diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index 5f3fe23260..aa5e151b7f 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ def gen_config(args):
     if randint(0, 4) == 0:
         configlines.append("BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS=y\n")
 
+    # Randomly enable BR2_REPRODUCIBLE 10% of times
+    # also enable tar filesystem images for testing
+    if randint(0, 10) == 0:
+        configlines.append("BR2_REPRODUCIBLE=y\n")
+        configlines.append("BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR=y\n")
+
     # Write out the configuration file
     if not os.path.exists(args.outputdir):
         os.makedirs(args.outputdir)