diff --git a/declarations/reservoir.d.ts b/declarations/reservoir.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05fd288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/declarations/reservoir.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+declare module 'reservoir' {
+
+  interface ReservoirArray<T> extends Array<T> {
+    /**
+     * datum: one or more elements to consider for inclusion into the reservoir.
+     * Returns the current length of the reservoir.
+     */
+    pushSome(...datum: T[]): number;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new reservoir sampler.
+   *
+   * @param reservoirSize is the maximum size of the reservoir. This is the number of elements
+   *   to be randomly chosen from the input provided to it using pushSome. Default is 1.
+   * @param randomNumberGenerator is an optional random number generating function to use in
+   *   place of the default Math.random.
+   */
+  function Reservoir<T>(
+    reservoirSize?: number,
+    randomNumberGenerator?: () => number
+  ): ReservoirArray<T>;
+
+  export = Reservoir;
+}
diff --git a/localturk.ts b/localturk.ts
index 07dc587..f082672 100644
--- a/localturk.ts
+++ b/localturk.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as program from 'commander';
 import open = require('open');
+import Reservoir = require('reservoir');
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
 import * as csv from './csv';
@@ -28,10 +29,13 @@ program
   .option('-p, --port <n>', 'Run on this port (default 4321)', parseInt)
   .option('-s, --static-dir <dir>',
           'Serve static content from this directory. Default is same directory as template file.')
+  .option('-r, --random-order',
+          'Serve images in random order, rather than sequentially. This is useful for ' +
+          'generating valid subsamples or for minimizing collisions during group localturking.')
   .option('-w, --write-template', 'Generate a stub template file based on the input CSV.')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
-const {args, writeTemplate} = program;
+const {args, randomOrder, writeTemplate} = program;
 if (!((3 === args.length && !writeTemplate) ||
      (1 === args.length && writeTemplate))) {
   program.help();
@@ -128,17 +132,27 @@ interface TaskStats {
 
 async function getNextTask(): Promise<TaskStats> {
   const completedTasks = (await readCompletedTasks()).map(utils.normalizeValues);
+  let sampler = randomOrder ? Reservoir<Task>() : null;
   let nextTask: Task;
   let numTotal = 0;
   for await (const task of csv.readRowObjects(tasksFile)) {
     numTotal++;
-    if (!nextTask && !isTaskCompleted(utils.normalizeValues(task), completedTasks)) {
+    if (!sampler && nextTask) {
+      continue;  // we're only counting at this point.
+    }
+    if (isTaskCompleted(utils.normalizeValues(task), completedTasks)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (sampler) {
+      sampler.pushSome(task);
+    } else {
       nextTask = task;
     }
   }
 
   return {
-    task: nextTask,
+    task: sampler ? sampler[0] : nextTask,
     numCompleted: _.size(completedTasks),
     numTotal,
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8db7e54..3b47b1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^4.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "open": "^0.0.5",
+    "reservoir": "^0.1.2",
     "temp": "^0.8.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index beb0047..2d63dde 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -560,6 +560,10 @@ raw-body@2.3.2:
     iconv-lite "0.4.19"
     unpipe "1.0.0"
 
+reservoir@^0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reservoir/-/reservoir-0.1.2.tgz#f08eac156495123039cbc5ee06f3f58979e45605"
+
 rimraf@~2.2.6:
   version "2.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.2.8.tgz#e439be2aaee327321952730f99a8929e4fc50582"