diff --git a/src/llama-sampling.cpp b/src/llama-sampling.cpp
index 444a62254..fd1b7f919 100644
--- a/src/llama-sampling.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-sampling.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <cfloat>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <random>
@@ -164,6 +165,11 @@ static void llama_sampler_top_k_impl(llama_token_data_array * cur_p, int32_t k)
 
 static uint32_t get_rng_seed(uint32_t seed) {
     if (seed == LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
+        // use system clock if std::random_device is not a true RNG
+        static bool is_rd_prng = std::random_device().entropy() == 0;
+        if (is_rd_prng) {
+            return (uint32_t) std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+        }
         std::random_device rd;
         return rd();
     }