diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 276f7affd..a7244dfe7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17851,6 +17851,10 @@ fi
 		# We use our own getentropy() by default on Linux.
 		: ${ac_cv_func_getentropy='no'}
 
+		# The glibc arc4random() may fail in chroot on older kernels.
+		# We use our own arc4random() by default on Linux.
+		: ${ac_cv_func_arc4random='no'}
+
 		# The glibc closefrom() emulation may fail in chroot.
 		# We use our own closefrom() by default on Linux.
 		: ${ac_cv_func_closefrom='no'}
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1a67cea99..0fd9db0b3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2080,6 +2080,10 @@ case "$host" in
 		# We use our own getentropy() by default on Linux.
 		: ${ac_cv_func_getentropy='no'}
 
+		# The glibc arc4random() may fail in chroot on older kernels.
+		# We use our own arc4random() by default on Linux.
+		: ${ac_cv_func_arc4random='no'}
+
 		# The glibc closefrom() emulation may fail in chroot.
 		# We use our own closefrom() by default on Linux.
 		: ${ac_cv_func_closefrom='no'}