diff --git a/src/crystal/system/random.cr b/src/crystal/system/random.cr
index 1a5b3c8f4677..ccf9d6dfa344 100644
--- a/src/crystal/system/random.cr
+++ b/src/crystal/system/random.cr
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ end
 {% if flag?(:wasi) %}
   require "./wasi/random"
 {% elsif flag?(:linux) %}
-  require "./unix/getrandom"
+  require "c/sys/random"
+  \{% if LibC.has_method?(:getrandom) %}
+    require "./unix/getrandom"
+  \{% else %}
+    require "./unix/urandom"
+  \{% end %}
 {% elsif flag?(:bsd) || flag?(:darwin) %}
   require "./unix/arc4random"
 {% elsif flag?(:unix) %}
diff --git a/src/crystal/system/unix/getrandom.cr b/src/crystal/system/unix/getrandom.cr
index e759ff0406e6..6ad217c7cbf2 100644
--- a/src/crystal/system/unix/getrandom.cr
+++ b/src/crystal/system/unix/getrandom.cr
@@ -1,119 +1,39 @@
-{% skip_file unless flag?(:linux) %}
-
-require "c/unistd"
-require "./syscall"
-
-{% if flag?(:interpreted) %}
-  lib LibC
-    fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : LibC::SSizeT
-  end
-
-  module Crystal::System::Syscall
-    GRND_NONBLOCK = 1u32
-
-    # TODO: Implement syscall for interpreter
-    def self.getrandom(buf : UInt8*, buflen : LibC::SizeT, flags : UInt32) : LibC::SSizeT
-      # the syscall returns the negative of errno directly, the C function
-      # doesn't, so we mimic the syscall behavior
-      read_bytes = LibC.getrandom(buf, buflen, flags)
-      read_bytes >= 0 ? read_bytes : LibC::SSizeT.new(-Errno.value.value)
-    end
-  end
-{% end %}
+require "c/sys/random"
 
 module Crystal::System::Random
-  @@initialized = false
-  @@getrandom_available = false
-  @@urandom : ::File?
-
-  private def self.init
-    @@initialized = true
-
-    if has_sys_getrandom
-      @@getrandom_available = true
-    else
-      urandom = ::File.open("/dev/urandom", "r")
-      return unless urandom.info.type.character_device?
-
-      urandom.close_on_exec = true
-      urandom.read_buffering = false # don't buffer bytes
-      @@urandom = urandom
-    end
-  end
-
-  private def self.has_sys_getrandom
-    sys_getrandom(Bytes.new(16))
-    true
-  rescue
-    false
-  end
-
   # Reads n random bytes using the Linux `getrandom(2)` syscall.
-  def self.random_bytes(buf : Bytes) : Nil
-    init unless @@initialized
-
-    if @@getrandom_available
-      getrandom(buf)
-    elsif urandom = @@urandom
-      urandom.read_fully(buf)
-    else
-      raise "Failed to access secure source to generate random bytes!"
-    end
+  def self.random_bytes(buffer : Bytes) : Nil
+    getrandom(buffer)
   end
 
   def self.next_u : UInt8
-    init unless @@initialized
-
-    if @@getrandom_available
-      buf = uninitialized UInt8
-      getrandom(pointerof(buf).to_slice(1))
-      buf
-    elsif urandom = @@urandom
-      urandom.read_byte.not_nil!
-    else
-      raise "Failed to access secure source to generate random bytes!"
-    end
+    buffer = uninitialized UInt8
+    getrandom(pointerof(buffer).to_slice(1))
+    buffer
   end
 
   # Reads n random bytes using the Linux `getrandom(2)` syscall.
-  private def self.getrandom(buf)
+  private def self.getrandom(buffer)
     # getrandom(2) may only read up to 256 bytes at once without being
     # interrupted or returning early
     chunk_size = 256
 
-    while buf.size > 0
-      if buf.size < chunk_size
-        chunk_size = buf.size
-      end
+    while buffer.size > 0
+      read_bytes = 0
 
-      read_bytes = sys_getrandom(buf[0, chunk_size])
+      loop do
+        # pass GRND_NONBLOCK flag so that it fails with EAGAIN if the requested
+        # entropy was not available
+        read_bytes = LibC.getrandom(buffer, buffer.size.clamp(..chunk_size), LibC::GRND_NONBLOCK)
+        break unless read_bytes == -1
 
-      buf += read_bytes
-    end
-  end
+        err = Errno.value
+        raise RuntimeError.from_os_error("getrandom", err) unless err.in?(Errno::EINTR, Errno::EAGAIN)
 
-  # Low-level wrapper for the `getrandom(2)` syscall, returns the number of
-  # bytes read or the errno as a negative number if an error occurred (or the
-  # syscall isn't available). The GRND_NONBLOCK=1 flag is passed as last argument,
-  # so that it returns -EAGAIN if the requested entropy was not available.
-  #
-  # We use the kernel syscall instead of the `getrandom` C function so any
-  # binary compiled for Linux will always use getrandom if the kernel is 3.17+
-  # and silently fallback to read from /dev/urandom if not (so it's more
-  # portable).
-  private def self.sys_getrandom(buf : Bytes)
-    loop do
-      read_bytes = Syscall.getrandom(buf.to_unsafe, LibC::SizeT.new(buf.size), Syscall::GRND_NONBLOCK)
-      if read_bytes < 0
-        err = Errno.new(-read_bytes.to_i)
-        if err.in?(Errno::EINTR, Errno::EAGAIN)
-          ::Fiber.yield
-        else
-          raise RuntimeError.from_os_error("getrandom", err)
-        end
-      else
-        return read_bytes
+        ::Fiber.yield
       end
+
+      buffer += read_bytes
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/crystal/system/unix/urandom.cr b/src/crystal/system/unix/urandom.cr
index 7ac025f43e6b..fe81129a8ade 100644
--- a/src/crystal/system/unix/urandom.cr
+++ b/src/crystal/system/unix/urandom.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{% skip_file unless flag?(:unix) && !flag?(:netbsd) && !flag?(:openbsd) && !flag?(:linux) %}
-
 module Crystal::System::Random
   @@initialized = false
   @@urandom : ::File?
diff --git a/src/lib_c/aarch64-android/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/aarch64-android/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77e193958ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/aarch64-android/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+lib LibC
+  {% if ANDROID_API >= 28 %}
+    GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+    fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+  {% end %}
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/aarch64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/arm-linux-gnueabihf/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/arm-linux-gnueabihf/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/arm-linux-gnueabihf/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/i386-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/i386-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/i386-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/i386-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/i386-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/i386-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-gnu/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr b/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c74de96abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib_c/x86_64-linux-musl/c/sys/random.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib LibC
+  GRND_NONBLOCK = 1_u32
+
+  fun getrandom(buf : Void*, buflen : SizeT, flags : UInt32) : SSizeT
+end
diff --git a/src/random/secure.cr b/src/random/secure.cr
index 1722b5e6e884..a6b9df03063f 100644
--- a/src/random/secure.cr
+++ b/src/random/secure.cr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require "crystal/system/random"
 # ```
 #
 # On BSD-based systems and macOS/Darwin, it uses [`arc4random`](https://man.openbsd.org/arc4random),
-# on Linux [`getrandom`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html) (if the kernel supports it),
+# on Linux [`getrandom`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html),
 # on Windows [`RtlGenRandom`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/ntsecapi/nf-ntsecapi-rtlgenrandom),
 # and falls back to reading from `/dev/urandom` on UNIX systems.
 module Random::Secure