diff --git a/extra/random/rdrand/authors.txt b/extra/random/rdrand/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/extra/random/rdrand/rdrand.factor b/extra/random/rdrand/rdrand.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2013 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: cpu.x86.features kernel random ;
+
+IN: random.rdrand
+
+SINGLETON: rdrand
+
+M: rdrand random-32* drop rdrand32 ;
+
+: with-rdrand ( quot -- )
+    [ rdrand ] dip with-random ; inline
diff --git a/extra/random/rdrand/summary.txt b/extra/random/rdrand/summary.txt
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+RDRAND random generator