diff --git a/include/mbedtls/entropy.h b/include/mbedtls/entropy.h
index 00de9a6e5..c9bd9613d 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/entropy.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/entropy.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * \brief Entropy accumulator implementation
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2016, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
  *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  *
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
@@ -208,6 +208,18 @@ int mbedtls_entropy_func( void *data, unsigned char *output, size_t len );
 int mbedtls_entropy_update_manual( mbedtls_entropy_context *ctx,
                            const unsigned char *data, size_t len );
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED)
+/**
+ * \brief           Trigger an update of the seed file in NV by using the
+ *                  current entropy pool.
+ *
+ * \param ctx       Entropy context
+ *
+ * \return          0 if successful
+ */
+int mbedtls_entropy_update_nv_seed( mbedtls_entropy_context *ctx );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED */
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
 /**
  * \brief               Write a seed file
diff --git a/library/entropy.c b/library/entropy.c
index d42ca159b..d8c5c5104 100644
--- a/library/entropy.c
+++ b/library/entropy.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ static void mbedtls_zeroize( void *v, size_t n ) {
     volatile unsigned char *p = v; while( n-- ) *p++ = 0;
 }
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED)
+static int initial_entropy_run = 0;
+#endif
+
 #define ENTROPY_MAX_LOOP    256     /**< Maximum amount to loop before error */
 
 void mbedtls_entropy_init( mbedtls_entropy_context *ctx )
@@ -282,6 +286,18 @@ int mbedtls_entropy_func( void *data, unsigned char *output, size_t len )
     if( len > MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_BLOCK_SIZE )
         return( MBEDTLS_ERR_ENTROPY_SOURCE_FAILED );
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED)
+    /* Update the NV entropy seed before generating any entropy for outside
+     * use.
+     */
+    if( initial_entropy_run == 0 )
+    {
+        initial_entropy_run = 1;
+        if( ( ret = mbedtls_entropy_update_nv_seed( ctx ) ) != 0 )
+            return( ret );
+    }
+#endif
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_C)
     if( ( ret = mbedtls_mutex_lock( &ctx->mutex ) ) != 0 )
         return( ret );
@@ -356,6 +372,27 @@ exit:
     return( ret );
 }
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED)
+int mbedtls_entropy_update_nv_seed( mbedtls_entropy_context *ctx )
+{
+    int ret = MBEDTLS_ERR_ENTROPY_FILE_IO_ERROR;
+    unsigned char buf[ MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_MAX_SEED_SIZE ];
+
+    /* Read new seed  and write it to NV */
+    if( ( ret = mbedtls_entropy_func( ctx, buf, MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_BLOCK_SIZE ) ) != 0 )
+        return( ret );
+
+    if( mbedtls_nv_seed_write( buf, MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_BLOCK_SIZE ) < 0 )
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_ENTROPY_FILE_IO_ERROR );
+
+    /* Manually update the remaining stream with a separator value to diverge */
+    memset( buf, 0, MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_BLOCK_SIZE );
+    mbedtls_entropy_update_manual( ctx, buf, MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_BLOCK_SIZE );
+
+    return( 0 );
+}
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_NV_SEED */
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
 int mbedtls_entropy_write_seed_file( mbedtls_entropy_context *ctx, const char *path )
 {