-random.c b/src/util-random.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..210071b43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util-random.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/** \file
+  * \author Pablo Rincon <pablo.rincon.crespo@gmail.com>
+  */
+
+#include "suricata-common.h"
+#include "detect.h"
+#include "threads.h"
+#include "util-debug.h"
+
+/**
+ * \brief create a seed number to pass to rand() , rand_r(), and similars
+ * \retval seed for rand()
+ */
+unsigned int RandomTimePreseed(void) {
+    /* preseed rand() */
+    time_t now = time ( 0 );
+    unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)&now;
+    unsigned seed = 0;
+    size_t ind;
+
+    for ( ind = 0; ind < sizeof now; ind++ )
+      seed = seed * ( UCHAR_MAX + 2U ) + p[ind];
+
+    return seed;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util-random.h b/src/util-random.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0714fa0974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util-random.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __UTIL_RANDOM_H__
+#define __UTIL_RANDOM_H__
+
+unsigned int RandomTimePreseed(void);
+
+#endif /* __UTIL_RANDOM_H__ */
+
diff --git a/src/util-time.c b/src/util-time.c
index 5646baa6af..f789cc895a 100644
--- a/src/util-time.c
+++ b/src/util-time.c
@@ -79,19 +79,3 @@ void TimeSetIncrementTime(uint32_t tv_sec) {
     TimeSet(&tv);
 }
 
-/**
- * \brief create a seed number to pass to rand() , rand_r(), and similars
- */
-unsigned int TimeRandPreseed(void) {
-    /* preseed rand() */
-    time_t now = time ( 0 );
-    unsigned char *p = (unsigned char *)&now;
-    unsigned seed = 0;
-    size_t ind;
-
-    for ( ind = 0; ind < sizeof now; ind++ )
-      seed = seed * ( UCHAR_MAX + 2U ) + p[ind];
-
-    return seed;
-}
-
diff --git a/src/util-time.h b/src/util-time.h
index 82f145907e..5597e700e2 100644
--- a/src/util-time.h
+++ b/src/util-time.h
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ void TimeSetIncrementTime(uint32_t);
 void TimeModeSetLive(void);
 void TimeModeSetOffline (void);
 
-unsigned int TimeRandPreseed(void);
-
 #endif /* __UTIL_TIME_H__ */