diff --git a/include/tscore/Random.h b/include/tscore/Random.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e13001b6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tscore/Random.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/** @file
+
+  Pseudorandom Number Generator
+
+  @section license License
+
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <random>
+
+namespace ts
+{
+class Random
+{
+public:
+  Random() = delete;
+
+  static uint64_t
+  random()
+  {
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<uint64_t> dist{0, UINT64_MAX};
+    return dist(_engine);
+  }
+
+  static double
+  drandom()
+  {
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist{0, 1};
+    return dist(_engine);
+  }
+
+  static void
+  seed(uint64_t s)
+  {
+    _engine.seed(s);
+  }
+
+private:
+  thread_local static std::mt19937_64 _engine;
+};
+}; // namespace ts
diff --git a/src/tscore/Makefile.am b/src/tscore/Makefile.am
index 2f73d7b7fad..9610b2216b9 100644
--- a/src/tscore/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tscore/Makefile.am
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ libtscore_la_SOURCES = \
 	MemArena.cc \
 	MMH.cc \
 	ParseRules.cc \
+	Random.cc \
 	RbTree.cc \
 	Regex.cc \
 	Regression.cc \
@@ -190,7 +191,8 @@ test_tscore_SOURCES = \
 	unit_tests/test_ts_file.cc \
 	unit_tests/test_Version.cc \
 	unit_tests/test_Errata.cc \
-	unit_tests/test_MMH.cc
+	unit_tests/test_MMH.cc \
+	unit_tests/test_Random.cc
 
 if HAS_HKDF
 test_tscore_SOURCES += \
diff --git a/src/tscore/Random.cc b/src/tscore/Random.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..155373f6d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tscore/Random.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/** @file
+
+  Pseudorandom Number Generator
+
+  @section license License
+
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "tscore/Random.h"
+
+namespace ts
+{
+thread_local std::mt19937_64 Random::_engine{std::random_device{}()};
+}; // namespace ts
diff --git a/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_Random.cc b/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_Random.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d4b6a6619e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_Random.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/** @file
+
+  Pseudorandom Number Generator test
+
+  @section license License
+
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "catch.hpp"
+#include "tscore/Random.h"
+#include "tscore/ink_rand.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+TEST_CASE("test random", "[libts][random]")
+{
+  ts::Random::seed(13);
+  InkRand x(13);
+
+  for (auto i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {
+    REQUIRE(ts::Random::random() == x.random());
+    REQUIRE(uint64_t(ts::Random::drandom() * 100000000) == uint64_t(x.drandom() * 100000000)); // they are pretty close to the same
+  }
+
+  auto start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+  for (auto i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {
+    ts::Random::random();
+  }
+  auto diff = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start);
+  std::cout << std::endl << (double)diff.count() / 1000000 << " ns per Random::random()" << std::endl;
+
+  start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+  for (auto i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {
+    x.random();
+  }
+  diff = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start);
+  std::cout << (double)diff.count() / 1000000 << " ns per InkRand::random()" << std::endl;
+}