diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 003ff7a42..feee9050e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cbc",
  "der",
  "des",
+ "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "hex-literal",
  "pbkdf2",
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
diff --git a/pkcs5/Cargo.toml b/pkcs5/Cargo.toml
index 43e0fe8f1..8383bfa53 100644
--- a/pkcs5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pkcs5/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ aes = { version = "0.9", optional = true, default-features = false }
 cbc = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 des = { version = "0.9", optional = true, default-features = false }
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["hmac"] }
+getrandom = { version = "0.4", optional = true, features = ["sys_rng"] }
 rand_core = { version = "0.10", optional = true, default-features = false }
 scrypt = { version = "0.12", optional = true, default-features = false }
 sha1 = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ alloc = []
 
 3des = ["dep:des", "pbes2"]
 des-insecure = ["dep:des", "pbes2"]
+getrandom = ["dep:getrandom", "rand_core"]
 pbes2 = ["dep:aes", "dep:cbc", "dep:pbkdf2", "dep:scrypt", "dep:sha2"]
+rand_core = ["dep:rand_core"]
 sha1-insecure = ["dep:sha1", "pbes2"]
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/pkcs5/src/lib.rs b/pkcs5/src/lib.rs
index 56ca6c246..59aaac373 100644
--- a/pkcs5/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pkcs5/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ pub use scrypt;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", feature = "pbes2"))]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
-/// Supported PKCS#5 password-based encryption schemes.
+/// Configuration for supported PKCS#5 password-based encryption schemes.
+///
+/// <div class="warning">
+/// <strong>Security Warning</strong>
+///
+/// This type should not be used to encrypt multiple plaintexts under the same IV/salt values.
+///
+/// Instead, new values should be randomly generated for every usage.
+/// </div>
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
@@ -57,13 +65,25 @@ pub enum EncryptionScheme {
 }
 
 impl EncryptionScheme {
+    /// Generate PBES2 parameters using recommended algorithm settings and parameters (salt/IV)
+    /// generated using the system's secure random number generator.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// In the event the system's secure random generator experiences an internal failure.
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "getrandom"))]
+    #[must_use]
+    #[track_caller]
+    pub fn generate() -> Self {
+        Self::Pbes2(pbes2::Parameters::generate())
+    }
+
     /// Attempt to decrypt the given ciphertext, allocating and returning a byte vector containing
     /// the plaintext.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     /// Returns an error if the algorithm specified in this scheme's parameters is unsupported
-    /// (e.g. PBES1 is completely unsupported), or if the ciphertext is malformed (e.g. not a
-    /// multiple of a block mode's padding).
+    /// (e.g. PBES1 is completely unsupported), or if the ciphertext is malformed (e.g. ciphertext
+    /// length is not a multiple of a block mode's padding).
     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", feature = "pbes2"))]
     pub fn decrypt(&self, password: impl AsRef<[u8]>, ciphertext: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         match self {
diff --git a/pkcs5/src/pbes2.rs b/pkcs5/src/pbes2.rs
index a53cf2af6..aed1cb4ef 100644
--- a/pkcs5/src/pbes2.rs
+++ b/pkcs5/src/pbes2.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use der::{
     asn1::{AnyRef, ObjectIdentifier, OctetStringRef},
 };
 
-#[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "rand_core"))]
 use rand_core::TryCryptoRng;
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", feature = "pbes2"))]
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ const DES_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 8;
 ///       encryptionScheme AlgorithmIdentifier {{PBES2-Encs}} }
 /// ```
 ///
+/// These define a set of algorithms for password-based key derivation, as well as a salt value
+/// (typically randomly generated) to provide to the KDF algorithm, along with an encryption
+/// algorithm and its associated IV/nonce (typically randomly generated).
+///
+/// <div class="warning">
+/// <strong>Security Warning</strong>
+///
+/// This type should not be used to encrypt multiple plaintexts under the same IV/salt values.
+///
+/// Instead, new values should be randomly generated for every usage.
+/// </div>
+///
 /// [RFC 8018 Appendix A.4]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8018#appendix-A.4
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Parameters {
@@ -79,15 +91,27 @@ pub struct Parameters {
 
 impl Parameters {
     /// Default length of an initialization vector.
-    #[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "rand_core"))]
     const DEFAULT_IV_LEN: usize = AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
     /// Default length of a salt for password hashing.
-    #[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "rand_core"))]
     const DEFAULT_SALT_LEN: usize = 16;
 
-    /// Generate PBES2 parameters using the recommended algorithm settings and
-    /// a randomly generated salt and IV.
+    /// Generate PBES2 parameters using recommended algorithm settings and parameters (salt/IV)
+    /// generated using the system's secure random number generator.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// In the event the system's secure random generator experiences an internal failure.
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "getrandom"))]
+    #[must_use]
+    #[track_caller]
+    pub fn generate() -> Self {
+        Self::generate_recommended(&mut getrandom::SysRng).expect("random generation failure")
+    }
+
+    /// Generate PBES2 parameters using the recommended algorithm settings and a randomly generated
+    /// salt and IV.
     ///
     /// This is currently an alias for [`Parameters::generate_scrypt`]. See that method
     /// for more information.
@@ -109,7 +133,7 @@ impl Parameters {
     ///
     /// # Errors
     /// Returns [`Error::Rng`] in the event the random number generator `R` fails.
-    #[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "pbes2", feature = "rand_core"))]
     pub fn generate_pbkdf2<R: TryCryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut iv = [0u8; Self::DEFAULT_IV_LEN];
         rng.try_fill_bytes(&mut iv).map_err(|_| Error::Rng)?;