diff --git a/hw/mips/boston.c b/hw/mips/boston.c
index 1debca18ec..d2ab9da1a0 100644
--- a/hw/mips/boston.c
+++ b/hw/mips/boston.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "sysemu/device_tree.h"
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ static const void *boston_fdt_filter(void *opaque, const void *fdt_orig,
     size_t ram_low_sz, ram_high_sz;
     size_t fdt_sz = fdt_totalsize(fdt_orig) * 2;
     g_autofree void *fdt = g_malloc0(fdt_sz);
+    uint8_t rng_seed[32];
 
     err = fdt_open_into(fdt_orig, fdt, fdt_sz);
     if (err) {
@@ -370,6 +372,9 @@ static const void *boston_fdt_filter(void *opaque, const void *fdt_orig,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    qemu_guest_getrandom_nofail(rng_seed, sizeof(rng_seed));
+    qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, "/chosen", "rng-seed", rng_seed, sizeof(rng_seed));
+
     cmdline = (machine->kernel_cmdline && machine->kernel_cmdline[0])
             ? machine->kernel_cmdline : " ";
     err = qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, "/chosen", "bootargs", cmdline);