diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90e394396..559adf91c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2193,6 +2193,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.52",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "precomputed-hash"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2256,12 +2262,41 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd7a31eed1591dcbc95d92ad7161908e72f4677f8fabf2a32ca49b4237cbf211"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "random"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand",
+ "riot-rs",
+ "riot-rs-boards",
+ "riot-rs-random",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rbi"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2417,6 +2452,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "linkme",
  "once_cell",
  "riot-rs-debug",
+ "riot-rs-random",
  "riot-rs-rt",
  "riot-rs-threads",
  "riot-rs-utils",
@@ -2438,6 +2474,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "trybuild",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "riot-rs-random"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "embassy-sync 0.5.0",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "riot-rs-rt"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/examples/laze.yml b/examples/laze.yml
index 3fbb52486..b281446a1 100644
--- a/examples/laze.yml
+++ b/examples/laze.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ subdirs:
   - embassy-usb-keyboard
   - hello-world
   - minimal
+  - random
   - threading
diff --git a/examples/random/Cargo.toml b/examples/random/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bc791234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/random/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "random"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+# not enabling riot-rs/hwrng even though it's currently needed -- laze takes
+# care of that.
+riot-rs = { path = "../../src/riot-rs", features = ["threading"] }
+riot-rs-boards = { path = "../../src/riot-rs-boards" }
+
+riot-rs-random = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../src/riot-rs-random" }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false }
diff --git a/examples/random/README.md b/examples/random/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46d79ee56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/random/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# random
+
+## About
+
+This application performs a very important role in physical computing:
+It produces randomness in the form of a dice roll (values 1 to 6, inclusive).
+It prints out a single random value via the debug console.
+
+## How to run
+
+In this folder, run
+
+    laze build -b nrf52840dk run
+
+This will print different values most of the time on all boards it can be built
+on. If there is no way to get startup entropy on a board, the example can not
+be built.
diff --git a/examples/random/laze.yml b/examples/random/laze.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..667cd8551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/random/laze.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apps:
+  - name: random
+    selects:
+      - ?release
+      - rng
diff --git a/examples/random/src/main.rs b/examples/random/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..207cb5bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/random/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#![no_main]
+#![no_std]
+#![feature(type_alias_impl_trait)]
+#![feature(used_with_arg)]
+
+use riot_rs::debug::{println};
+
+#[riot_rs::thread(autostart)]
+fn main() {
+    use rand::Rng as _;
+    let mut rng = riot_rs_random::get_rng();
+
+    let value = rng.gen_range(1..=6);
+
+    println!(
+        "The random value of this round is {}.",
+        value
+    );
+}