diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 612decd45..07a88c9c6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
    are not used.
  + Fixed bug #792, #793, #794 and #795, so that cmake now recognizes and builds
    on Solaris (thanks to Owen Clarke).
+ + Fixed bug #797 which corrects a build problem with 'srandom' (thanks to Owen
+   Clarke).
 
 # Untracked Bugs, biggest first.
  + Fixed bug that required the '%YAML' prologue in a YAML import.
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a2b1656af..8c0c138f9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ int main (int argc, const char** argv)
   srand (time (NULL));
   #endif
 #else
-  #ifdef HAVE_SRANDOM
   struct timeval tv;
   gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+  #ifdef HAVE_SRANDOM
   srandom (tv.tv_usec);
   #else
   srand (tv.tv_usec);