diff --git a/profiler/options.go b/profiler/options.go
index 5d0e94f14d..45257e57b7 100644
--- a/profiler/options.go
+++ b/profiler/options.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ type config struct {
 	logStartup           bool
 	traceConfig          executionTraceConfig
 	endpointCountEnabled bool
+	rng                  *rand.Rand
 }
 
 // logStartup records the configuration to the configured logger in JSON format
@@ -574,3 +576,10 @@ func WithCustomProfilerLabelKeys(keys ...string) Option {
 		cfg.customProfilerLabels = append(cfg.customProfilerLabels, keys...)
 	}
 }
+
+// withRNG provides a seeded RNG, for reliable testing
+func withRNG(r *rand.Rand) Option {
+	return func(cfg *config) {
+		cfg.rng = r
+	}
+}
diff --git a/profiler/profiler.go b/profiler/profiler.go
index 5e1d1736e8..852f6811ba 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler.go
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ func (p *profiler) lookupProfile(name string, w io.Writer, debug int) error {
 	return prof.WriteTo(w, debug)
 }
 
+func (p *profiler) randFloat64() float64 {
+	if p.cfg.rng != nil {
+		return p.cfg.rng.Float64()
+	}
+	return rand.Float64()
+}
+
 // newProfiler creates a new, unstarted profiler.
 func newProfiler(opts ...Option) (*profiler, error) {
 	if os.Getenv("AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME") != "" {
@@ -319,7 +326,7 @@ func (p *profiler) collect(ticker <-chan time.Time) {
 		// we will always record a trace
 		// We do multiplication here instead of division to defensively guard against
 		// division by 0
-		shouldTraceRandomly := rand.Float64()*float64(p.cfg.traceConfig.Period) < float64(p.cfg.period)
+		shouldTraceRandomly := p.randFloat64()*float64(p.cfg.traceConfig.Period) < float64(p.cfg.period)
 		// As a special case, we want to trace during the first
 		// profiling cycle since startup activity is generally much
 		// different than regular operation
diff --git a/profiler/profiler_test.go b/profiler/profiler_test.go
index 9f5db9e529..5cfbf806e5 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler_test.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler_test.go
@@ -531,14 +531,13 @@ func TestExecutionTraceMisconfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestExecutionTraceRandom(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("flaky test, see: https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/issues/2529")
-
 	collectTraces := func(t *testing.T, profilePeriod, tracePeriod time.Duration, count int) int {
 		t.Setenv("DD_PROFILING_EXECUTION_TRACE_ENABLED", "true")
 		t.Setenv("DD_PROFILING_EXECUTION_TRACE_PERIOD", tracePeriod.String())
 		profiles := startTestProfiler(t, 10,
 			WithProfileTypes(),
 			WithPeriod(profilePeriod),
+			withRNG(rand.New(rand.NewSource(0))),
 		)
 
 		seenTraces := 0