diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Process.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
index d796b7906d37..91b92788f2ce 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===- llvm/Support/Process.h ------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//===- llvm/Support/Process.h -----------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
 //
 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
 //
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ namespace sys {
 
       /// Resets the terminals colors, or returns an escape sequence to do so.
       static const char *ResetColor();
+
+      /// Get the result of a process wide random number generator. The
+      /// generator will be automatically seeded in non-deterministic fashion.
+      static unsigned GetRandomNumber();
     /// @}
   };
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Process.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/Process.cpp
index 88ca7c3f220f..c65cb454046b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Process.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Process.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ using namespace sys;
 //===          independent code.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+unsigned llvm::sys::Process::GetRandomNumber() {
+#if defined(HAVE_ARC4RANDOM)
+  return arc4random();
+#else
+  static int x = (::srand(::time(NULL)), 0);
+  return rand();
+#endif
+}
+
 }
 
 // Include the platform-specific parts of this class.