diff --git a/src/linux_android.rs b/src/linux_android.rs
index 2d260755a..1b7280df9 100644
--- a/src/linux_android.rs
+++ b/src/linux_android.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ use core::cell::RefCell;
 use core::num::NonZeroU32;
 use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 
+// This flag tells getrandom() to return EAGAIN instead of blocking.
+const GRND_NONBLOCK: libc::c_uint = 0x0001;
 static RNG_INIT: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
 enum RngSource {
@@ -27,9 +29,10 @@ thread_local!(
     static RNG_SOURCE: RefCell<Option<RngSource>> = RefCell::new(None);
 );
 
-fn syscall_getrandom(dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+fn syscall_getrandom(dest: &mut [u8], block: bool) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    let flags = if block { 0 } else { GRND_NONBLOCK };
     let ret = unsafe {
-        libc::syscall(libc::SYS_getrandom, dest.as_mut_ptr(), dest.len(), 0)
+        libc::syscall(libc::SYS_getrandom, dest.as_mut_ptr(), dest.len(), flags)
     };
     if ret < 0 || (ret as usize) != dest.len() {
         error!("Linux getrandom syscall failed with return value {}", ret);
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn getrandom_inner(dest: &mut [u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
             Ok(s)
         }, |f| {
             match f {
-                RngSource::GetRandom => syscall_getrandom(dest),
+                RngSource::GetRandom => syscall_getrandom(dest, true),
                 RngSource::Device(f) => f.read_exact(dest),
             }.map_err(From::from)
         })
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ fn is_getrandom_available() -> bool {
 
     CHECKER.call_once(|| {
         let mut buf: [u8; 0] = [];
-        let available = match syscall_getrandom(&mut buf) {
+        let available = match syscall_getrandom(&mut buf, false) {
             Ok(()) => true,
             Err(err) => err.raw_os_error() != Some(libc::ENOSYS),
         };