diff --git a/virtcontainers/agent.go b/virtcontainers/agent.go
index 7e68a3e6c3..f1d6f5b7c0 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/agent.go
@@ -218,4 +218,7 @@ type agent interface {
 
 	// getSharePath will return the agent 9pfs share mount path
 	getSharePath(id string) string
+
+	// reseedRNG will reseed the guest random number generator
+	reseedRNG(data []byte) error
 }
diff --git a/virtcontainers/factory/factory.go b/virtcontainers/factory/factory.go
index c2f8845aff..e1c125c9d0 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/factory/factory.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/factory/factory.go
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ func (f *factory) GetVM(config vc.VMConfig) (*vc.VM, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// reseed RNG so that shared memory VMs do not generate same random numbers.
+	err = vm.ReseedRNG()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	online := false
 	baseConfig := f.base.Config().HypervisorConfig
 	if baseConfig.DefaultVCPUs < hypervisorConfig.DefaultVCPUs {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
index cd2f9a358c..521a58f4ae 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent.go
@@ -884,3 +884,8 @@ func (h *hyper) resumeContainer(sandbox *Sandbox, c Container) error {
 func (h *hyper) cleanupSandbox(sandbox *Sandbox) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (h *hyper) reseedRNG(data []byte) error {
+	// hyperstart-agent does not support reseeding
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent_test.go
index ea986aaff0..d0c4ec43c5 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/hyperstart_agent_test.go
@@ -198,3 +198,11 @@ func TestHyperConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 	err = h.configure(m, id, dir, false, c)
 	assert.Nil(err)
 }
+
+func TestHyperReseedAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+
+	h := &hyper{}
+	err := h.reseedRNG([]byte{})
+	assert.Nil(err)
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 0ffbbc3798..b307bc73b8 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -1267,6 +1267,14 @@ func (k *kataAgent) closeProcessStdin(c *Container, ProcessID string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (k *kataAgent) reseedRNG(data []byte) error {
+	_, err := k.sendReq(&grpc.ReseedRandomDevRequest{
+		Data: data,
+	})
+
+	return err
+}
+
 type reqFunc func(context.Context, interface{}, ...golangGrpc.CallOption) (interface{}, error)
 
 func (k *kataAgent) installReqFunc(c *kataclient.AgentClient) {
@@ -1333,6 +1341,9 @@ func (k *kataAgent) installReqFunc(c *kataclient.AgentClient) {
 	k.reqHandlers["grpc.ResumeContainerRequest"] = func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}, opts ...golangGrpc.CallOption) (interface{}, error) {
 		return k.client.ResumeContainer(ctx, req.(*grpc.ResumeContainerRequest), opts...)
 	}
+	k.reqHandlers["grpc.ReseedRandomDevRequest"] = func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}, opts ...golangGrpc.CallOption) (interface{}, error) {
+		return k.client.ReseedRandomDev(ctx, req.(*grpc.ReseedRandomDevRequest), opts...)
+	}
 }
 
 func (k *kataAgent) sendReq(request interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index 1b8b0d6864..75c8651c09 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ func (p *gRPCProxy) ResumeContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ResumeContainer
 	return emptyResp, nil
 }
 
+func (p *gRPCProxy) ReseedRandomDev(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ReseedRandomDevRequest) (*gpb.Empty, error) {
+	return emptyResp, nil
+}
+
 func gRPCRegister(s *grpc.Server, srv interface{}) {
 	switch g := srv.(type) {
 	case *gRPCProxy:
diff --git a/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go b/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
index f4fbb8c137..fe919ec587 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/noop_agent.go
@@ -160,3 +160,8 @@ func (n *noopAgent) getVMPath(id string) string {
 func (n *noopAgent) getSharePath(id string) string {
 	return ""
 }
+
+// reseedRNG is the Noop agent RND reseeder. It does nothing.
+func (n *noopAgent) reseedRNG(data []byte) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/noop_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/noop_agent_test.go
index 7b30d425c1..847997b202 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/noop_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/noop_agent_test.go
@@ -209,3 +209,11 @@ func TestNoopAgentProcessListContainer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNoopAgentReseedRNG(t *testing.T) {
+	n := &noopAgent{}
+	err := n.reseedRNG([]byte{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("reseedRNG failed")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/virtcontainers/vm.go b/virtcontainers/vm.go
index 09c07d9f1d..aa42d80062 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/vm.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/vm.go
@@ -191,6 +191,26 @@ func (v *VM) OnlineCPUMemory() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// ReseedRNG adds random entropy to guest random number generator
+// and reseeds it.
+func (v *VM) ReseedRNG() error {
+	v.logger().Infof("reseed guest random number generator")
+	urandomDev := "/dev/urandom"
+	data := make([]byte, 512)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(urandomDev, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		v.logger().WithError(err).Warn("fail to open %s", urandomDev)
+		return err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	if _, err = f.Read(data); err != nil {
+		v.logger().WithError(err).Warn("fail to read %s", urandomDev)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return v.agent.reseedRNG(data)
+}
+
 func (v *VM) assignSandbox(s *Sandbox) error {
 	// add vm symlinks
 	// - link vm socket from sandbox dir (/run/vc/vm/sbid/<kata.sock>) to vm dir (/run/vc/vm/vmid/<kata.sock>)
diff --git a/virtcontainers/vm_test.go b/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
index 3031fc023d..15c16f8bae 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/vm_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func TestNewVM(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(err)
 	err = vm.OnlineCPUMemory()
 	assert.Nil(err)
+	err = vm.ReseedRNG()
+	assert.Nil(err)
 
 	// template VM
 	config.HypervisorConfig.BootFromTemplate = true