diff --git a/region.hpp b/region.hpp
index 7daf33d2..83a32347 100644
--- a/region.hpp
+++ b/region.hpp
@@ -287,6 +287,17 @@ namespace cruft {
     }
 
 
+    ///------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /// Returns a uniformly randomly sampled point within the supplied region
+    /// using the default thread-local generator.
+    template <size_t S, typename T>
+    decltype(auto)
+    sample (region<S,T> const &shape)
+    {
+        return sample (shape, cruft::random::generator ());
+    }
+
+
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     template <typename T> using region2 = region<2,T>;
     template <typename T> using region3 = region<3,T>;