diff --git a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
index 6083b7901f5..b639f998b5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qpdf/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=qpdf
 version=5.1.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-random=/dev/urandom"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="pcre-devel"
 short_desc="A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System"
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ libqpdf_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
 	}
 }
-
 libqpdf-devel_package() {
 	depends="libqpdf>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"