diff --git a/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/random.h b/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/random.h
index 311f3d936..eb0bc74bc 100644
--- a/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/random.h
+++ b/lib/include/srslte/phy/utils/random.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "srslte/config.h"
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ srslte_random_uniform_complex_dist_vector(srslte_random_t q, cf_t* vector, uint3
 
 SRSLTE_API float srslte_random_gauss_dist(srslte_random_t q, float std_dev);
 
+SRSLTE_API bool srslte_random_bool(srslte_random_t q, float prob_true);
+
 SRSLTE_API void srslte_random_free(srslte_random_t q);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/src/phy/utils/random.cpp b/lib/src/phy/utils/random.cpp
index 43095977d..4ec130d03 100644
--- a/lib/src/phy/utils/random.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/phy/utils/random.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ float srslte_random_gauss_dist(srslte_random_t q, float std_dev)
   return ret;
 }
 
+bool srslte_random_bool(srslte_random_t q, float prob_true)
+{
+  return srslte_random_uniform_real_dist(q, 0, 1) < prob_true;
+}
+
 void srslte_random_free(srslte_random_t q)
 {
   if (q) {