diff --git a/deps/src/singular.cpp b/deps/src/singular.cpp
index 3f00e800a..993ec0f53 100644
--- a/deps/src/singular.cpp
+++ b/deps/src/singular.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,20 @@ JLCXX_MODULE define_julia_module(jlcxx::Module & Singular)
         return old_mu;
     });
 
+    Singular.method("set_randomseed", [](int m) {
+        int old_m=siSeed;
+        if (m != 0)
+        {
+          siSeed=m;
+          factoryseed(m);
+        }
+        return old_m;
+    });
+
+    Singular.method("random", []() {
+        return siRand();
+    });
+
     singular_define_coeffs(Singular);
     singular_define_rings(Singular);
     singular_define_ideals(Singular);
diff --git a/test/caller-test.jl b/test/caller-test.jl
index cf6b9e44c..03e965e95 100644
--- a/test/caller-test.jl
+++ b/test/caller-test.jl
@@ -243,3 +243,9 @@ end
     GC.gc(true)
     @test length(string(a)) > 2
 end
+
+@testset "random" begin
+    Singular.libSingular.set_randomseed(1)
+    @test Singular.libSingular.random() == 16807
+    @test Singular.libSingular.random() == 282475249
+end