lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
index 3e29def87bf57de2f47b7593fa7600f1aad2275c..205b5b92cf71d4b1755a93dc7635a12767c9ab95 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/IPC.pm
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ 	my $seed = rand(0xffffffff);
 	my $pid = fork // die "fork: $!";
 	if ($pid == 0) {
 		srand($seed);
+		eval { Net::SSLeay::randomize() };
 		eval { PublicInbox::DS->Reset };
 		delete @$self{qw(-wq_s1 -wq_s2 -wq_workers -wq_ppid)};
 		$w_req = $r_res = undef;
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ 	my $seed = rand(0xffffffff);
 	my $pid = fork // die "fork: $!";
 	if ($pid == 0) {
 		srand($seed);
+		eval { Net::SSLeay::randomize() };
 		undef $bcast1;
 		eval { PublicInbox::DS->Reset };
 		delete @$self{qw(-wq_s1 -wq_ppid)};