diff --git a/libs/libzrtp/include/zrtp.h b/libs/libzrtp/include/zrtp.h
index 88f549e025..67c64a8eeb 100644
--- a/libs/libzrtp/include/zrtp.h
+++ b/libs/libzrtp/include/zrtp.h
@@ -956,6 +956,8 @@ int zrtp_entropy_add(zrtp_global_t* zrtp, const unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t
  */
 int zrtp_randstr(zrtp_global_t* zrtp, unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t length);
 
+int zrtp_randstr2(unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t length);
+
 /* \} */
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
diff --git a/libs/libzrtp/src/zrtp_rng.c b/libs/libzrtp/src/zrtp_rng.c
index db394a7a9e..c32fbe3a30 100644
--- a/libs/libzrtp/src/zrtp_rng.c
+++ b/libs/libzrtp/src/zrtp_rng.c
@@ -343,3 +343,9 @@ int zrtp_randstr(zrtp_global_t* zrtp, unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t length)
 	
     return generated;
 }
+
+int zrtp_randstr2(unsigned char *buffer, uint32_t length) {
+	zrtp_global_t zrtp;
+	zrtp.rand_initialized = 0;
+	return zrtp_randstr(&zrtp, buffer, length);
+}