diff --git a/stand/libsa/stand.h b/stand/libsa/stand.h
index 13feb152d36b..3b8825ef248c 100644
--- a/stand/libsa/stand.h
+++ b/stand/libsa/stand.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ extern ssize_t	write(int, void *, size_t);
 extern struct	dirent *readdirfd(int);
 
 extern void	srandom(unsigned int);
-extern u_long	random(void);
+extern long	random(void);
     
 /* imports from stdlib, locally modified */
 extern long	strtol(const char *, char **, int);