1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/system/drivers/DB_active_record.php b/system/drivers/DB_active_record.php
index c7e4f096c..af12d9d27 100644
--- a/system/drivers/DB_active_record.php
+++ b/system/drivers/DB_active_record.php
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class CI_DB_active_record extends CI_DB_driver {
 	{
 		if (trim($direction) != '')
 		{
-			$direction = (in_array(strtoupper(trim($direction)), array('ASC', 'DESC'))) ? ' '.$direction : ' ASC';
+			$direction = (in_array(strtoupper(trim($direction)), array('ASC', 'DESC', 'RAND()'))) ? ' '.$direction : ' ASC';
 		}
 		
 		$this->ar_orderby[] = $orderby.$direction;