diff --git a/src/cfgfile.c b/src/cfgfile.c
index 41359bd6..dce09ae9 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.c
+++ b/src/cfgfile.c
@@ -664,6 +664,15 @@ listener_t *config_clear_listener(listener_t *listener)
     return next;
 }
 
+static void config_clear_prng_seed(prng_seed_config_t *seed)
+{
+    while (seed) {
+        prng_seed_config_t *next = seed->next;
+        if (seed->filename) xmlFree(seed->filename);
+        seed = next;
+    }
+}
+
 void config_clear(ice_config_t *c)
 {
     mount_proxy         *mount,
@@ -729,6 +738,8 @@ void config_clear(ice_config_t *c)
 
     refobject_unref(c->reportxml_db);
 
+    config_clear_prng_seed(c->prng_seed);
+
     memset(c, 0, sizeof(ice_config_t));
 }
 
@@ -2525,6 +2536,38 @@ static void _parse_security(xmlDocPtr       doc,
                }
            } while((node = node->next));
            node = oldnode;
+       } else if (xmlStrcmp(node->name, XMLSTR("prng-seed")) == 0) {
+           tmp = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, node->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+           if (tmp) {
+               prng_seed_config_t *seed = calloc(1, sizeof(prng_seed_config_t));
+               seed->filename = tmp;
+               seed->type = PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_ONCE;
+               seed->size = -1;
+
+               tmp = (char *)xmlGetProp(node, XMLSTR("type"));
+               if (tmp) {
+                   if (strcmp(tmp, "read-once") == 0) {
+                       seed->type = PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_ONCE;
+                   } else if (strcmp(tmp, "read-write") == 0) {
+                       seed->type = PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_WRITE;
+                   } else if (strcmp(tmp, "device") == 0) {
+                       seed->type = PRNG_SEED_TYPE_DEVICE;
+                   } else {
+                       ICECAST_LOG_WARN("Unknown type for <prng-seed>: %s", tmp);
+                   }
+                   xmlFree(tmp);
+               }
+
+               tmp = (char *)xmlGetProp(node, XMLSTR("size"));
+               if (tmp) {
+                   seed->size = atoi(tmp);
+                   xmlFree(tmp);
+               }
+
+               if (configuration->prng_seed)
+                   seed->next = configuration->prng_seed;
+               configuration->prng_seed = seed;
+           }
        }
    } while ((node = node->next));
 }
diff --git a/src/cfgfile.h b/src/cfgfile.h
index 3d383a60..8167275a 100644
--- a/src/cfgfile.h
+++ b/src/cfgfile.h
@@ -201,6 +201,20 @@ typedef struct {
     relay_config_upstream_t upstream_default;
 } relay_config_t;
 
+typedef enum {
+    PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_ONCE,
+    PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_WRITE,
+    PRNG_SEED_TYPE_DEVICE
+} prng_seed_type_t;
+
+typedef struct prng_seed_config_tag prng_seed_config_t;
+struct prng_seed_config_tag {
+    char *filename;
+    prng_seed_type_t type;
+    ssize_t size;
+    prng_seed_config_t *next;
+};
+
 struct ice_config_tag {
     char *config_filename;
 
@@ -259,6 +273,7 @@ struct ice_config_tag {
     char *allowfile;
     char *webroot_dir;
     char *adminroot_dir;
+    prng_seed_config_t *prng_seed;
     resource_t *resources;
     reportxml_database_t *reportxml_db;
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f121da54..69d96a0a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static void shutdown_subsystems(void)
 
     connection_shutdown();
     tls_shutdown();
+    prng_deconfigure();
     config_shutdown();
     resolver_shutdown();
     sock_shutdown();
diff --git a/src/prng.c b/src/prng.c
index 859ab725..e51d822c 100644
--- a/src/prng.c
+++ b/src/prng.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "prng.h"
 #include "digest.h"
+#include "cfgfile.h"
 
 #include "logging.h"
 #define CATMODULE "prng"
@@ -95,10 +96,34 @@ void prng_shutdown(void)
 
 void prng_configure(ice_config_t *config)
 {
+    prng_seed_config_t *seed = config->prng_seed;
+
     if (!initialized)
         return;
 
-    // no-op at the moment.
+    while (seed) {
+        prng_read_file(seed->filename, seed->size);
+        seed = seed->next;
+    }
+}
+
+void prng_deconfigure(void)
+{
+    ice_config_t *config;
+    prng_seed_config_t *seed;
+
+    if (!initialized)
+        return;
+
+    config = config_get_config();
+    seed = config->prng_seed;
+    while (seed) {
+        if (seed->type == PRNG_SEED_TYPE_READ_WRITE) {
+            prng_write_file(seed->filename, seed->size);
+        }
+        seed = seed->next;
+    }
+    config_release_config();
 }
 
 void prng_write(const void *buffer, size_t len)
diff --git a/src/prng.h b/src/prng.h
index d79057c4..a462cb2a 100644
--- a/src/prng.h
+++ b/src/prng.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 void prng_initialize(void);
 void prng_shutdown(void);
 void prng_configure(ice_config_t *config);
+void prng_deconfigure(void);
 
 void prng_write(const void *buffer, size_t len);
 ssize_t prng_read(void *buffer, size_t len);