diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/eval_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/eval_tests.rs
index d7586e919c..d7503ca807 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/eval_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/eval_tests.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,30 @@ fn eval_p() {
   assert_eq!("3", stdout_str);
 }
 
+// Make sure that snapshot flags don't affect runtime.
+#[test]
+fn eval_randomness() {
+  let mut numbers = Vec::with_capacity(10);
+  for _ in 0..10 {
+    let output = util::deno_cmd()
+      .arg("eval")
+      .arg("-p")
+      .arg("Math.random()")
+      .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+      .spawn()
+      .unwrap()
+      .wait_with_output()
+      .unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    let stdout_str = util::strip_ansi_codes(
+      std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap().trim(),
+    );
+    numbers.push(stdout_str.to_string());
+  }
+  numbers.dedup();
+  assert!(numbers.len() > 1);
+}
+
 itest!(_029_eval {
   args: "eval console.log(\"hello\")",
   output: "029_eval.out",
diff --git a/core/runtime.rs b/core/runtime.rs
index f8afeb76c5..476267a941 100644
--- a/core/runtime.rs
+++ b/core/runtime.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ impl Drop for JsRuntime {
   }
 }
 
-fn v8_init(v8_platform: Option<v8::SharedRef<v8::Platform>>) {
+fn v8_init(
+  v8_platform: Option<v8::SharedRef<v8::Platform>>,
+  predictable: bool,
+) {
   // Include 10MB ICU data file.
   #[repr(C, align(16))]
   struct IcuData([u8; 10284336]);
@@ -222,7 +225,15 @@ fn v8_init(v8_platform: Option<v8::SharedRef<v8::Platform>>) {
     " --harmony-import-assertions",
     " --no-validate-asm",
   );
-  v8::V8::set_flags_from_string(flags);
+
+  if predictable {
+    v8::V8::set_flags_from_string(&format!(
+      "{}{}",
+      flags, " --predictable --random-seed=42"
+    ));
+  } else {
+    v8::V8::set_flags_from_string(flags);
+  }
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -251,6 +262,7 @@ pub struct RuntimeOptions {
   pub startup_snapshot: Option<Snapshot>,
 
   /// Prepare runtime to take snapshot of loaded code.
+  /// The snapshot is determinstic and uses predictable random numbers.
   ///
   /// Currently can't be used with `startup_snapshot`.
   pub will_snapshot: bool,
@@ -284,7 +296,7 @@ impl JsRuntime {
     let v8_platform = options.v8_platform.take();
 
     static DENO_INIT: Once = Once::new();
-    DENO_INIT.call_once(move || v8_init(v8_platform));
+    DENO_INIT.call_once(move || v8_init(v8_platform, options.will_snapshot));
 
     let has_startup_snapshot = options.startup_snapshot.is_some();