diff --git a/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_config.h b/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_config.h
index 406003a78..704561355 100644
--- a/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_config.h
+++ b/src/os/win32/ngx_win32_config.h
@@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ typedef int                 sig_atomic_t;
 
 #define NGX_HAVE_GETADDRINFO         1
 
-#define ngx_random               rand
+#define ngx_random()                                                          \
+    ((long) (0x7fffffff & ( ((uint32_t) rand() << 16)                         \
+                          ^ ((uint32_t) rand() << 8)                          \
+                          ^ ((uint32_t) rand()) )))
+
 #define ngx_debug_init()