diff --git a/lib/http/__init__.py b/lib/http/__init__.py
index c98fa586dd10323f265ec11cd01f0b5e884f93e7..a1f5e86ed9b0e3e30605ad21d40963fac3bb84ae 100644
--- a/lib/http/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/http/__init__.py
@@ -545,6 +545,19 @@ def Handshake(sock, write_timeout):
     raise HttpError("Error in SSL handshake: %s" % err)
 
 
+def InitSsl():
+  """Initializes the SSL infrastructure.
+
+  This function is idempotent.
+
+  """
+  if not OpenSSL.rand.status():
+    raise EnvironmentError("OpenSSL could not collect enough entropy"
+                           " for the PRNG")
+
+  # TODO: Maybe add some additional seeding for OpenSSL's PRNG
+
+
 class HttpSslParams(object):
   """Data class for SSL key and certificate.
 
diff --git a/lib/rpc.py b/lib/rpc.py
index edcb9d7e7c48d55edda4943652187bd9e4545a20..f354a418cc53a7c6fba0abe9fad4a4de187852cc 100644
--- a/lib/rpc.py
+++ b/lib/rpc.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ def Init():
 
   assert not _http_manager, "RPC module initialized more than once"
 
+  http.InitSsl()
+
   _http_manager = http.client.HttpClientManager()