diff --git a/ssh-pkcs11-helper.c b/ssh-pkcs11-helper.c
index 1684ab0..54786c6 100644
--- a/ssh-pkcs11-helper.c
+++ b/ssh-pkcs11-helper.c
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@
 	extern char *optarg;
 	extern char *__progname;
 
+	init_rng();
+	seed_rng();
 	__progname = ssh_get_progname(argv[0]);
 
 	log_init(__progname, log_level, log_facility, log_stderr);