diff --git a/Server/Main.cs b/Server/Main.cs
index 504c5dabe..ffe43e0dd 100644
--- a/Server/Main.cs
+++ b/Server/Main.cs
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ namespace Server
 			if ( GCSettings.IsServerGC )
 				Console.WriteLine("Core: Server garbage collection mode enabled");
 
+			Console.WriteLine("RandomImpl: {0} ({1})", RandomImpl.Type.Name, RandomImpl.IsHardwareRNG ? "Hardware" : "Software");
+
 			while( !ScriptCompiler.Compile( m_Debug, m_Cache ) )
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine( "Scripts: One or more scripts failed to compile or no script files were found." );
diff --git a/Server/Random.cs b/Server/Random.cs
index b3ba5de91..6311482d4 100644
--- a/Server/Random.cs
+++ b/Server/Random.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ namespace Server {
 			}
 		}
 
+		public static bool IsHardwareRNG {
+			get { return _Random is IHardwareRNG; }
+		}
+
+		public static Type Type {
+			get { return _Random.GetType(); }
+		}
+
 		public static double NextDouble() {
 			return _Random.NextDouble();
 		}