diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index f16bcfd16..54920032f 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ void sigsegvHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *secret) {
     /* Log INFO and CLIENT LIST */
     redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "--- INFO OUTPUT");
     infostring = genRedisInfoString("all");
+    infostring = sdscatprintf(infostring, "hash_init_value: %u\n",
+        dictGetHashFunctionSeed());
     redisLogRaw(REDIS_WARNING, infostring);
     redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "--- CLIENT LIST OUTPUT");
     clients = getAllClientsInfoString();
diff --git a/src/dict.c b/src/dict.c
index a573bcd6e..a32913754 100644
--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -85,10 +85,20 @@ unsigned int dictIdentityHashFunction(unsigned int key)
     return key;
 }
 
+static int dict_hash_function_seed = 5183;
+
+void dictSetHashFunctionSeed(unsigned int seed) {
+    dict_hash_function_seed = seed;
+}
+
+unsigned int dictGetHashFunctionSeed(void) {
+    return dict_hash_function_seed;
+}
+
 /* Generic hash function (a popular one from Bernstein).
  * I tested a few and this was the best. */
 unsigned int dictGenHashFunction(const unsigned char *buf, int len) {
-    unsigned int hash = 5381;
+    unsigned int hash = dict_hash_function_seed;
 
     while (len--)
         hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + (*buf++); /* hash * 33 + c */
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ unsigned int dictGenHashFunction(const unsigned char *buf, int len) {
 
 /* And a case insensitive version */
 unsigned int dictGenCaseHashFunction(const unsigned char *buf, int len) {
-    unsigned int hash = 5381;
+    unsigned int hash = dict_hash_function_seed;
 
     while (len--)
         hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + (tolower(*buf++)); /* hash * 33 + c */
diff --git a/src/dict.h b/src/dict.h
index 764510473..5f8569535 100644
--- a/src/dict.h
+++ b/src/dict.h
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ void dictEnableResize(void);
 void dictDisableResize(void);
 int dictRehash(dict *d, int n);
 int dictRehashMilliseconds(dict *d, int ms);
+void dictSetHashFunctionSeed(unsigned int initval);
+unsigned int dictGetHashFunctionSeed(void);
 
 /* Hash table types */
 extern dictType dictTypeHeapStringCopyKey;
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 3914003d0..7446e72e4 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,6 @@ void initServer() {
     scriptingInit();
     slowlogInit();
     bioInit();
-    srand(time(NULL)^getpid());
-
 }
 
 /* Populates the Redis Command Table starting from the hard coded list
@@ -1959,9 +1957,15 @@ void setupSignalHandlers(void) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     long long start;
+    struct timeval tv;
 
+    /* We need to initialize our libraries, and the server. */
     zmalloc_enable_thread_safeness();
+    srand(time(NULL)^getpid());
+    gettimeofday(&tv,NULL);
+    dictSetHashFunctionSeed(tv.tv_sec^tv.tv_usec^getpid());
     initServerConfig();
+
     if (argc >= 2) {
         int j = 1; /* First option to parse in argv[] */
         sds options = sdsempty();