diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b41c5a97..3f1be0ca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Cl
 	list(APPEND PSEMEK_CXX_FLAGS -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-narrowing -Wno-sign-compare)
 endif()
 
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+
 add_subdirectory(package)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
 add_subdirectory(libs)
diff --git a/libs/pcg/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/pcg/CMakeLists.txt
index b7f9d64e..0f1a18b9 100644
--- a/libs/pcg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/pcg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS random REQUIRED)
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE PSEMEK_PCG_HEADERS RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "include/*.hpp")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE PSEMEK_PCG_SOURCES RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "source/*.cpp")
 
 add_library(psemek-pcg ${PSEMEK_PCG_HEADERS} ${PSEMEK_PCG_SOURCES})
 target_include_directories(psemek-pcg PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
-target_link_libraries(psemek-pcg PUBLIC psemek-util psemek-geom psemek-gfx)
+target_link_libraries(psemek-pcg PUBLIC psemek-util psemek-geom psemek-gfx Boost::random)
diff --git a/libs/pcg/include/psemek/pcg/random/device.hpp b/libs/pcg/include/psemek/pcg/random/device.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1275ab9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pcg/include/psemek/pcg/random/device.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <boost/nondet_random.hpp>
+
+namespace psemek::pcg
+{
+
+	using random_device = boost::random_device;
+
+	// check that random_device::result_type is basically std::uint32_t
+	static_assert(std::is_integral_v<random_device::result_type>);
+	static_assert(std::is_unsigned_v<random_device::result_type>);
+	static_assert(sizeof(random_device::result_type) == 4);
+
+}