diff --git a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
index 2df137333..23dca903a 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
@@ -699,6 +699,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		torrent_info const& torrent_file() const
 		{ return *m_torrent_file; }
 
+		std::string const& url() const { return m_url; }
+
 		std::vector<announce_entry> const& trackers() const
 		{ return m_trackers; }
 
diff --git a/src/session_impl.cpp b/src/session_impl.cpp
index 1f631afcc..579be6838 100644
--- a/src/session_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/session_impl.cpp
@@ -3575,6 +3575,14 @@ namespace aux {
 		session_impl::torrent_map::iterator i =
 			m_torrents.find(tptr->torrent_file().info_hash());
 
+		// this torrent might be filed under the URL-hash
+		if (i == m_torrents.end() && !tptr->url().empty())
+		{
+			std::string const& url = tptr->url();
+			sha1_hash urlhash = hasher(&url[0], url.size()).final();
+			i = m_torrents.find(urlhash);
+		}
+
 		if (i != m_torrents.end())
 		{
 			torrent& t = *i->second;