diff --git a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
index e1fb060864..aad49acbc4 100644
--- a/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
+++ b/repos/gems/run/sculpt/download_runtime.config
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
 				<dir name="download"> <fs label="download"/> </dir>
 				<dir name="dev">
 					<log/> <null/> <inline name="rtc">2000-01-01 00:00</inline>
+					<inline name="random">01234567890123456789</inline>
 				</dir>
 			</vfs>
 
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
index 221ffef4a1..9b87254a24 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/depot_download_manager/gen_fetchurl.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ void Depot_download_manager::gen_fetchurl_start_content(Xml_generator &xml,
 					String<64> date("2000-01-01 00:00");
 					xml.append(date.string());
 				});
+				xml.node("inline",  [&] () {
+					xml.attribute("name", "random");
+					String<64> entropy("01234567890123456789");
+					xml.append(entropy.string());
+				});
 			});
 			xml.node("fs", [&] () {
 				xml.attribute("label", "tcpip"); });
diff --git a/repos/libports/run/fetchurl.run b/repos/libports/run/fetchurl.run
index 0987af0888..e2fe5fec76 100644
--- a/repos/libports/run/fetchurl.run
+++ b/repos/libports/run/fetchurl.run
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ append config {
 				</dir>
 				<dir name="dev">
 					<log/> <null/> <inline name="rtc">2000-01-01 00:00</inline>
+					<inline name="random">01234567890123456789</inline>
 				</dir>
 				<dir name="socket"> <lxip dhcp="yes"/> </dir>
 			</vfs>