diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 00d685f..13facea 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file.
   * Random
     * extended method:
       * Random.rand supports range argument
+    * new method:
+      * Random.bytes
 
   * String
     * extended method:
diff --git a/random.c b/random.c
index 0cffbab..4d2be4c 100644
--- a/random.c
+++ b/random.c
@@ -964,6 +964,18 @@ 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(rb_Random_DEFAULT, len);
+}
+
 static VALUE
 range_values(VALUE vmax, VALUE *begp, VALUE *endp, int *exclp)
 {
@@ -1346,6 +1358,7 @@ Init_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 a/test/ruby/test_rand.rb b/test/ruby/test_rand.rb
index 9ba38f3..961a90f 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_rand.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_rand.rb
@@ -340,10 +340,14 @@ END
   end
 
   def test_random_bytes
+    srand(0)
     r = Random.new(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