Index: container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/AprLifecycleListener.java
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--- container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/AprLifecycleListener.java	(revision 793320)
+++ container/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core/AprLifecycleListener.java	(working copy)
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     protected StringManager sm =
         StringManager.getManager(Constants.Package);
 
+    protected static String SSLRandomSeed = "builtin";
     
     // -------------------------------------------------------------- Constants
 
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@
                 Class clazz = Class.forName("org.apache.tomcat.jni.Library");
                 Method method = clazz.getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
                 method.invoke(null, paramValues);
+                
+                methodName = "randSet";
+                paramValues[0] = SSLRandomSeed;
+                clazz = Class.forName("org.apache.tomcat.jni.SSL");
+                method = clazz.getMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
+                method.invoke(null, paramValues);
+
                 major = clazz.getField("TCN_MAJOR_VERSION").getInt(null);
                 minor = clazz.getField("TCN_MINOR_VERSION").getInt(null);
                 patch = clazz.getField("TCN_PATCH_VERSION").getInt(null);
@@ -131,5 +139,11 @@
 
     }
 
+    public String getSSLRandomSeed() {
+        return SSLRandomSeed;
+    }
 
+    public void setSSLRandomSeed(String SSLRandomSeed) {
+        AprLifecycleListener.SSLRandomSeed = SSLRandomSeed;
+    }
 }
Index: container/webapps/docs/apr.xml
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--- container/webapps/docs/apr.xml	(revision 793320)
+++ container/webapps/docs/apr.xml	(working copy)
@@ -103,11 +103,39 @@
 	
   </section>
 
+  <section name="APR Configuration">
+  
+    <p>
+    The APR library is configured by the <code>AprLifecycleListener</code>. This
+    listener is configured as a global listener under the <code>Server</code>
+    element in <code>server.xml</code>. If the listener can't find the APR/native
+    library when it started, the library path it searched will be displayed.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+    The following attributes are supported by the
+    <code>AprLifecycleListener</code>: 
+    </p>
+  
+    <attributes>
+      <attribute name="className" required="true">
+        <p>This must be
+        <code>org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener</code></p>
+      </attribute>
+      <attribute name="SSLRandomSeed" required="false">
+        <p>Sets the source of entropy. Production system needs a reliable source
+        of entropy but entropy may need a lot of time to be collected therefore
+        test systems could use non-blocking entropy sources like
+        <code>/dev/urandom</code> that will allow quicker starts of Tomcat. The
+        default value is <code>builtin</code>.
+        </p>
+      </attribute>
+    </attributes>
+  </section>
   <section name="APR Components">
 
   <p>
-    Once the libraries are properly installed and available to Java (if loading fails, the library path
-    will be displayed), the Tomcat connectors will automatically use APR. Configuration of the connectors
+    Once the libraries are properly installed and available to Java, the Tomcat
+    connectors will automatically use APR. Configuration of the connectors
     is similar to the regular connectors, but have a few extra attributes which are used to configure
     APR components. Note that the defaults should be well tuned for most use cases, and additional
     tweaking shouldn't be required.