diff --git a/src/tools.c b/src/tools.c
index 1c43354..d3ee426 100644
--- a/src/tools.c
+++ b/src/tools.c
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
 THREAD_LOCAL char quoted_str[NB_QSTR][QSTR_SIZE + 1];
 THREAD_LOCAL int quoted_idx = 0;
 
+/* thread-local PRNG state. It's modified to start from a different sequence
+ * on all threads upon startup. It must not be used or anything beyond getting
+ * statistical values as it's 100% predictable.
+ */
+THREAD_LOCAL unsigned int statistical_prng_state = 2463534242U;
+
 /*
  * unsigned long long ASCII representation
  *
@@ -5362,6 +5368,16 @@
 	*out++ = 0;
 	return pos - shift;
 }
+
+static int init_tools_per_thread()
+{
+	/* Let's make each thread start from a different position */
+	statistical_prng_state += tid * MAX_THREADS;
+	if (!statistical_prng_state)
+		statistical_prng_state++;
+	return 1;
+}
+REGISTER_PER_THREAD_INIT(init_tools_per_thread);
 
 /*
  * Local variables: