diff -up libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/random-fips.c.cfgrandom libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/random-fips.c
--- libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/random-fips.c.cfgrandom	2011-07-21 14:50:34.000000000 +0200
+++ libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/random-fips.c	2011-07-21 14:50:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
    There are 3 random context which map to the different levels of
    random quality:
 
-   Generator                Seed and Key        Kernel entropy (init/reseed)
-   ------------------------------------------------------------
-   GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM  /dev/random         256/128 bits
-   GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM       /dev/random         256/128 bits
+   Generator                Seed and Key                      Kernel entropy (init/reseed)
+   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+   GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM  /etc/gcrypt/rngseed+/dev/urandom  256/128 bits
+   GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM       /etc/gcrypt/rngseed+/dev/urandom  256/128 bits
    gcry_create_nonce        GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM  n/a
 
    All random generators return their data in 128 bit blocks.  If the
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@
    (SEED_TTL) output blocks; the re-seeding is disabled in test mode.
 
    The GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM and GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM generators are
-   keyed and seeded from the /dev/random device.  Thus these
-   generators may block until the kernel has collected enough entropy.
+   keyed and seeded with data that is loaded from the /etc/gcrypt/rngseed
+   if the device or symlink to device exists xored with the data
+   from the /dev/urandom device. This allows the system administrator
+   to always seed the RNGs from /dev/random if it is required.
 
    The gcry_create_nonce generator is keyed and seeded from the
    GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM generator.  It may also block if the
@@ -560,9 +562,13 @@ get_entropy (size_t nbytes)
   entropy_collect_buffer_len = 0;
 
 #if USE_RNDLINUX
+  _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (entropy_collect_cb, 0,
+                                     X931_AES_KEYLEN,
+                                     -1);
+  entropy_collect_buffer_len = 0;
   rc = _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (entropy_collect_cb, 0,
                                      X931_AES_KEYLEN,
-                                     GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM);
+                                     GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM);
 #elif USE_RNDW32
   do
     {
diff -up libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/rndlinux.c.cfgrandom libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/rndlinux.c
--- libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/rndlinux.c.cfgrandom	2011-02-04 20:16:03.000000000 +0100
+++ libgcrypt-1.5.0/random/rndlinux.c	2011-07-21 14:50:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 #include "g10lib.h"
 #include "rand-internal.h"
 
-static int open_device ( const char *name );
+#define NAME_OF_CFG_RNGSEED "/etc/gcrypt/rngseed"
+
+static int open_device ( const char *name, int fatal );
 
 
 static int
@@ -57,13 +59,17 @@ set_cloexec_flag (int fd)
  * Used to open the /dev/random devices (Linux, xBSD, Solaris (if it exists)).
  */
 static int
-open_device ( const char *name )
+open_device ( const char *name, int fatal )
 {
   int fd;
 
   fd = open ( name, O_RDONLY );
   if ( fd == -1 )
-    log_fatal ("can't open %s: %s\n", name, strerror(errno) );
+    {
+      if (! fatal)
+        return fd;
+      log_fatal ("can't open %s: %s\n", name, strerror(errno) );
+    }
 
   if (set_cloexec_flag (fd))
     log_error ("error setting FD_CLOEXEC on fd %d: %s\n",
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
 {
   static int fd_urandom = -1;
   static int fd_random = -1;
+  static int fd_configured = -1;
   int fd;
   int n;
   byte buffer[768];
@@ -100,6 +107,7 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
   size_t last_so_far = 0;
   int any_need_entropy = 0;
   int delay;
+  size_t orig_length = length;
 
   /* First read from a hardware source.  However let it account only
      for up to 50% of the requested bytes.  */
@@ -110,16 +118,26 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
     length -= n_hw;
 
   /* Open the requested device.  */
+
+  if (level == -1)
+    {
+      if (fd_configured == -1)
+        fd_configured = open_device ( NAME_OF_CFG_RNGSEED, 0 );
+      fd = fd_configured;
+      if (fd == -1)
+        return -1;
+    }
+
   if (level >= 2)
     {
       if( fd_random == -1 )
-        fd_random = open_device ( NAME_OF_DEV_RANDOM );
+        fd_random = open_device ( NAME_OF_DEV_RANDOM, 1 );
       fd = fd_random;
     }
-  else
+  else if (level != -1)
     {
       if( fd_urandom == -1 )
-        fd_urandom = open_device ( NAME_OF_DEV_URANDOM );
+        fd_urandom = open_device ( NAME_OF_DEV_URANDOM, 1 );
       fd = fd_urandom;
     }