diff --git a/cpp/src/IceSSL/Instance.cpp b/cpp/src/IceSSL/Instance.cpp
index eb2ae99f78..7ec30f32a0 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceSSL/Instance.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceSSL/Instance.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ IceSSL::Instance::Instance(const CommunicatorPtr& communicator) :
             string entropyDaemon = properties->getProperty("IceSSL.EntropyDaemon");
             if(!entropyDaemon.empty())
             {
-                if(RAND_egd(entropyDaemon.c_str()) <= 0)
+                if(RAND_add_egd(entropyDaemon.c_str()) <= 0)
                 {
                     PluginInitializationException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__);
                     ex.reason = "IceSSL: EGD failure using file " + entropyDaemon;