diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index ab0fe94bd07..70734ab7926 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -1199,9 +1199,12 @@ def test_urandom_subprocess(self):
 
 
 HAVE_GETENTROPY = (sysconfig.get_config_var('HAVE_GETENTROPY') == 1)
+HAVE_GETRANDOM = (sysconfig.get_config_var('HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL') == 1)
 
 @unittest.skipIf(HAVE_GETENTROPY,
                  "getentropy() does not use a file descriptor")
+@unittest.skipIf(HAVE_GETRANDOM,
+                 "getrandom() does not use a file descriptor")
 class URandomFDTests(unittest.TestCase):
     @unittest.skipUnless(resource, "test requires the resource module")
     def test_urandom_failure(self):
diff --git a/Python/random.c b/Python/random.c
index dcc3aab79f4..10fc505e0fa 100644
--- a/Python/random.c
+++ b/Python/random.c
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 #  ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #    include <sys/stat.h>
 #  endif
-#  ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSCALL_H
+#  ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
 #    include <sys/syscall.h>
-#    if defined(__linux__) && defined(SYS_getrandom)
-#      define HAVE_GETRANDOM
-#    endif
 #  endif
 #endif
 
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ py_getentropy(unsigned char *buffer, Py_ssize_t size, int fatal)
 
 #else   /* !HAVE_GETENTROPY */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
 static int
 py_getrandom(void *buffer, Py_ssize_t size, int raise)
 {
@@ -173,7 +170,7 @@ dev_urandom_noraise(unsigned char *buffer, Py_ssize_t size)
     if (fd < 0)
         Py_FatalError("Failed to open /dev/urandom");
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
     if (py_getrandom(buffer, size, 0) == 1)
         return;
     /* getrandom() is not supported by the running kernel, fall back
@@ -205,14 +202,14 @@ dev_urandom_python(char *buffer, Py_ssize_t size)
     int fd;
     Py_ssize_t n;
     struct _Py_stat_struct st;
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
     int res;
 #endif
 
     if (size <= 0)
         return 0;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
     res = py_getrandom(buffer, size, 1);
     if (res < 0)
         return -1;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d91a9c7cbc4..a49ba69549c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -650,9 +650,6 @@ USE_SIGNAL_MODULE
 TCLTK_LIBS
 TCLTK_INCLUDES
 LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-PKG_CONFIG
 SHLIBS
 CFLAGSFORSHARED
 LINKFORSHARED
@@ -832,10 +829,7 @@ CFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
 CPPFLAGS
-CPP
-PKG_CONFIG
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR'
+CPP'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -1523,11 +1517,6 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
               you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
   CPP         C preprocessor
-  PKG_CONFIG  path to pkg-config utility
-  PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-              directories to add to pkg-config's search path
-  PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
-              path overriding pkg-config's built-in search path
 
 Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
@@ -9434,126 +9423,7 @@ $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-if test "x$ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set" != "xset"; then
-	if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}pkg-config", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}pkg-config; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  case $PKG_CONFIG in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG="$PKG_CONFIG" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  ;;
-esac
-fi
-PKG_CONFIG=$ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG
-if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PKG_CONFIG" >&5
-$as_echo "$PKG_CONFIG" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-fi
-if test -z "$ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG"; then
-  ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG=$PKG_CONFIG
-  # Extract the first word of "pkg-config", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy pkg-config; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  case $ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG="$ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_path_ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-  done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-  ;;
-esac
-fi
-ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG=$ac_cv_path_ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG
-if test -n "$ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-  if test "x$ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG" = x; then
-    PKG_CONFIG=""
-  else
-    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
-yes:)
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
-ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
-esac
-    PKG_CONFIG=$ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG
-  fi
-else
-  PKG_CONFIG="$ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG"
-fi
-
-fi
-if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
-	_pkg_min_version=0.9.0
-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking pkg-config is at least version $_pkg_min_version" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking pkg-config is at least version $_pkg_min_version... " >&6; }
-	if $PKG_CONFIG --atleast-pkgconfig-version $_pkg_min_version; then
-		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
-	else
-		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-		PKG_CONFIG=""
-	fi
-fi
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 # Check for use of the system expat library
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --with-system-expat" >&5
@@ -15838,6 +15708,42 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_DIRENT_D_TYPE 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
 
+# check if the Linux getrandom() syscall is available
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for the Linux getrandom() syscall" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for the Linux getrandom() syscall... " >&6; }
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+
+    #include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+    int main() {
+        const int flags = 0;
+        char buffer[1];
+        int n;
+        /* ignore the result, Python checks for ENOSYS at runtime */
+        (void)syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, sizeof(buffer), flags);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  have_getrandom_syscall=yes
+else
+  have_getrandom_syscall=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $have_getrandom_syscall" >&5
+$as_echo "$have_getrandom_syscall" >&6; }
+
+if test "$have_getrandom_syscall" = yes; then
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
 # generate output files
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile.pre Modules/Setup.config Misc/python.pc Misc/python-config.sh"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9bb90bd0be..a6eaadc1e4d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4972,6 +4972,30 @@ if test "$have_dirent_d_type" = yes; then
               [Define to 1 if the dirent structure has a d_type field])
 fi
 
+# check if the Linux getrandom() syscall is available
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for the Linux getrandom() syscall)
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+[
+  AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+    #include <sys/syscall.h>
+
+    int main() {
+        const int flags = 0;
+        char buffer[1];
+        int n;
+        /* ignore the result, Python checks for ENOSYS at runtime */
+        (void)syscall(SYS_getrandom, buffer, sizeof(buffer), flags);
+        return 0;
+    }
+  ]])
+],[have_getrandom_syscall=yes],[have_getrandom_syscall=no])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($have_getrandom_syscall)
+
+if test "$have_getrandom_syscall" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL, 1,
+              [Define to 1 if the Linux getrandom() syscall is available])
+fi
+
 # generate output files
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile.pre Modules/Setup.config Misc/python.pc Misc/python-config.sh)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Modules/ld_so_aix], [chmod +x Modules/ld_so_aix])
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 10426c7cd3e..c8ce9760451 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `getpwent' function. */
 #undef HAVE_GETPWENT
 
+/* Define to 1 if the Linux getrandom() syscall is available */
+#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM_SYSCALL
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `getresgid' function. */
 #undef HAVE_GETRESGID