diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsinit.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsinit.h
index 031423819..2e8009b3c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsinit.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsinit.h
@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ struct RsLoginHelper
 	RsInit::LoadCertificateStatus attemptLogin(
 	        const RsPeerId& account, const std::string& password );
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Feed extra entropy to the crypto libraries
+	 * @jsonapi{development,unauthenticated}
+	 * @param[in] bytes number to feed to the entropy pool
+	 * @return false if error occurred, true otherwise
+	 */
+	static bool collectEntropy(uint32_t bytes);
+
 	struct Location : RsSerializable
 	{
 		RsPeerId mLocationId;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
index e3f1f141e..86e26c55b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
@@ -1934,6 +1934,9 @@ RsInit::LoadCertificateStatus RsLoginHelper::attemptLogin(
 	return RsInit::ERR_UNKOWN;
 }
 
+/*static*/ bool RsLoginHelper::collectEntropy(uint32_t bytes)
+{ return RsInit::collectEntropy(bytes); }
+
 void RsLoginHelper::getLocations(std::vector<RsLoginHelper::Location>& store)
 {
 	std::list<RsPeerId> locIds;