diff --git a/rai/secure.cpp b/rai/secure.cpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f61c4ed5..516082a4
--- a/rai/secure.cpp
+++ b/rai/secure.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ std::string const & rai::rai_live_genesis (globals.rai_live_genesis);
 rai::account const & rai::genesis_account (globals.genesis_account);
 std::string const & rai::genesis_block (globals.genesis_block);
 rai::uint128_t const & rai::genesis_amount (globals.genesis_amount);
-thread_local CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool rai::random_pool;
+thread_local CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool & rai::random_pool (globals.random_pool);
 rai::block_hash const & rai::not_a_block (globals.not_a_block);
 rai::block_hash const & rai::not_an_account (globals.not_an_account);
 
diff --git a/rai/utility.hpp b/rai/utility.hpp
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c1eb9a64..b6e7cb3e
--- a/rai/utility.hpp
+++ b/rai/utility.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 namespace rai
 {
-extern thread_local CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool random_pool;
+// Random pool used by RaiBlocks.
+// This must be thread_local as long as the AutoSeededRandomPool implementation requires it
+extern thread_local CryptoPP::AutoSeededRandomPool & random_pool;
 // We operate on streams of uint8_t by convention
 using stream = std::basic_streambuf <uint8_t>;
 using bufferstream = boost::iostreams::stream_buffer <boost::iostreams::basic_array_source <uint8_t>>;