diff --git a/common/libtest161/secure.c b/common/libtest161/secure.c
index 1aabe7d..fdc9a2c 100644
--- a/common/libtest161/secure.c
+++ b/common/libtest161/secure.c
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <kern/secure.h>
@@ -35,6 +38,10 @@ static const unsigned char opad[SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE] = { [0 ... SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE-
 static char temp_buffers[NUM_BUFFERS][BUFFER_LEN];
 static int buf_num = 0;
 
+#ifndef _KERNEL
+static int did_random = 0;
+#endif
+
 static void * _alloc(size_t size)
 {
 #ifdef _KERNEL
@@ -133,6 +140,15 @@ static void array_to_hex(unsigned char *a, size_t len, char *res)
 
 static void make_salt(char *salt_str)
 {
+#ifndef _KERNEL
+	if (!did_random) {
+		did_random = 1;
+		time_t t;
+		time(&t);
+		srandom(t);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	// Compute salt value
 	uint32_t salt[SALT_BYTES/sizeof(uint32_t)];
 
diff --git a/common/libtest161/test161.c b/common/libtest161/test161.c
index a3152df..3fed769 100644
--- a/common/libtest161/test161.c
+++ b/common/libtest161/test161.c
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ success(int status, const char * secret, const char * name) {
 	}
 }
 
+int
+partial_credit(const char *secret, const char *name, int scored, int total)
+{
+        char buffer[128];
+        snprintf(buffer, 128, "PARTIAL CREDIT %d OF %d", scored, total);
+        return secprintf(secret, buffer, name);
+}
 #ifndef _KERNEL
 
 // Borrowed from parallelvm.  We need atomic console writes so our
diff --git a/kern/include/kern/test161.h b/kern/include/kern/test161.h
index 2e77009..e159e13 100644
--- a/kern/include/kern/test161.h
+++ b/kern/include/kern/test161.h
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
 
 int success(int, const char *, const char *);
 int secprintf(const char *secret, const char *msg, const char *name);
+int partial_credit(const char *secret, const char *name, int scored, int total);
 
 #endif /* _KERN_TEST161_H_ */