diff --git a/test/main.cpp b/test/main.cpp
index b4c6dbf23..4538a0981 100644
--- a/test/main.cpp
+++ b/test/main.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ using namespace libtorrent;
 
 int main()
 {
+	srand(total_microseconds(time_now_hires() - min_time()));
 #ifdef O_NONBLOCK
 	// on darwin, stdout is set to non-blocking mode by default
 	// which sometimes causes tests to fail with EAGAIN just