diff --git a/src/FixedPointNumbers.jl b/src/FixedPointNumbers.jl
index 758ad833..cf5432cf 100644
--- a/src/FixedPointNumbers.jl
+++ b/src/FixedPointNumbers.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import Base: ==, <, <=, -, +, *, /, ~, isapprox,
              zero, one, typemin, typemax, realmin, realmax, eps, sizeof, reinterpret,
              float, trunc, round, floor, ceil, bswap,
              div, fld, rem, mod, mod1, rem1, fld1, min, max, minmax,
-             start, next, done, r_promote, reducedim_init
+             start, next, done, r_promote, reducedim_init, rand
 
 if VERSION <= v"0.5.0-dev+755"
     macro pure(ex)
@@ -161,4 +161,7 @@ showcompact{T,f}(io::IO, x::FixedPoint{T,f}) = show(io, round(Float64(x), ceil(I
     throw(ArgumentError("$T is $bitstring type representing $n values from $Tmin to $Tmax; cannot represent $x"))
 end
 
+rand{T<:FixedPoint}(::Type{T}) = reinterpret(T, rand(rawtype(T)))
+rand{T<:FixedPoint}(::Type{T}, sz::Dims) = reinterpret(T, rand(rawtype(T), sz))
+
 end # module
diff --git a/src/fixed.jl b/src/fixed.jl
index 3ec39398..fb7a4980 100644
--- a/src/fixed.jl
+++ b/src/fixed.jl
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ end
 
 typealias Fixed16 Fixed{Int32, 16}
 
+reinterpret{T<:Signed, f}(::Type{Fixed{T,f}}, x::T) = Fixed{T,f}(x, 0)
+
   rawtype{T,f}(::Type{Fixed{T,f}}) = T
 nbitsfrac{T,f}(::Type{Fixed{T,f}}) = f
 floattype{T<:Fixed}(::Type{T}) = floattype(supertype(T))
diff --git a/test/fixed.jl b/test/fixed.jl
index ac2b277e..f3e4d440 100644
--- a/test/fixed.jl
+++ b/test/fixed.jl
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@ show(iob, x)
 str = takebuf_string(iob)
 @test startswith(str, "Fixed{Int32,3}(")
 @test eval(parse(str)) == x
+
+for T in (Fixed{Int8,8}, Fixed{Int16,8}, Fixed{Int16,10}, Fixed{Int32,16})
+    a = rand(T)
+    @test isa(a, T)
+    a = rand(T, (3, 5))
+    @test isa(a, Array{T,2})
+    @test size(a) == (3,5)
+end
diff --git a/test/ufixed.jl b/test/ufixed.jl
index b2211911..6c2a3aba 100644
--- a/test/ufixed.jl
+++ b/test/ufixed.jl
@@ -277,3 +277,14 @@ for T in (Float16, Float32, Float64, BigFloat)
     y = convert(T, x)
     @test isa(y, T)
 end
+
+for T in (UFixed{UInt8,8}, UFixed{UInt8,6},
+          UFixed{UInt16,16}, UFixed{UInt16,14},
+          UFixed{UInt32,32}, UFixed{UInt32,30},
+          UFixed{UInt64,64}, UFixed{UInt64,62})
+    a = rand(T)
+    @test isa(a, T)
+    a = rand(T, (3, 5))
+    @test isa(a, Array{T,2})
+    @test size(a) == (3,5)
+end