diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 3cdcd8847c99b658b324400a6d3247f1b8cc683e..7ec6eb4609824f7cc20c4a984a3beca71cd86076 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     unsetenv("http_proxy");             /* Kill the http_proxy */
 
-    av_lfg_init(&random_state, ff_random_get_seed());
+    av_lfg_init(&random_state, av_get_random_seed());
 
     memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
     sigact.sa_handler = handle_child_exit;
diff --git a/libavfilter/parseutils.c b/libavfilter/parseutils.c
index 9a7eef08cde84d9426fc5605a7df49f01fc55c2a..9ac61d80730fc429980a86b82b9049c4b21f2af1 100644
--- a/libavfilter/parseutils.c
+++ b/libavfilter/parseutils.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int color_table_compare(const void *lhs, const void *rhs)
 int av_parse_color(uint8_t *rgba_color, const char *color_string, void *log_ctx)
 {
     if (!strcasecmp(color_string, "random") || !strcasecmp(color_string, "bikeshed")) {
-        int rgba = ff_random_get_seed();
+        int rgba = av_get_random_seed();
         rgba_color[0] = rgba >> 24;
         rgba_color[1] = rgba >> 16;
         rgba_color[2] = rgba >> 8;
diff --git a/libavformat/httpauth.c b/libavformat/httpauth.c
index cef27569a8cafb75e3ffc2d187429bf257a3e2ef..abdee81decea2dd211c0c6c996b879fb9fd7bd5e 100644
--- a/libavformat/httpauth.c
+++ b/libavformat/httpauth.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static char *make_digest_auth(HTTPAuthState *state, const char *username,
 
     /* Generate a client nonce. */
     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
-        cnonce_buf[i] = ff_random_get_seed();
+        cnonce_buf[i] = av_get_random_seed();
     ff_data_to_hex(cnonce, (const uint8_t*) cnonce_buf, sizeof(cnonce_buf), 1);
     cnonce[2*sizeof(cnonce_buf)] = 0;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/mxfenc.c b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
index ab381189c95ce8287c6911bcecd2e9ab16c47aa7..6ca7ee8c086492b4b8838daddbe7a9b35622f829 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfenc.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static uint64_t mxf_parse_timestamp(time_t timestamp)
 static void mxf_gen_umid(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     MXFContext *mxf = s->priv_data;
-    uint32_t seed = ff_random_get_seed();
+    uint32_t seed = av_get_random_seed();
     uint64_t umid = seed + 0x5294713400000000LL;
 
     AV_WB64(mxf->umid  , umid);
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpenc.c b/libavformat/rtpenc.c
index 5df101eb04c5bd437e2c5545195cd86227e29d88..3111c2b32ec076697dc48de3f0bea809770d0012 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpenc.c
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ static int rtp_write_header(AVFormatContext *s1)
     if (s->payload_type < 0)
         s->payload_type = RTP_PT_PRIVATE + (st->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO);
 
-    s->base_timestamp = ff_random_get_seed();
+    s->base_timestamp = av_get_random_seed();
     s->timestamp = s->base_timestamp;
     s->cur_timestamp = 0;
-    s->ssrc = ff_random_get_seed();
+    s->ssrc = av_get_random_seed();
     s->first_packet = 1;
     s->first_rtcp_ntp_time = ff_ntp_time();
     if (s1->start_time_realtime)
diff --git a/libavutil/Makefile b/libavutil/Makefile
index 79506c05ea5c998be8155878bf344361dfad8f70..6035ba6b4468d72fa793e04af930ff8a9bf23019 100644
--- a/libavutil/Makefile
+++ b/libavutil/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ HEADERS = adler32.h                                                     \
           mem.h                                                         \
           pixdesc.h                                                     \
           pixfmt.h                                                      \
+          random_seed.h                                                 \
           rational.h                                                    \
           sha1.h                                                        \
 
diff --git a/libavutil/random_seed.c b/libavutil/random_seed.c
index 236cadd21b870d6a4af55a6ee9125b3973d7142d..00d6317241cfb6349496ebdce08a263a59187657 100644
--- a/libavutil/random_seed.c
+++ b/libavutil/random_seed.c
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "random_seed.h"
+#include "avutil.h"
 
-uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void)
+uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void)
 {
     uint32_t seed;
     int fd;
@@ -42,3 +43,11 @@ uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void)
     // XXX what to do ?
     return seed;
 }
+
+#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 51
+attribute_deprecated uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void);
+uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void)
+{
+    return av_get_random_seed();
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/libavutil/random_seed.h b/libavutil/random_seed.h
index a9543810250c71a918ab191789e4123d323127a1..11a90176440f847561ee18dc63ce68b074b52cdd 100644
--- a/libavutil/random_seed.h
+++ b/libavutil/random_seed.h
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
 /**
  * Gets a seed to use in conjunction with random functions.
  */
-uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void);
+uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void);
 
 #endif /* AVUTIL_RANDOM_SEED_H */