diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf b/stand/defaults/loader.conf
--- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf
+++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@
 					# 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
+entropy_efi_seed="YES"			# Set this to NO to disable loading
+					# entropy from the UEFI hardware
+					# random number generator API
+entropy_efi_seed_size="2048"		# Set this to a different value to
+					# change the amount of entropy
+					# requested from EFI
 
 ###  RAM Blacklist configuration  ############################
 ram_blacklist_load="NO"			# Set this to YES to load a file
diff --git a/stand/lua/core.lua b/stand/lua/core.lua
--- a/stand/lua/core.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/core.lua
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@
 function core.loadEntropy()
 	if core.isUEFIBoot() then
 		if (loader.getenv("entropy_efi_seed") or "no"):lower() == "yes" then
-			loader.perform("efi-seed-entropy")
+			local seedsize = loader.getenv("entropy_efi_seed_size") or "2048"
+			loader.perform("efi-seed-entropy " .. seedsize)
 		end
 	end
 end