diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4fae7d1..5323855 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [features]
 default = [ "std" ]
 std = [ "unicode-normalization", "serde/std" ]
+rand = [ "crate_rand", "rand_core" ]
 
 # Note: English is the standard for bip39 so always included
 chinese-simplified = []
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ all-languages = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = ">=0.4.0, <0.7.0"
-rand = { version = ">=0.6.0, <0.9.0", optional = true }
+rand_core = { version = ">=0.4.0, <0.7.0", optional = true }
+crate_rand = { package = "rand", version = ">=0.6.0, <0.9.0", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = [ "alloc" ], optional = true }
 
 # Enabling this feature raises the MSRV to 1.51
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ bitcoin_hashes = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
 unicode-normalization = { version = "=0.1.9", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = false }
+rand_core = { version = "0.6.4", optional = false }
+crate_rand = { package = "rand", version = "0.8.5", optional = false }
 bitcoin_hashes = "0.11.0" # enable default features for test
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4144865..856ffe6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ pub extern crate core;
 extern crate alloc;
 
 extern crate bitcoin_hashes;
-extern crate rand_core;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 extern crate unicode_normalization;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
+pub extern crate rand_core;
 #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
-extern crate rand;
+pub extern crate crate_rand as rand;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 pub extern crate serde;
 
@@ -248,14 +249,14 @@ impl Mnemonic {
 	/// Example:
 	///
 	/// ```
-	/// extern crate rand;
 	/// extern crate bip39;
 	///
 	/// use bip39::{Mnemonic, Language};
 	///
-	/// let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+	/// let mut rng = bip39::rand::thread_rng();
 	/// let m = Mnemonic::generate_in_with(&mut rng, Language::English, 24).unwrap();
 	/// ```
+	#[cfg(feature = "rand_core")]
 	pub fn generate_in_with<R>(
 		rng: &mut R,
 		language: Language,