diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2e61fcbc685..a53367f0172 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18010,6 +18010,7 @@ for ac_func in \
 	pipe2 \
 	poll \
 	port_create \
+	posix_fadvise \
 	prctl \
 	pread \
 	proc_pidinfo \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a9750330443..837f41c34aa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2186,6 +2186,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(\
 	pipe2 \
 	poll \
 	port_create \
+	posix_fadvise \
 	prctl \
 	pread \
 	proc_pidinfo \
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index b1918d46ed1..2b488894a49 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <port.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_PORT_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `posix_fadvise' function. */
+#undef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `prctl' function. */
 #undef HAVE_PRCTL
 
diff --git a/server/fd.c b/server/fd.c
index de7c5d7e36d..a09fc9edfcf 100644
--- a/server/fd.c
+++ b/server/fd.c
@@ -2026,6 +2026,19 @@ struct fd *open_fd( struct fd *root, const char *name, struct unicode_str nt_nam
         free( closed_fd );
         fd->cacheable = 1;
     }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE
+    switch (options & (FILE_SEQUENTIAL_ONLY | FILE_RANDOM_ACCESS))
+    {
+    case FILE_SEQUENTIAL_ONLY:
+        posix_fadvise( fd->unix_fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL );
+        break;
+    case FILE_RANDOM_ACCESS:
+        posix_fadvise( fd->unix_fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_RANDOM );
+        break;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (root_fd != -1) fchdir( server_dir_fd ); /* go back to the server dir */
     return fd;