1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/fold.c b/src/fold.c
index 9364a03f9..d5858568c 100644
--- a/src/fold.c
+++ b/src/fold.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ fold_file (char const *filename, size_t width)
       return false;
     }
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   while ((c = getc (istream)) != EOF)
     {
       if (offset_out + 1 >= allocated_out)