diff --git a/src/verilog.y b/src/verilog.y
index 5ce0b5135..55631624e 100644
--- a/src/verilog.y
+++ b/src/verilog.y
@@ -3433,7 +3433,8 @@ system_f_call_or_t<nodep>:	// IEEE: part of system_tf_call (can be task or func)
 	|	yD_PAST '(' expr ',' expr ',' expr ')'		{ $1->v3error("Unsupported: $past expr2 and clock arguments"); $$ = $3; }
 	|	yD_PAST '(' expr ',' expr ',' expr ',' expr')'	{ $1->v3error("Unsupported: $past expr2 and clock arguments"); $$ = $3; }
 	|	yD_POW '(' expr ',' expr ')'		{ $$ = new AstPowD($1,$3,$5); }
-	|	yD_RANDOM '(' expr ')'			{ $$ = NULL; $1->v3error("Unsupported: Seeding $random doesn't map to C++, use $c(\"srand\")"); }
+	//			// Seeding is unsupported as would be slow to invalidate all per-thread RNGs
+	|	yD_RANDOM '(' expr ')'			{ $$ = new AstRand($1); $1->v3error("Unsupported: Seed on $random. Suggest use +verilator+seed+ runtime flag"); }
 	|	yD_RANDOM parenE			{ $$ = new AstRand($1); }
 	|	yD_REALTIME parenE			{ $$ = new AstTimeD($1, VTimescale(VTimescale::NONE)); }
 	|	yD_REALTOBITS '(' expr ')'		{ $$ = new AstRealToBits($1,$3); }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.out b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26738d308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+%Error: t/t_sys_rand_seed.v:13:16: Unsupported: Seed on $random. Suggest use +verilator+seed+ runtime flag
+   13 |       valuea = $random(10);
+      |                ^~~~~~~
+%Error: t/t_sys_rand_seed.v:14:16: Unsupported: Seed on $random. Suggest use +verilator+seed+ runtime flag
+   14 |       valueb = $random(10);
+      |                ^~~~~~~
+%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.pl b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..391ec23fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(simulator => 1);
+
+compile(
+    fails => $Self->{vlt_all},
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+execute(
+    ) if !$Self->{vlt_all};
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.v b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2780345a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_sys_rand_seed.v
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2020 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t;
+
+   int valuea;
+   int valueb;
+
+   initial begin
+      valuea = $random(10);
+      valueb = $random(10);
+      if (valuea !== valueb) $stop;
+      $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+      $finish;
+   end
+endmodule