diff --git a/daemon/worker.c b/daemon/worker.c
index 627f4104d..7024164f2 100644
--- a/daemon/worker.c
+++ b/daemon/worker.c
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ worker_init(struct worker* worker, struct config_file *cfg,
 	seed = (unsigned int)time(NULL) ^ (unsigned int)getpid() ^
 		(((unsigned int)worker->thread_num)<<17);
 		/* shift thread_num so it does not match out pid bits */
-	if(!(worker->rndstate = ub_initstate(seed, NULL))) {
+	if(!(worker->rndstate = ub_initstate(seed, worker->daemon->rand))) {
 		seed = 0;
 		log_err("could not init random numbers.");
 		worker_delete(worker);
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 9963c0032..1492a023c 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4 November 2010: Wouter
+	- Use central entropy to seed threads.
+
 3 November 2010: Wouter
 	- Change the rtt used to probe EDNS-timeout hosts to 1000 msec.