diff --git a/src/libstd/rand/os.rs b/src/libstd/rand/os.rs
index 46c3a4f622a..91b6a1f0ce0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rand/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rand/os.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ mod imp {
     extern crate libc;
 
     use io::{IoResult};
+    use kinds::Sync;
     use mem;
     use os;
     use rand::Rng;
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ mod imp {
     #[repr(C)]
     struct SecRandom;
 
+    unsafe impl Sync for *const SecRandom {}
+
     #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
     static kSecRandomDefault: *const SecRandom = 0 as *const SecRandom;