diff --git a/COMPAT.md b/COMPAT.md
index c32e71e20..7eb47d080 100644
--- a/COMPAT.md
+++ b/COMPAT.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ This document describes the SQLite compatibility status of Limbo:
 | octet_length(X)              | No     |         |
 | printf(FORMAT,...)           | No     |         |
 | quote(X)                     | No     |         |
-| random()                     | No     |         |
+| random()                     | Yes     |         |
 | randomblob(N)                | No     |         |
 | replace(X,Y,Z)               | No     |         |
 | round(X)                     | No     |         |
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 094f4bf99..27d64c8ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ordered-multimap",
  "polling",
  "pprof",
+ "rand",
  "regex",
  "rstest",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index fd0d36cc4..ac18b2b8d 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ordered-multimap = "0.7.1"
 sieve-cache = "0.1.4"
 sqlite3-parser = "0.11.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 regex = "1.10.5"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_family = "windows"))'.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/core/expr.rs b/core/expr.rs
index dfc79d634..938a55880 100644
--- a/core/expr.rs
+++ b/core/expr.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,21 @@ pub fn translate_expr(
                                 func: SingleRowFunc::Lower,
                             });
 
+                            Ok(target_register)
+                        }
+                        SingleRowFunc::Random => {
+                            if args.is_some() {
+                                anyhow::bail!("Parse error: random function withargumentst");
+                            }
+                            dbg!("random args", &args);
+                            let regs = program.alloc_register();
+
+                            program.emit_insn(Insn::Function {
+                                start_reg: regs,
+                                dest: target_register,
+                                func: SingleRowFunc::Random,
+                            });
+
                             Ok(target_register)
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/core/function.rs b/core/function.rs
index 5bd12eb02..b01369f2e 100644
--- a/core/function.rs
+++ b/core/function.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub enum SingleRowFunc {
     Abs,
     Upper,
     Lower,
+    Random,
 }
 
 impl ToString for SingleRowFunc {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ impl ToString for SingleRowFunc {
             SingleRowFunc::Abs => "abs".to_string(),
             SingleRowFunc::Upper => "upper".to_string(),
             SingleRowFunc::Lower => "lower".to_string(),
+            SingleRowFunc::Random => "random".to_string(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ impl FromStr for Func {
             "abs" => Ok(Func::SingleRow(SingleRowFunc::Abs)),
             "upper" => Ok(Func::SingleRow(SingleRowFunc::Upper)),
             "lower" => Ok(Func::SingleRow(SingleRowFunc::Lower)),
+            "random" => Ok(Func::SingleRow(SingleRowFunc::Random)),
             _ => Err(()),
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/vdbe.rs b/core/vdbe.rs
index f3857fbb4..71682cb65 100644
--- a/core/vdbe.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use crate::schema::Table;
 use crate::types::{AggContext, Cursor, CursorResult, OwnedRecord, OwnedValue, Record};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
+use rand::Rng;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::borrow::BorrowMut;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
@@ -1289,6 +1290,10 @@ impl Program {
                         }
                         state.pc += 1;
                     }
+                    SingleRowFunc::Random => {
+                        state.registers[*dest] = exec_random();
+                        state.pc += 1;
+                    }
                 },
             }
         }
@@ -1861,6 +1866,12 @@ fn exec_abs(reg: &OwnedValue) -> Option<OwnedValue> {
     }
 }
 
+fn exec_random() -> OwnedValue {
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+    let random_number: i64 = rng.gen();
+    OwnedValue::Integer(random_number)
+}
+
 // Implements LIKE pattern matching.
 fn exec_like(pattern: &str, text: &str) -> bool {
     let re = Regex::new(&pattern.replace('%', ".*").replace('_', ".").to_string()).unwrap();
@@ -1883,7 +1894,7 @@ fn exec_if(reg: &OwnedValue, null_reg: &OwnedValue, not: bool) -> bool {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{exec_abs, exec_if, exec_like, exec_lower, exec_upper, OwnedValue};
+    use super::{exec_abs, exec_if, exec_like, exec_lower, exec_random, exec_upper, OwnedValue};
     use std::rc::Rc;
 
     #[test]
@@ -1935,6 +1946,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!exec_like("%a.ab", "aaaa"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_random() {
+        match exec_random() {
+            OwnedValue::Integer(value) => {
+                // Check that the value is within the range of i64
+                assert!(
+                    value >= i64::MIN && value <= i64::MAX,
+                    "Random number out of range"
+                );
+            }
+            _ => panic!("exec_random did not return an Integer variant"),
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_exec_if() {
         let reg = OwnedValue::Integer(0);