Index: lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c
--- lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c.orig
+++ lib/uuid/gen_uuid.c
@@ -167,8 +167,17 @@ static int get_random_fd(void)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
 /*
+ * On OpenBSD, arc4random does not require a device node, so we can
+ * use it always.
+ */
+static void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
+{
+	arc4random_buf(buf, nbytes);
+}
+#else
+/*
  * Generate a series of random bytes.  Use /dev/urandom if possible,
  * and if not, use srandom/random.
  */
@@ -213,6 +222,7 @@ static void get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 
 	return;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Get the ethernet hardware address, if we can find it...
@@ -679,7 +689,17 @@ void uuid_generate_random(uuid_t out)
 }
 
 
+#ifdef __OpenBSD__
 /*
+ * On OpenBSD, arc4random does not require a device node, so we can
+ * use it always.
+ */
+void uuid_generate(uuid_t out)
+{
+	uuid_generate_random(out);
+}
+#else
+/*
  * This is the generic front-end to uuid_generate_random and
  * uuid_generate_time.  It uses uuid_generate_random only if
  * /dev/urandom is available, since otherwise we won't have
@@ -692,3 +712,4 @@ void uuid_generate(uuid_t out)
 	else
 		uuid_generate_time(out);
 }
+#endif