diff -up libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/random-drbg.c.cfgrandom libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/random-drbg.c
--- libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/random-drbg.c.cfgrandom	2016-04-07 17:30:08.000000000 +0200
+++ libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/random-drbg.c	2016-11-22 15:54:02.227319203 +0100
@@ -627,8 +627,13 @@ drbg_get_entropy (drbg_state_t drbg, uns
   read_cb_size = len;
   read_cb_len = 0;
 #if USE_RNDLINUX
+  /* First read from /etc/gcrypt/rngseed if available */
+  _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (drbg_read_cb, 0, len,
+				     -1);
+  read_cb_len = 0;
+  /* then use /dev/urandom. */
   rc = _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (drbg_read_cb, 0, len,
-				     GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM);
+				     GCRY_STRONG_RANDOM);
 #elif USE_RNDUNIX
   rc = _gcry_rndunix_gather_random (drbg_read_cb, 0, len,
 				    GCRY_VERY_STRONG_RANDOM);
diff -up libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/rndlinux.c.cfgrandom libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/rndlinux.c
--- libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/rndlinux.c.cfgrandom	2016-07-14 11:19:17.000000000 +0200
+++ libgcrypt-1.7.3/random/rndlinux.c	2016-11-22 15:45:19.921141761 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 #include "g10lib.h"
 #include "rand-internal.h"
 
-static int open_device (const char *name, int retry);
+#define NAME_OF_CFG_RNGSEED "/etc/gcrypt/rngseed"
+
+static int open_device (const char *name, int retry, int fatal);
 
 
 static int
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ set_cloexec_flag (int fd)
  * a fatal error but retries until it is able to reopen the device.
  */
 static int
-open_device (const char *name, int retry)
+open_device (const char *name, int retry, int fatal)
 {
   int fd;
 
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ open_device (const char *name, int retry
     _gcry_random_progress ("open_dev_random", 'X', 1, 0);
  again:
   fd = open (name, O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd == -1 && !fatal)
+      return fd;
   if (fd == -1 && retry)
     {
       struct timeval tv;
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
 {
   static int fd_urandom = -1;
   static int fd_random = -1;
+  static int fd_configured = -1;
   static unsigned char ever_opened;
   int fd;
   int n;
@@ -138,6 +143,11 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
           close (fd_urandom);
           fd_urandom = -1;
         }
+      if (fd_configured != -1)
+        {
+          close (fd_configured);
+          fd_configured = -1;
+        }
       return 0;
     }
 
@@ -165,20 +175,30 @@ _gcry_rndlinux_gather_random (void (*add
      that we always require the device to be existent but want a more
      graceful behaviour if the rarely needed close operation has been
      used and the device needs to be re-opened later. */
+
+  if (level == -1)
+    {
+      if (fd_configured == -1)
+        fd_configured = open_device ( NAME_OF_CFG_RNGSEED, 0, 0 );
+      fd = fd_configured;
+      if (fd == -1)
+        return -1;
+    }
+
   if (level >= 2)
     {
       if (fd_random == -1)
         {
-          fd_random = open_device (NAME_OF_DEV_RANDOM, (ever_opened & 1));
+          fd_random = open_device (NAME_OF_DEV_RANDOM, (ever_opened & 1), 1);
           ever_opened |= 1;
         }
       fd = fd_random;
     }
-  else
+  else if (level != -1)
     {
       if (fd_urandom == -1)
         {
-          fd_urandom = open_device (NAME_OF_DEV_URANDOM, (ever_opened & 2));
+          fd_urandom = open_device (NAME_OF_DEV_URANDOM, (ever_opened & 2), 1);
           ever_opened |= 2;
         }
       fd = fd_urandom;