diff --git a/etc/rc.d/initrandom b/etc/rc.d/initrandom
index 2afdcf14ffb9..47838737806e 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/initrandom
+++ b/etc/rc.d/initrandom
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ better_than_nothing()
 	# harvesting rate.
 	# Entropy below is not great, but better than nothing.
 	# This unblocks the generator at startup
-	( ps -fauxww; sysctl -a; date; df -ib; dmesg; ps -fauxww ) \
+	# Note: commands are ordered to cause the most variance across reboots.
+	( kenv; dmesg; df -ib; ps -fauxww; date; sysctl -a ) \
+	    | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null
+	/sbin/sha256 -q `sysctl -n kern.bootfile` \
 	    | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null
-	cat /bin/ls | dd of=/dev/random bs=8k 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 initrandom_start()