diff --git a/config/cloudinit/Documentation/config-drive.md b/config/cloudinit/Documentation/config-drive.md
index e83a51c0..2af4acb2 100644
--- a/config/cloudinit/Documentation/config-drive.md
+++ b/config/cloudinit/Documentation/config-drive.md
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ image and use a plain directory containing the same contents:
 qemu-system-x86_64 \
     -fsdev local,id=conf,security_model=none,readonly,path=/tmp/new-drive \
     -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2 \
+    -device virtio-rng-pci \
     [usual qemu options here...]
 ```
diff --git a/scripts/create-installed b/scripts/create-installed
index 4a25a6c7..0535f42b 100755
--- a/scripts/create-installed
+++ b/scripts/create-installed
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ qemu-system-${QEMUARCH} -serial mon:stdio \
     -nographic \
     -display none \
     -fsdev local,id=conf,security_model=none,path=$(pwd)/build \
-    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2
+    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2 \
+    -device virtio-rng-pci
 
 [ -f build/success ]
 
diff --git a/scripts/images/openstack/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/images/openstack/scripts/build.sh
index 393d1010..44d4e00b 100755
--- a/scripts/images/openstack/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/images/openstack/scripts/build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ kvm -curses \
     -cdrom assets/rancheros.iso \
     -m 2048 \
     -fsdev local,id=conf,security_model=none,path=$(pwd)/build \
-    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2
+    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2 \
+    -device virtio-rng-pci
 
 [ -f build/success ]
 
diff --git a/scripts/vmware-release b/scripts/vmware-release
index a7878f73..558a5042 100755
--- a/scripts/vmware-release
+++ b/scripts/vmware-release
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ kvm -curses \
     -cdrom ./dist/vmware/artifacts/rancheros.iso \
     -m 2048 \
     -fsdev local,id=conf,security_model=none,path=./dist/vmware \
-    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2
+    -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=conf,mount_tag=config-2 \
+    -device virtio-rng-pci
 
 [ -f ./dist/vmware/success ]