diff --git a/tools/tsan_suppressions.txt b/tools/tsan_suppressions.txt
index fb7b85cbea5..65e7e2ec4b3 100644
--- a/tools/tsan_suppressions.txt
+++ b/tools/tsan_suppressions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # OPENSSL_cleanse does racy access to a global
 race:OPENSSL_cleanse
 race:cleanse_ctr
+# these are legitimate races in OpenSSL, and it appears those folks are looking at it
+# https://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg09019.html
+race:ssleay_rand_add
+race:ssleay_rand_bytes