diff --git a/src/Generator/RandomBytesGenerator.php b/src/Generator/RandomBytesGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aafe4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Generator/RandomBytesGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of the ramsey/uuid library
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT
+ * @link https://benramsey.com/projects/ramsey-uuid/ Documentation
+ * @link https://packagist.org/packages/ramsey/uuid Packagist
+ * @link https://github.com/ramsey/uuid GitHub
+ */
+
+namespace Ramsey\Uuid\Generator;
+
+class RandomBytesGenerator implements RandomGeneratorInterface
+{
+
+    public function generate($length)
+    {
+        return random_bytes($length);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactory.php b/src/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactory.php
index 3dd3883..519ce14 100644
--- a/src/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactory.php
+++ b/src/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactory.php
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ class RandomGeneratorFactory
      */
     public static $forceNoOpensslRandomPseudoBytes = false;
 
+    /**
+     * For testing, random_bytes() override; if true, treat as if random_bytes()
+     * is not available.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public static $forceNoRandomBytes = false;
+
     /**
      * Returns true if the system has openssl_random_pseudo_bytes()
      *
@@ -34,8 +42,22 @@ class RandomGeneratorFactory
         return (function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes') && !self::$forceNoOpensslRandomPseudoBytes);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the system has random_bytes()
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected static function hasRandomBytes()
+    {
+        return (function_exists('random_bytes') && !self::$forceNoRandomBytes);
+    }
+
     public static function getGenerator()
     {
+        if (self::hasRandomBytes()) {
+            return new RandomBytesGenerator();
+        }
+
         if (self::hasOpensslRandomPseudoBytes()) {
             return new OpenSslGenerator();
         }
diff --git a/tests/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactoryTest.php b/tests/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactoryTest.php
index 580974d..9a3ceb7 100644
--- a/tests/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Generator/RandomGeneratorFactoryTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class RandomGeneratorFactoryTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function testFactoryReturnsNonOpenSslGeneratorWithForceNoOpenSsl()
     {
+        RandomGeneratorFactory::$forceNoRandomBytes = true;
         RandomGeneratorFactory::$forceNoOpensslRandomPseudoBytes = true;
 
         $generator = RandomGeneratorFactory::getGenerator();