diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index c4ae921..4474e79 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 extern void _PyUnicode_Fini(void);
 extern int _PyLong_Init(void);
 extern void PyLong_Fini(void);
+extern void _PyRandom_Init(void);
 
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
 extern void _PyGILState_Init(PyInterpreterState *, PyThreadState *);
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
 int Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag; /* e.g. PYTHONPATH, PYTHONHOME */
 int Py_NoUserSiteDirectory = 0; /* for -s and site.py */
 int Py_UnbufferedStdioFlag = 0; /* Unbuffered binary std{in,out,err} */
+int Py_HashRandomizationFlag = 0; /* for -R and PYTHONHASHSEED */
 
 /* PyModule_GetWarningsModule is no longer necessary as of 2.6
 since _warnings is builtin.  This API should not be used. */
@@ -195,6 +197,12 @@
         Py_OptimizeFlag = add_flag(Py_OptimizeFlag, p);
     if ((p = Py_GETENV("PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE")) && *p != '\0')
         Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag = add_flag(Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag, p);
+    /* The variable is only tested for existence here; _PyRandom_Init will
+       check its value further. */
+    if ((p = Py_GETENV("PYTHONHASHSEED")) && *p != '\0')
+        Py_HashRandomizationFlag = add_flag(Py_HashRandomizationFlag, p);
+
+    _PyRandom_Init();
 
     interp = PyInterpreterState_New();
     if (interp == NULL)