diff --git a/pysollib/pysolrandom.py b/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
index 440236b0..f60142e2 100644
--- a/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
+++ b/pysollib/pysolrandom.py
@@ -79,7 +79,19 @@ def constructRandom(s):
     seed = int(s)
     if 0 <= seed < 32000:
         return LCRandom31(seed)
-    return pysol_cards.random.MTRandom(seed)
+    # print("MTRandom", seed)
+    ret = pysol_cards.random.MTRandom(seed)
+    init_state = ret.getstate()
+    ret.initial_seed = initial_seed = seed
+
+    def _reset(self=ret):
+        # print("called reset")
+        ret.setSeed(initial_seed)
+        return
+        ret.seed = ret.initial_seed
+        ret.setstate(init_state)
+    ret.reset = _reset
+    return ret
 
 
 # test
diff --git a/tests/lib/pysol_tests/ms_deals1/__init__.py b/tests/lib/pysol_tests/ms_deals1/__init__.py
index 80d092e1..fa2bd109 100644
--- a/tests/lib/pysol_tests/ms_deals1/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/lib/pysol_tests/ms_deals1/__init__.py
@@ -186,3 +186,16 @@ KS 7S 5H 3H TS 3S 5D
 9C JH 8H 3D 4D QC
 KH 6H 6C TC 2C 7D
 ''', 'ms100001')
+
+        seed = 24000024
+        rand = constructRandom(str(seed))
+        expected0 = rand.randint(0, 100)
+        expected1 = rand.randint(0, 100)
+        rand.reset()
+        got0 = rand.randint(0, 100)
+        got1 = rand.randint(0, 100)
+        # TEST
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [got0, got1, ],
+            [expected0, expected1, ],
+            "same results after reset()",)