diff --git a/src/runtime/proc1.go b/src/runtime/proc1.go
index da0cab40e6..6a163c62a0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc1.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc1.go
@@ -3357,12 +3357,27 @@ func runqempty(_p_ *p) bool {
 	return _p_.runqhead == _p_.runqtail && _p_.runnext == 0
 }
 
+// To shake out latent assumptions about scheduling order,
+// we introduce some randomness into scheduling decisions
+// when running with the race detector.
+// The need for this was made obvious by changing the
+// (deterministic) scheduling order in Go 1.5 and breaking
+// many poorly-written tests.
+// With the randomness here, as long as the tests pass
+// consistently with -race, they shouldn't have latent scheduling
+// assumptions.
+const randomizeScheduler = raceenabled
+
 // runqput tries to put g on the local runnable queue.
 // If next if false, runqput adds g to the tail of the runnable queue.
 // If next is true, runqput puts g in the _p_.runnext slot.
 // If the run queue is full, runnext puts g on the global queue.
 // Executed only by the owner P.
 func runqput(_p_ *p, gp *g, next bool) {
+	if randomizeScheduler && next && fastrand1()%2 == 0 {
+		next = false
+	}
+
 	if next {
 	retryNext:
 		oldnext := _p_.runnext
@@ -3410,6 +3425,13 @@ func runqputslow(_p_ *p, gp *g, h, t uint32) bool {
 	}
 	batch[n] = gp
 
+	if randomizeScheduler {
+		for i := uint32(1); i <= n; i++ {
+			j := fastrand1() % (i + 1)
+			batch[i], batch[j] = batch[j], batch[i]
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Link the goroutines.
 	for i := uint32(0); i < n; i++ {
 		batch[i].schedlink.set(batch[i+1])
diff --git a/src/runtime/race/sched_test.go b/src/runtime/race/sched_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aac8fed4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/race/sched_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build race
+
+package race_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRandomScheduling(t *testing.T) {
+	// Scheduler is most consistent with GOMAXPROCS=1.
+	// Use that to make the test most likely to fail.
+	defer runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(1))
+	const N = 10
+	out := make([][]int, N)
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		c := make(chan int, N)
+		for j := 0; j < N; j++ {
+			go func(j int) {
+				c <- j
+			}(j)
+		}
+		row := make([]int, N)
+		for j := 0; j < N; j++ {
+			row[j] = <-c
+		}
+		out[i] = row
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out[0], out[i]) {
+			return // found a different order
+		}
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%v\n", out[i])
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("consistent goroutine execution order:\n%v", buf.String())
+}