diff --git a/mio/configure b/mio/configure
index 4317df1..2aa954b 100755
--- a/mio/configure
+++ b/mio/configure
@@ -17828,7 +17828,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_func in lstat fchmod fsync ftruncate
+for ac_func in lstat fchmod fsync ftruncate posix_fadvise
 do :
   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
diff --git a/mio/configure.ac b/mio/configure.ac
index 596cb2d..3781d03 100644
--- a/mio/configure.ac
+++ b/mio/configure.ac
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mbsnrtowcs mbsrtowcs wcsnrtombs wcsrtombs])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([wctype iswctype wctrans towctrans])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([isblank iswblank])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([lseek64 stat64 fstat64 lstat64 ftruncate64 readdir64 dirfd])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([lstat fchmod fsync ftruncate])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([lstat fchmod fsync ftruncate posix_fadvise])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([timegm timelocal localtime_r gettimeofday settimeofday clock_gettime clock_settime])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([utime utimes futimes lutimes futimens])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sysconf prctl fdopendir setrlimit getrlimit getpgid getpgrp])
diff --git a/mio/lib/Makefile.in b/mio/lib/Makefile.in
index 6c384b5..57a6a49 100644
--- a/mio/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/mio/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ pdfdir = @pdfdir@
 prefix = @prefix@
 program_transform_name = @program_transform_name@
 psdir = @psdir@
-runstatedir = @runstatedir@
 sbindir = @sbindir@
 sharedstatedir = @sharedstatedir@
 srcdir = @srcdir@
diff --git a/mio/lib/http-fil.c b/mio/lib/http-fil.c
index 476d27c..dc869ef 100644
--- a/mio/lib/http-fil.c
+++ b/mio/lib/http-fil.c
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ static int open_peer (file_state_t* file_state, const mio_bch_t* actual_file)
 				file_state_send_final_status_to_client (file_state, ERRNO_TO_STATUS_CODE(errno), 1);
 				return -1;
 			}
+
 			return 0;
 
 		case MIO_HTTP_PUT:
@@ -643,6 +644,14 @@ static int open_peer (file_state_t* file_state, const mio_bch_t* actual_file)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static MIO_INLINE void fadvise_on_peer (file_state_t* file_state)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE)
+	if (file_state->req_method == MIO_HTTP_GET)
+		posix_fadvise (file_state->peer, file_state->start_offset, file_state->end_offset - file_state->start_offset + 1, POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL);
+#endif
+}
+
 int mio_svc_htts_dofile (mio_svc_htts_t* htts, mio_dev_sck_t* csck, mio_htre_t* req, const mio_bch_t* docroot, const mio_bch_t* file)
 {
 	mio_t* mio = htts->mio;
@@ -682,6 +691,8 @@ int mio_svc_htts_dofile (mio_svc_htts_t* htts, mio_dev_sck_t* csck, mio_htre_t*
 	if (open_peer(file_state, actual_file) <= -1 || 
 	    process_range_header(file_state, req) <= -1) goto oops;
 
+	fadvise_on_peer (file_state);
+
 #if !defined(FILE_ALLOW_UNLIMITED_REQ_CONTENT_LENGTH)
 	if (file_state->req_content_length_unlimited)
 	{
diff --git a/mio/lib/mio-cfg.h.in b/mio/lib/mio-cfg.h.in
index 43d214b..7d2f770 100644
--- a/mio/lib/mio-cfg.h.in
+++ b/mio/lib/mio-cfg.h.in
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <openssl/ssl.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `posix_fadvise' function. */
+#undef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `posix_spawn' function. */
 #undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN