diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
index f9a209d2bcb3d..843c92a9b27d2 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/connect/dataframe.py
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ def sample(
         if withReplacement is None:
             withReplacement = False
 
-        seed = int(seed) if seed is not None else None
+        seed = int(seed) if seed is not None else random.randint(0, sys.maxsize)
 
         return DataFrame(
             plan.Sample(
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_plan.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_plan.py
index 09c3171ee11fd..e8d04aeada740 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_plan.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/connect/test_connect_plan.py
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ def test_sample(self):
         self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.lower_bound, 0.0)
         self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.upper_bound, 0.3)
         self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.with_replacement, False)
-        self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.HasField("seed"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.HasField("seed"), True)
         self.assertEqual(plan.root.sample.deterministic_order, False)
 
         plan = (
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_dataframe.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_dataframe.py
index 16dd0d2a3bf7c..f491b496ddae5 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_dataframe.py
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ def test_sample(self):
             IllegalArgumentException, lambda: self.spark.range(1).sample(-1.0).count()
         )
 
+    def test_sample_with_random_seed(self):
+        df = self.spark.range(10000).sample(0.1)
+        cnts = [df.count() for i in range(10)]
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(set(cnts)))
+
     def test_toDF_with_string(self):
         df = self.spark.createDataFrame([("John", 30), ("Alice", 25), ("Bob", 28)])
         data = [("John", 30), ("Alice", 25), ("Bob", 28)]