diff --git a/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/configure.m4 b/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/configure.m4
index 5ace9dc57d..66a5e778f1 100644
--- a/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/configure.m4
+++ b/opal/mca/event/libevent2022/configure.m4
@@ -159,8 +159,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_event_libevent2022_CONFIG],[
 
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$event_args])
 
+    # We define "random" to be "opal_random" so that Libevent will not
+    # use random(3) internally (and potentially unexpectedly perturb
+    # values returned by rand(3) to the application).
+
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Drandom=opal_random"
     OPAL_CONFIG_SUBDIR([$libevent_basedir/libevent],
-        [$event_args $opal_subdir_args],
+        [$event_args $opal_subdir_args 'CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS'],
         [libevent_happy="yes"], [libevent_happy="no"])
     if test "$libevent_happy" = "no"; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([Event library failed to configure])
diff --git a/opal/util/alfg.c b/opal/util/alfg.c
index fc13f901f9..ccae7b5147 100644
--- a/opal/util/alfg.c
+++ b/opal/util/alfg.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "opal_config.h"
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "alfg.h"
 
 /* Mask corresponding to the primitive polynomial
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ static uint32_t galois(unsigned int *seed){
     return lsb;
 }
 
+/* OPAL global rng buffer */
+static opal_rng_buff_t alfg_buffer;
+
 /**
  * @brief   Routine to seed the ALFG register
  *
@@ -80,6 +85,8 @@ int opal_srand(opal_rng_buff_t *buff, uint32_t seed) {
             buff->alfg[j] = buff->alfg[j] ^ ((galois(&seed_cpy))<<i);
         }
     }
+    /* copy the ALFG to the global buffer */
+    memcpy(&alfg_buffer, buff, sizeof(alfg_buffer));
 
     return 1;
 
@@ -114,4 +121,12 @@ uint32_t opal_rand(opal_rng_buff_t *buff){
 
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * @brief      A wrapper for opal_rand() with our global ALFG buffer;
+ *
+ * @param[in]  none
+ * @param[out] int, the same as normal rand(3)
+ */
+int opal_random(void){
+    return (int)opal_rand(&alfg_buffer);
+}
diff --git a/opal/util/alfg.h b/opal/util/alfg.h
index 08718d8f3a..fe8b48c0fe 100644
--- a/opal/util/alfg.h
+++ b/opal/util/alfg.h
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_srand(opal_rng_buff_t *buff, uint32_t seed);
 
 OPAL_DECLSPEC uint32_t opal_rand(opal_rng_buff_t *buff);
 
+OPAL_DECLSPEC int opal_random(void);
+
 #endif /* OPAL_ALFG_H */