diff --git a/boa/environment.py b/boa/environment.py
index a0ab6ce8..c90e479f 100644
--- a/boa/environment.py
+++ b/boa/environment.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import contextlib
 import logging
+import random
 import sys
 import warnings
 from typing import Any, Iterator, Optional, Union
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ def __call__(self, computation):
 # wrapper class around py-evm which provides a "contract-centric" API
 class Env:
     _singleton = None
-    _initial_address_counter = 100
+    _random = random.Random("titanoboa")  # something reproducible
     _coverage_enabled = False
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -266,8 +267,6 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self._gas_price = None
 
-        self._address_counter = self.__class__._initial_address_counter
-
         self._aliases = {}
 
         # TODO differentiate between origin and sender
@@ -286,6 +285,9 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self._init_vm()
 
+    def set_random_seed(self, seed=None):
+        self._random = random.Random(seed)
+
     def get_gas_price(self):
         return self._gas_price or 0
 
@@ -460,8 +462,7 @@ def get_singleton(cls):
         return cls._singleton
 
     def generate_address(self, alias: Optional[str] = None) -> AddressType:
-        self._address_counter += 1
-        t = self._address_counter.to_bytes(length=20, byteorder="big")
+        t = self._random.randbytes(20)
         # checksum addr easier for humans to debug
         ret = to_checksum_address(t)
         if alias is not None:
diff --git a/boa/vm/fork.py b/boa/vm/fork.py
index 3a692359..3da9e15c 100644
--- a/boa/vm/fork.py
+++ b/boa/vm/fork.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, url: str, cache_file: str = DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR):
                 # LevelDB has been removed from py-evm 0.8.1 onwards
                 from eth.db.backends.level import LevelDB
                 from eth.db.cache import CacheDB
+
                 cache_file = os.path.expanduser(cache_file)
                 # use CacheDB as an additional layer over disk
                 # (ideally would use leveldb lru cache but it's not configurable
diff --git a/docs/source/api.rst b/docs/source/api.rst
index 2fbce0dc..6fac31e3 100644
--- a/docs/source/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api.rst
@@ -357,7 +357,22 @@ Low-Level Functionality
 
             >>> import boa
             >>> boa.env.generate_address()
-            '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000066'
+            '0xd13f0Bd22AFF8176761AEFBfC052a7490bDe268E'
+
+    .. method:: set_random_seed(seed: Any = None) -> None
+
+        Set the random seed used by this ``Env`` to generate addresses. Useful in case you want to introduce some more randomization to how ``Env`` generates addresses.
+
+        :param seed: The seed to pass to this ``Env``'s instance of ``random.Random``. Can be any value that ``random.Random()`` accepts.
+
+        .. rubric:: Example
+
+     .. code-block:: python
+
+            >>> import boa
+            >>> boa.env.set_random_seed(100)
+            >>> boa.env.generate_address()
+            '0x93944a25b3ADa3759918767471C5A3F3601652c5
 
     .. method:: set_balance(address: str, value: int)