diff --git a/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortAlgo.cpp b/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortAlgo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..596e78a99cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortAlgo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- src/SortAlgo.cpp.orig	2017-12-23 08:39:32 UTC
++++ src/SortAlgo.cpp
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
+ #include <numeric>
+ #include <limits>
+ #include <inttypes.h>
++#include <random>
+ 
+ typedef ArrayItem value_type;
+ 
+@@ -1076,7 +1077,9 @@ void BogoSort(SortArray& A)
+         if (BogoCheckSorted(A)) break;
+ 
+         // pick a random permutation of indexes
+-        std::random_shuffle(perm.begin(), perm.end());
++        std::random_device rng;
++        std::mt19937 urng(rng());
++        std::shuffle(perm.begin(), perm.end(), urng);
+ 
+         // permute array in-place
+         std::vector<char> pmark(A.size(), 0);
diff --git a/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortArray.cpp b/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortArray.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29184f4f63ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/sound-of-sorting/files/patch-src_SortArray.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+--- src/SortArray.cpp.orig	2017-12-23 08:39:32 UTC
++++ src/SortArray.cpp
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ #include "SortAlgo.h"
+ 
+ #include <algorithm>
++#include <random>
+ 
+ extern void SoundAccess(size_t i);
+ 
+@@ -123,7 +124,9 @@ void SortArray::FillData(unsigned int schema, size_t a
+         for (size_t i = 0; i < m_array.size(); ++i)
+             m_array[i] = ArrayItem(i+1);
+ 
+-        std::random_shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end());
++        std::random_device rng;
++        std::mt19937 urng(rng());
++        std::shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end(), urng);
+     }
+     else if (schema == 1) // Ascending [1,n]
+     {
+@@ -150,7 +153,9 @@ void SortArray::FillData(unsigned int schema, size_t a
+             m_array[i] = ArrayItem(w + 1);
+         }
+ 
+-        std::random_shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end());
++        std::random_device rng;
++        std::mt19937 urng(rng());
++        std::shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end(), urng);
+     }
+     else if (schema == 4) // Quintic skew of [1,n]
+     {
+@@ -167,7 +172,9 @@ void SortArray::FillData(unsigned int schema, size_t a
+             m_array[i] = ArrayItem(w + 1);
+         }
+ 
+-        std::random_shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end());
++        std::random_device rng;
++        std::mt19937 urng(rng());
++        std::shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end(), urng);
+     }
+     else if (schema == 5) // shuffled n-2 equal values in [1,n]
+     {
+@@ -178,7 +185,9 @@ void SortArray::FillData(unsigned int schema, size_t a
+         }
+         m_array[m_array.size()-1] = ArrayItem(arraysize);
+ 
+-        std::random_shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end());
++        std::random_device rng;
++        std::mt19937 urng(rng());
++        std::shuffle(m_array.begin(), m_array.end(), urng);
+     }
+     else // fallback
+     {