diff --git a/src/lib/rng/rng.h b/src/lib/rng/rng.h
index b96e2f4633e..1ee3db9f714 100644
--- a/src/lib/rng/rng.h
+++ b/src/lib/rng/rng.h
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2, 0) RandomNumberGenerator {
          return result;
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Create a std::array of @p bytes random bytes
+       */
+      template <size_t bytes>
+      std::array<uint8_t, bytes> random_array() {
+         std::array<uint8_t, bytes> result;
+         random_vec(result);
+         return result;
+      }
+
       /**
       * Return a random byte
       * @return random byte