diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 854ab5b0..7976270f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ Feel free to add your project to this list if you happen to use **nalgebra**!
 
 extern crate std;
 extern crate extra;
+extern crate rand;
 extern crate serialize;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/structs/dmat.rs b/src/structs/dmat.rs
index b60b287e..5386d6c1 100644
--- a/src/structs/dmat.rs
+++ b/src/structs/dmat.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 #[allow(missing_doc)]; // we hide doc to not have to document the $trhs double dispatch trait.
 
-use std::rand::Rand;
-use std::rand;
+use rand::Rand;
+use rand;
 use std::num::{One, Zero};
 use std::vec;
 use traits::operations::ApproxEq;
diff --git a/src/structs/dvec.rs b/src/structs/dvec.rs
index 96023415..0e585b22 100644
--- a/src/structs/dvec.rs
+++ b/src/structs/dvec.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #[allow(missing_doc)]; // we hide doc to not have to document the $trhs double dispatch trait.
 
 use std::num::{Zero, One, Float};
-use std::rand::Rand;
-use std::rand;
+use rand::Rand;
+use rand;
 use std::vec;
 use std::vec::{Items, MutItems};
 use traits::operations::ApproxEq;
diff --git a/src/structs/iso.rs b/src/structs/iso.rs
index 5a2bb7a3..fd157ccb 100644
--- a/src/structs/iso.rs
+++ b/src/structs/iso.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #[allow(missing_doc)];
 
 use std::num::{Zero, One};
-use std::rand::{Rand, Rng};
+use rand::{Rand, Rng};
 use structs::mat::{Mat3, Mat4, Mat5};
 use traits::structure::{Cast, Dim, Col};
 use traits::operations::{Inv, ApproxEq};
diff --git a/src/structs/rot.rs b/src/structs/rot.rs
index 874820fe..e64e6884 100644
--- a/src/structs/rot.rs
+++ b/src/structs/rot.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #[allow(missing_doc)];
 
 use std::num::{Zero, One};
-use std::rand::{Rand, Rng};
+use rand::{Rand, Rng};
 use traits::geometry::{Rotate, Rotation, AbsoluteRotate, RotationMatrix, Transform, ToHomogeneous,
                        Norm, Cross};
 use traits::structure::{Cast, Dim, Row, Col};