diff --git random.c random.c
index a1deecf..f754b76 100644
--- random.c
+++ random.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ int_pair_to_real_inclusive(uint32_t a, uint32_t b)
 }
 
 VALUE rb_cRandom;
+static VALUE rand_default;
 #define id_minus '-'
 #define id_plus  '+'
 static ID id_rand, id_bytes;
@@ -905,6 +906,18 @@ rb_random_bytes(VALUE obj, long n)
     return bytes;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq: Random.bytes(size) -> a_string
+ *
+ * Returns a random binary string.  The argument size specified the length of
+ * the result string.
+ */
+static VALUE
+random_s_bytes(VALUE obj, VALUE len)
+{
+    return random_bytes(rand_default, len);
+}
+
 static VALUE
 range_values(VALUE vmax, VALUE *begp, VALUE *endp, int *exclp)
 {
@@ -1372,7 +1385,7 @@ InitVM_Random(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cRandom, "==", random_equal, 1);
 
     {
-	VALUE rand_default = TypedData_Wrap_Struct(rb_cRandom, &random_data_type, &default_rand);
+	rand_default = TypedData_Wrap_Struct(rb_cRandom, &random_data_type, &default_rand);
 	rb_gc_register_mark_object(rand_default);
 	/* Direct access to Ruby's Pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). */
 	rb_define_const(rb_cRandom, "DEFAULT", rand_default);
@@ -1380,6 +1393,7 @@ InitVM_Random(void)
 
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRandom, "srand", rb_f_srand, -1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRandom, "rand", random_s_rand, -1);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRandom, "bytes", random_s_bytes, 1);
     rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cRandom, "new_seed", random_seed, 0);
     rb_define_private_method(CLASS_OF(rb_cRandom), "state", random_s_state, 0);
     rb_define_private_method(CLASS_OF(rb_cRandom), "left", random_s_left, 0);
diff --git test/ruby/test_rand.rb test/ruby/test_rand.rb
index 62efecb..55cbdab 100644
--- test/ruby/test_rand.rb
+++ test/ruby/test_rand.rb
@@ -347,10 +347,13 @@ END
   end
 
   def assert_random_bytes(r)
+    srand(0)
     assert_equal("", r.bytes(0))
+    assert_equal("", Random.bytes(0))
     assert_equal("\xAC".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"), r.bytes(1))
-    assert_equal("/\xAA\xC4\x97u\xA6\x16\xB7\xC0\xCC".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"),
-                 r.bytes(10))
+    assert_equal("\xAC".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"), Random.bytes(1))
+    assert_equal("/\xAA\xC4\x97u\xA6\x16\xB7\xC0\xCC".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"), r.bytes(10))
+    assert_equal("/\xAA\xC4\x97u\xA6\x16\xB7\xC0\xCC".force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT"), Random.bytes(10))
   end
 
   def test_random_range