diff --git a/nifty6/random.py b/nifty6/random.py
index 244dd1da795def2a3d55184c35e048c569528973..6ea09963c56430118db6d57463d050c9f21fa06d 100644
--- a/nifty6/random.py
+++ b/nifty6/random.py
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ def pop_sseq():
     _rng.pop()
 
 
+def seed(seed):
+    np.random.seed(seed)
+
+
 class Random(object):
     @staticmethod
     def pm1(dtype, shape):