diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
index a397c7b65..060f41a75 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/session_impl.hpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				, boost::uint32_t flags) const;
 			void refresh_torrent_status(std::vector<torrent_status>* ret
 				, boost::uint32_t flags) const;
-			void post_torrent_updates();
+			void post_torrent_updates(boost::uint32_t flags);
 			void post_session_stats();
 			void post_dht_stats();
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
index 3914ec8b0..b09e7820a 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session.hpp
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// 
 		// Only torrents who has the state subscription flag set will be
 		// included. This flag is on by default. See add_torrent_params.
-		void post_torrent_updates();
+		// the ``flags`` argument is the same as for torrent_handle::status().
+		// see torrent_handle::status_flags_t.
+		void post_torrent_updates(boost::uint32_t flags = 0xffffffff);
 
 		// This function will post a session_stats_alert object, containing a
 		// snapshot of the performance counters from the internals of libtorrent.
diff --git a/src/session.cpp b/src/session.cpp
index 6723cc71b..42d470613 100644
--- a/src/session.cpp
+++ b/src/session.cpp
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		TORRENT_SYNC_CALL2(refresh_torrent_status, ret, flags);
 	}
 
-	void session::post_torrent_updates()
+	void session::post_torrent_updates(boost::uint32_t flags)
 	{
-		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL(post_torrent_updates);
+		TORRENT_ASYNC_CALL1(post_torrent_updates, flags);
 	}
 
 	std::vector<stats_metric> session_stats_metrics()
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 11b62f364..bfd4a6ab5 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -4303,7 +4303,7 @@ retry:
 		}
 	}
 	
-	void session_impl::post_torrent_updates()
+	void session_impl::post_torrent_updates(boost::uint32_t flags)
 	{
 		INVARIANT_CHECK;
 
@@ -4333,7 +4333,7 @@ retry:
 			// the torrent to be loaded. Loading a torrent, and evicting another
 			// one will lead to calling state_updated(), which screws with
 			// this list while we're working on it, and break things
-			t->status(&alert->status.back(), ~torrent_handle::query_accurate_download_counters);
+			t->status(&alert->status.back(), flags);
 			t->clear_in_state_update();
 		}
 		state_updates.clear();