diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21e79a5..75b62c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+all: uninstall build install
+
+
 install:
 	cp -f libsrng.so /usr/local/lib/libsrng.so
 	ln -sf /usr/local/lib/libsrng.so /usr/lib/libsrng.so
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f /usr/local/lib/libsrng.so
-	rm /usr/lib/libsrng.so
+	rm -f /usr/lib/libsrng.so
 
 build:
 	cd libsrng && cargo build --release
diff --git a/crandom.lisp b/crandom.lisp
index fb747fd..a82d363 100644
--- a/crandom.lisp
+++ b/crandom.lisp
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
       (apply '%crandom-list (cons range params))
       (apply '%crandom-vector (cons range params))))
 
+(defun crandom-bytes (len &key (transform #'identity) (type :vector))
+  (multiple-value-bind (vec ok) (cl-rng-ffi:ffi-bytes len)
+    (and ok
+      (if (eq type :vector)
+	  (progn
+	    (loop for i from 0 below len do (setf (aref vec i) (funcall transform (aref vec i))))
+	    vec)
+	  (loop for i from 0 below len collect (funcall transform (aref vec i)))))))
 
 (export 'crandom)
 (export 'crandom-range)
+(export 'crandom-bytes)
diff --git a/ffi.lisp b/ffi.lisp
index ff20c5c..97d007b 100644
--- a/ffi.lisp
+++ b/ffi.lisp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 (use-foreign-library libsrng)
 
 (defcfun "sample" :int (to :pointer))
+(defcfun "bytes" :int
+  (to :pointer)
+  (size :int))
 
 (defun ffi-sample ()
   (with-foreign-pointer (value 8)
@@ -16,4 +19,16 @@
        (mem-ref value :double 0)
        (= rval 1)))))
 
+(defun ffi-bytes (size)
+  (with-foreign-pointer (value size)
+    (let ((rval (bytes value size))
+	  (output (make-array size)))
+      (and (= rval 1)
+	   (loop for x from 0 below size
+	      do (setf (aref output x) (mem-aref value :unsigned-char x))))
+      (values
+       output
+       (= rval 1)))))
+
 (export 'ffi-sample)
+(export 'ffi-bytes)
diff --git a/libsrng.so b/libsrng.so
index 2be0346..7f0dc92 100755
Binary files a/libsrng.so and b/libsrng.so differ
diff --git a/libsrng.so.gpg b/libsrng.so.gpg
index bbd462f..d3e3227 100644
Binary files a/libsrng.so.gpg and b/libsrng.so.gpg differ
diff --git a/libsrng/src/lib.rs b/libsrng/src/lib.rs
index 480dbad..6348bd6 100644
--- a/libsrng/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libsrng/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ mod tests {
 	let mut f: f64 = 0.0;
 	assert_eq!(sample(&mut f as *mut f64), 1);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bytes_works() {
+	let mut buf: [u8; 16] = [0; 16];
+
+	assert_eq!(bytes(&mut buf[0] as *mut u8, 16), 1);
+    }
 }
 
 fn get<T: Default>() -> Result<T, Error>
@@ -54,3 +61,22 @@ pub extern "C" fn sample(value: *mut f64) -> i32
     }
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn bytes(value: *mut u8, size: i32) -> i32
+{
+    let mut buf: &mut [u8];
+
+    if size < 0 {
+	return 0
+    }
+    
+    unsafe {
+	buf = std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(value, size as usize);
+    }
+
+    match getrandom(&mut buf) {
+	Ok(_) => 1,
+	Err(_) => 0,
+    }
+}
+