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-rw-r--r--src/libstd/sys/unix/rand.rs7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/rand.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/rand.rs
index 77f1439e17b..71c62461ee9 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/rand.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/rand.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ mod imp {
                 let err = errno() as libc::c_int;
                 if err == libc::EINTR {
                     continue;
-                } else if err == libc::ENOSYS {
+                } else if err == libc::ENOSYS || err == libc::EPERM {
+                    // Fall back to reading /dev/urandom if `getrandom` is not
+                    // supported on the current kernel.
+                    //
+                    // Also fall back in case it is disabled by something like
+                    // seccomp or inside of virtual machines.
                     GETRANDOM_UNAVAILABLE.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
                     return false;
                 } else if err == libc::EAGAIN {