diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
index f83194be4f4..aab48a009fd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
@@ -544,43 +544,6 @@ def list_of_dict_key_value_elements_to_dict(mylist, key_name='key', value_name='
     return dict((item[key_name], item[value_name]) for item in mylist)
 
 
-def random_mac(value, seed=None):
-    ''' takes string prefix, and return it completed with random bytes
-        to get a complete 6 bytes MAC address '''
-
-    if not isinstance(value, string_types):
-        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value type (%s) for random_mac (%s)' % (type(value), value))
-
-    value = value.lower()
-    mac_items = value.split(':')
-
-    if len(mac_items) > 5:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value (%s) for random_mac: 5 colon(:) separated items max' % value)
-
-    err = ""
-    for mac in mac_items:
-        if len(mac) == 0:
-            err += ",empty item"
-            continue
-        if not re.match('[a-f0-9]{2}', mac):
-            err += ",%s not hexa byte" % mac
-    err = err.strip(',')
-
-    if len(err):
-        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value (%s) for random_mac: %s' % (value, err))
-
-    if seed is None:
-        r = SystemRandom()
-    else:
-        r = Random(seed)
-    # Generate random int between x1000000000 and xFFFFFFFFFF
-    v = r.randint(68719476736, 1099511627775)
-    # Select first n chars to complement input prefix
-    remain = 2 * (6 - len(mac_items))
-    rnd = ('%x' % v)[:remain]
-    return value + re.sub(r'(..)', r':\1', rnd)
-
-
 def path_join(paths):
     ''' takes a sequence or a string, and return a concatenation
         of the different members '''
@@ -684,7 +647,4 @@ class FilterModule(object):
             'dict2items': dict_to_list_of_dict_key_value_elements,
             'items2dict': list_of_dict_key_value_elements_to_dict,
             'subelements': subelements,
-
-            # Misc
-            'random_mac': random_mac,
         }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/random_mac.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/random_mac.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa9f59be081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/random_mac.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# (c) 2020 Ansible Project
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import re
+from random import Random, SystemRandom
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+
+
+def random_mac(value, seed=None):
+    ''' takes string prefix, and return it completed with random bytes
+        to get a complete 6 bytes MAC address '''
+
+    if not isinstance(value, string_types):
+        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value type (%s) for random_mac (%s)' %
+                                 (type(value), value))
+
+    value = value.lower()
+    mac_items = value.split(':')
+
+    if len(mac_items) > 5:
+        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value (%s) for random_mac: 5 colon(:) separated'
+                                 ' items max' % value)
+
+    err = ""
+    for mac in mac_items:
+        if not mac:
+            err += ",empty item"
+            continue
+        if not re.match('[a-f0-9]{2}', mac):
+            err += ",%s not hexa byte" % mac
+    err = err.strip(',')
+
+    if err:
+        raise AnsibleFilterError('Invalid value (%s) for random_mac: %s' % (value, err))
+
+    if seed is None:
+        r = SystemRandom()
+    else:
+        r = Random(seed)
+    # Generate random int between x1000000000 and xFFFFFFFFFF
+    v = r.randint(68719476736, 1099511627775)
+    # Select first n chars to complement input prefix
+    remain = 2 * (6 - len(mac_items))
+    rnd = ('%x' % v)[:remain]
+    return value + re.sub(r'(..)', r':\1', rnd)
+
+
+class FilterModule:
+    ''' Ansible jinja2 filters '''
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            'random_mac': random_mac,
+        }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/filter_core/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/filter_core/tasks/main.yml
index e14889eb23e..2a1f8c76a4a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/filter_core/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/filter_core/tasks/main.yml
@@ -136,65 +136,6 @@
     - "'Ansible - くらとみ\n' | b64encode(encoding='utf-16-le') == 'QQBuAHMAaQBiAGwAZQAgAC0AIABPMIkwaDB/MAoA'"
     - "'QQBuAHMAaQBiAGwAZQAgAC0AIABPMIkwaDB/MAoA' | b64decode(encoding='utf-16-le') == 'Ansible - くらとみ\n'"
 
-- name: Test random_mac filter bad argument type
-  debug:
-    var: "0 | random_mac"
-  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a bad argument type error message
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
-      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value type (.*int.*) for random_mac .*')"
-
-- name: Test random_mac filter bad argument value
-  debug:
-    var: "'dummy' | random_mac"
-  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a bad argument value error message
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
-      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value (.*) for random_mac: .* not hexa byte')"
-
-- name: Test random_mac filter prefix too big
-  debug:
-    var: "'00:00:00:00:00:00' | random_mac"
-  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a prefix too big error message
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
-      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value (.*) for random_mac: 5 colon.* separated items max')"
-
-- name:  Verify random_mac filter
-  assert:
-    that:
-            - "'00' | random_mac is match('^00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
-            - "'00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
-            - "'00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
-            - "'00:00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
-            - "'00:00:00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
-            - "'00:00:00' | random_mac != '00:00:00' | random_mac"
-
-- name: Verify random_mac filter with seed
-  assert:
-    that:
-      - "'00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test') == '00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test')"
-      - "'00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test') != '00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='another_test')"
-
-- name: Ensure dict2items works with hostvars
-  debug:
-    msg: "{{ item.key }}"
-  loop: "{{ hostvars|dict2items }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.key }}"
-
 - name: Ensure combining two dictionaries containing undefined variables provides a helpful error
   block:
     - set_fact:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/aliases b/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1603f4351b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+shippable/posix/group2
+skip/python2.6  # filters are controller only, and we no longer support Python 2.6 on the controller
+skip/aix
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c90127262b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/filter_random_mac/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# test code for filters
+# Copyright: (c) 2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+- set_fact:
+    output_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'OUTPUT_DIR') }}"
+
+- name: Test random_mac filter bad argument type
+  debug:
+    var: "0 | random_mac"
+  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a bad argument type error message
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
+      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value type (.*int.*) for random_mac .*')"
+
+- name: Test random_mac filter bad argument value
+  debug:
+    var: "'dummy' | random_mac"
+  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a bad argument value error message
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
+      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value (.*) for random_mac: .* not hexa byte')"
+
+- name: Test random_mac filter prefix too big
+  debug:
+    var: "'00:00:00:00:00:00' | random_mac"
+  register: _bad_random_mac_filter
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: Verify random_mac filter showed a prefix too big error message
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - _bad_random_mac_filter is failed
+      - "_bad_random_mac_filter.msg is match('Invalid value (.*) for random_mac: 5 colon.* separated items max')"
+
+- name:  Verify random_mac filter
+  assert:
+    that:
+            - "'00' | random_mac is match('^00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
+            - "'00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
+            - "'00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
+            - "'00:00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
+            - "'00:00:00:00:00' | random_mac is match('^00:00:00:00:00:[a-f0-9][a-f0-9]$')"
+            - "'00:00:00' | random_mac != '00:00:00' | random_mac"
+
+- name: Verify random_mac filter with seed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test') == '00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test')"
+      - "'00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='test') != '00:00:00' | random_mac(seed='another_test')"