diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
index a84c107a..dbd89716 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/salsa20/randombytes_salsa20_random.c
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 # include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef __dietlibc__
+#define _LINUX_SOURCE
+#else
 # include <sys/syscall.h>
+#endif
 # include <poll.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ randombytes_salsa20_random_random_dev_open(void)
 }
 # endif
 
-# if defined(SYS_getrandom) && defined(__NR_getrandom)
+# if defined(__dietlibc__) || (defined(SYS_getrandom) && defined(__NR_getrandom))
 static int
 _randombytes_linux_getrandom(void * const buf, const size_t size)
 {
@@ -215,7 +219,11 @@ _randombytes_linux_getrandom(void * const buf, const size_t size)
 
     assert(size <= 256U);
     do {
+#ifdef __dietlibc__
+        readnb = getrandom(buf, size, 0);
+#else
         readnb = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buf, (int) size, 0);
+#endif
     } while (readnb < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN));
 
     return (readnb == (int) size) - 1;
diff --git a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
index 83c8a39f..e7c902c8 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/randombytes/sysrandom/randombytes_sysrandom.c
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 # include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef __linux__
+#ifdef __dietlibc__
+#define _LINUX_SOURCE
+#else
 # include <sys/syscall.h>
+#endif
 # include <poll.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ randombytes_sysrandom_random_dev_open(void)
 /* LCOV_EXCL_STOP */
 }
 
-# if defined(SYS_getrandom) && defined(__NR_getrandom)
+# if defined(__dietlibc__) || (defined(SYS_getrandom) && defined(__NR_getrandom))
 static int
 _randombytes_linux_getrandom(void * const buf, const size_t size)
 {
@@ -197,7 +201,11 @@ _randombytes_linux_getrandom(void * const buf, const size_t size)
 
     assert(size <= 256U);
     do {
+#ifdef __dietlibc__
+        readnb = getrandom( buf, size, 0);
+#else
         readnb = syscall(SYS_getrandom, buf, (int) size, 0);
+#endif
     } while (readnb < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN));
 
     return (readnb == (int) size) - 1;