diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0f98f82c..0cab3de7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-25  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* libmisc/salt.c: In case gettimeofday() fails, get some entropy
+	from the PID.
+
 2009-04-25  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* libmisc/setupenv.c: Prefer snprintf to sprintf, even if a small
diff --git a/libmisc/salt.c b/libmisc/salt.c
index 68126293..99233c68 100644
--- a/libmisc/salt.c
+++ b/libmisc/salt.c
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static void seedRNG (void)
 	static int seeded = 0;
 
 	if (0 == seeded) {
-		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-		srandom (tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec);
+		(void) gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+		srandom (tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec ^ getpid ());
 		seeded = 1;
 	}
 }