diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf b/stand/defaults/loader.conf
--- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf
+++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf
@@ -48,9 +48,13 @@
 					# the boot-time entropy cache. This
 					# must not change value even if the
 					# _name above does change!
-entropy_efi_seed="YES"		# Set this to NO to disable loading
-					# entropy from the UEFI hardware random number generator API
-
+# The following is being phased on in favor of entropy_seed
+entropy_efi_seed="YES"			# Set this to NO to disable loading
+					# ENTROPY from the UEFI hardware random
+					# number generator API
+entropy_seed="YES"			# Set this to NO to disable loading
+					# ENTROPY from the loader provided
+					# hardware random number generator API
 ###  RAM Blacklist configuration  ############################
 ram_blacklist_load="NO"			# Set this to YES to load a file
 					# containing a list of addresses to
diff --git a/stand/lua/core.lua b/stand/lua/core.lua
--- a/stand/lua/core.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/core.lua
@@ -351,9 +351,24 @@
 	end
 end
 
+function core.isEnvYes(env)
+	return loader.getenv(env) or "no"):lower() == "yes"
+end
+
 function core.loadEntropy()
-	if core.isUEFIBoot() then
-		if (loader.getenv("entropy_efi_seed") or "no"):lower() == "yes" then
+	-- Check to see if we have the new interface. has_command was introduced
+	-- in 13.2/14.0, so we have to check. Since loader.efi is updated out of
+	-- step with the rest of boot, we have to guard against old versions.
+	if loader.has_command then
+		-- new loader: call seed-entropy if loader provides it and enabled
+		want_seed = core.isEnvYes("entroy_seed") or core.isEnvYes("entroy_efi_seed")
+		if want_seed and loader.has_command("seed-entropy") then
+			loader.perform("seed-entropy")
+		end
+	else
+		-- Older loader, do it the old way. Only try if UEFI because we
+		-- know the efi loader has this command, and no others do not.
+		if core.isEnvYes("entropy_efi_seed") and core.isUEFIBoot() then
 			loader.perform("efi-seed-entropy")
 		end
 	end