diff --git a/src/Faker/Generator.php b/src/Faker/Generator.php
index 225e8e5313..5e20bf0c40 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Generator.php
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ public function seed($seed = null)
         if ($seed === null) {
             mt_srand();
         } else {
-            mt_srand((int) $seed, MT_RAND_PHP);
+            mt_srand((int) $seed, MT_RAND_MT19937);
         }
     }