diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index 1acad59a..e268230a 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
 namespace testing {
 namespace internal {
 
+const uint32_t Random::kMaxRange;
+
 // Generates a random number from [0, range), using a Linear
 // Congruential Generator (LCG).  Crashes if 'range' is 0 or greater
 // than kMaxRange.