diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9368454..e4f9394 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Pending
 
+Set the Rand depenency to optional
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 78f59df..ec8db1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std_rng"]}
+rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["std_rng"]}
 rayon = { version = "1", optional = true }
 colored = { version = "2", optional = true }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4d59f70..67eba15 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ pub mod sync {
     pub use std::sync::*;
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 mod rand_helper;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 pub use rand_helper::*;
 
 pub mod perf_trace;