diff --git a/templates b/templates
index 3cac26d0..8ffed274 100755
--- a/templates
+++ b/templates
@@ -4145,6 +4145,7 @@
                         { key => "START_AFTER_TEST", value => "install_default_upload" },
                         { key => "BOOTFROM", value => "c" },
                         { key => "HDD_1", value => "disk_%FLAVOR%_%MACHINE%.qcow2" },
+                        { key => "QEMU_VIRTIO_RNG", value => "1" },
                       ],
                     },
                     {
@@ -4156,6 +4157,7 @@
                         { key => "START_AFTER_TEST", value => "install_arm_image_deployment_upload" },
                         { key => "NUMDISKS", value => "1" },
                         { key => "HDD_1", value => "disk_%FLAVOR%_%MACHINE%.qcow2" },
+                        { key => "QEMU_VIRTIO_RNG", value => "1" },
                         # set kernel arguments for DKB
                         { key => "APPEND", value => "rw root=LABEL=_/ rootwait console=ttyAMA0 console=tty0 consoleblank=0" },
                       ],