diff --git a/package/utils/util-linux/patches/100-use_urandom.patch b/package/utils/util-linux/patches/100-use_urandom.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..848f2f40c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/utils/util-linux/patches/100-use_urandom.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/lib/randutils.c
++++ b/lib/randutils.c
+@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
+ #define THREAD_LOCAL static
+ #endif
+ 
++/* force /dev/urandom to avoid hanging on early boot */
++#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
++#undef SYS_getrandom
++#undef __NR_getrandom
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+ # include <sys/random.h>
+ #elif defined (__linux__)