diff --git a/libs/random/include/psemek/random/uniform.hpp b/libs/random/include/psemek/random/uniform.hpp
index b6ebc42e..c7608945 100644
--- a/libs/random/include/psemek/random/uniform.hpp
+++ b/libs/random/include/psemek/random/uniform.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <psemek/geom/box.hpp>
 
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace psemek::random
 {
@@ -47,4 +48,12 @@ namespace psemek::random
 		return uniform(rng, T{0}, T{2 * geom::pi});
 	}
 
+	template <typename RNG, typename Container>
+	auto & uniform_from(RNG && rng, Container & container)
+	{
+		if (container.empty())
+			throw std::runtime_error("cannot sample from empty container");
+		return container[uniform<std::size_t>(rng, 0, container.size() - 1)];
+	}
+
 }