diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index ff488226c3..61fe2df55d 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static void bro_srandom(unsigned int seed, bool deterministic)
 	srandom(seed);
 	}
 
-void bro_srandom(unsigned int seed)
+void zeek::seed_random(unsigned int seed)
 	{
 	if ( bro_rand_determistic )
 		bro_rand_state = seed == 0 ? 1 : seed;
@@ -1086,6 +1086,11 @@ void bro_srandom(unsigned int seed)
 		srandom(seed);
 	}
 
+void bro_srandom(unsigned int seed)
+	{
+	zeek::seed_random(seed);
+	}
+
 void init_random_seed(const char* read_file, const char* write_file,
                       bool use_empty_seeds)
 	{
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c699204915..d848a43078 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ long int bro_random();
 
 // Calls the system srandom() function with the given seed if not running
 // in deterministic mode, else it updates the state of the deterministic PRNG.
+[[deprecated("Remove in v4.1.  Use zeek::seed_random()")]]
 void bro_srandom(unsigned int seed);
 
 extern uint64_t rand64bit();
@@ -614,4 +615,12 @@ long int random_number();
  */
 long int max_random();
 
+/**
+ * Wrapper for system srandom() in the default case, but when running in
+ * deterministic mode, updates the state used for calling zeek::prng()
+ * inside of zeek::random_number().
+ * @param seed  Value to use for initializing the PRNG.
+ */
+void seed_random(unsigned int seed);
+
 } // namespace zeek
diff --git a/src/zeek.bif b/src/zeek.bif
index 1d09e4bddf..0de446fbbc 100644
--- a/src/zeek.bif
+++ b/src/zeek.bif
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ function rand%(max: count%): count
 ##      provided by the OS.
 function srand%(seed: count%): any
 	%{
-	bro_srandom(seed);
+	zeek::seed_random(seed);
 	return nullptr;
 	%}