diff --git a/libtransmission/verify.c b/libtransmission/verify.c
index 5608d8911..be6a0768d 100644
--- a/libtransmission/verify.c
+++ b/libtransmission/verify.c
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h> /* S_ISREG */
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
+ #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600
+ #include <fcntl.h> /* posix_fadvise() */
+#endif
+
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 
 #include "transmission.h"
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ verifyTorrent( tr_torrent * tor, tr_bool * stopFlag )
         {
             char * filename = tr_buildPath( tor->downloadDir, file->name, NULL );
             fp = fopen( filename, "rb" );
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
+            posix_fadvise( fileno( fp ), 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL );
+#endif
             /* fprintf( stderr, "opening file #%d (%s) -- %p\n", fileIndex, filename, fp ); */
             tr_free( filename );
         }