diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index e8a54be7e2d6020f18bbec684fde5fd10a298dfa..613f5036d665ad9653ad443416f89222be366937 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ void initServer() {
     }
 
     if (server.vm_enabled) vmInit();
+    srand(time(NULL)^getpid());
 }
 
 /* Populates the Redis Command Table starting from the hard coded list