diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 9bd00a0019..e880760a1d 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -235,6 +235,11 @@ void ScriptEngine::init() {
     // let the VoxelPacketSender know how frequently we plan to call it
     _voxelsScriptingInterface.getVoxelPacketSender()->setProcessCallIntervalHint(SCRIPT_DATA_CALLBACK_USECS);
     _particlesScriptingInterface.getParticlePacketSender()->setProcessCallIntervalHint(SCRIPT_DATA_CALLBACK_USECS);
+    
+    // call srand to seed the random number generator
+    srand(QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch()
+          + QCoreApplication::applicationPid()
+          + NodeList::getInstance()->getNodeSocket().localPort());
 
 }