diff --git a/mlx/random.cpp b/mlx/random.cpp
index 232c458f9..ef11f8c65 100644
--- a/mlx/random.cpp
+++ b/mlx/random.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ array uniform(
   }
 
   auto stream = to_stream(s);
-  auto range = subtract(high, low, stream);
+  auto lo = astype(low, dtype, stream);
+  auto hi = astype(high, dtype, stream);
+  auto range = subtract(hi, lo, stream);
   auto out_shape = broadcast_shapes(shape, range.shape());
   if (out_shape != shape) {
     std::ostringstream msg;
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ array uniform(
   auto out = bits(shape, size_of(dtype), key, stream);
   out = astype(divide(out, maxval, stream), dtype, stream);
   out = minimum(out, upper, stream);
-  return add(multiply(range, out, stream), low, stream);
+  return add(multiply(range, out, stream), lo, stream);
 }
 
 array uniform(
diff --git a/python/tests/test_random.py b/python/tests/test_random.py
index 1603371b3..aa01339f4 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_random.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_random.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ class TestRandom(mlx_tests.MLXTestCase):
         a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(1000,), low=mx.array(-1), high=5)
         self.assertTrue(mx.all((a > -1) < 5).item())
 
+        a = mx.random.uniform(low=-0.1, high=0.1, shape=(1,), dtype=mx.bfloat16)
+        self.assertEqual(a.dtype, mx.bfloat16)
+
     def test_normal(self):
         key = mx.random.key(0)
         a = mx.random.normal(key=key)
diff --git a/tests/random_tests.cpp b/tests/random_tests.cpp
index 1a387febc..b7793e41c 100644
--- a/tests/random_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/random_tests.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ TEST_CASE("test random uniform") {
     // Non float type throws
     CHECK_THROWS_AS(random::uniform({}, int32), std::invalid_argument);
 
+    // dtype respected
+    x = random::uniform(-.1, .1, {0}, bfloat16);
+    CHECK_EQ(x.dtype(), bfloat16);
+
     // Check broadcasting
     x = random::uniform(zeros({3, 1}), ones({1, 3}), {3, 3});
     CHECK_EQ(x.shape(), std::vector<int>{3, 3});