diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 01ec0531e..acc01b4b7 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ void createSharedObjects(void) {
 }
 
 void initServerConfig() {
+    getRandomHexChars(server.runid,REDIS_RUN_ID_SIZE);
+    server.runid[REDIS_RUN_ID_SIZE] = '\0';
     server.arch_bits = (sizeof(long) == 8) ? 64 : 32;
     server.port = REDIS_SERVERPORT;
     server.bindaddr = NULL;
@@ -1585,6 +1587,7 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             "multiplexing_api:%s\r\n"
             "gcc_version:%d.%d.%d\r\n"
             "process_id:%ld\r\n"
+            "run_id:%s\r\n"
             "tcp_port:%d\r\n"
             "uptime_in_seconds:%ld\r\n"
             "uptime_in_days:%ld\r\n"
@@ -1600,6 +1603,7 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             0,0,0,
 #endif
             (long) getpid(),
+            server.runid,
             server.port,
             uptime,
             uptime/(3600*24),
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 3ecedd4ca..ee1cef4c3 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     char *pidfile;              /* PID file path */
     int arch_bits;              /* 32 or 64 depending on sizeof(long) */
     int cronloops;              /* Number of times the cron function run */
+    char runid[REDIS_RUN_ID_SIZE+1];  /* ID always different at every exec. */
     /* Networking */
     int port;                   /* TCP listening port */
     char *bindaddr;             /* Bind address or NULL */