diff --git a/bindings/python/src/session.cpp b/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
index 1861928d8..7aa3f1149 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/session.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ namespace
             p.trackerid = extract<std::string>(params["trackerid"]);
         if (params.has_key("url"))
             p.url = extract<std::string>(params["url"]);
+        if (params.has_key("merge_resume_trackers"))
+            p.merge_resume_trackers = params["merge_resume_trackers"];
     }
 
     torrent_handle add_torrent(session& s, dict params)
diff --git a/docs/manual.rst b/docs/manual.rst
index 1d63d730a..4942e10f8 100644
--- a/docs/manual.rst
+++ b/docs/manual.rst
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ add_torrent()
 			bool share_mode;
 			std::string trackerid;
 			std::string url;
+			std::string uuid;
+			std::string source_feed_url;
+			bool apply_ip_filter;
+			bool merge_resume_trackers;
 		};
 
 		torrent_handle add_torrent(add_torrent_params const& params);
@@ -544,6 +548,20 @@ is used for forward binary compatibility.
 this is empty, and no tracker ID is used, since this is an optional argument. If
 a tracker returns a tracker ID, that ID is used instead of this.
 
+if ``uuid`` is specified, it is used to find duplicates. If another torrent is already
+running with the same UUID as the one being added, it will be considered a duplicate. This
+is mainly useful for RSS feed items which has UUIDs specified.
+
+``source_feed_url`` should point to the URL of the RSS feed this torrent comes from,
+if it comes from an RSS feed.
+
+``apply_ip_filter`` determines if the IP filter should apply to this torrent or not. By
+default all torrents are subject to filtering by the IP filter. This is useful if certain
+torrents needs to be excempt for some reason, being an auto-update torrent for instance.
+
+``merge_resume_trackers`` defaults to false and specifies whether tracker URLs loaded from
+resume data should be added to the trackers in the torrent or replace the trackers.
+
 remove_torrent()
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/add_torrent_params.hpp b/include/libtorrent/add_torrent_params.hpp
index bb12d9432..ee06f444d 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/add_torrent_params.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/add_torrent_params.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, file_priorities(0)
 			, share_mode(false)
 			, apply_ip_filter(true)
+			, merge_resume_trackers(false)
 		{}
 
 		// libtorrent version. Used for forward binary compatibility
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		std::string uuid;
 		std::string source_feed_url;
 		bool apply_ip_filter;
+		bool merge_resume_trackers;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
index e8c5e0b28..94d755571 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/torrent.hpp
@@ -1310,6 +1310,10 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// set to true if the session IP filter applies to this
 		// torrent or not. Defaults to true.
 		bool m_apply_ip_filter:1;
+		
+		// if set to true, add tracker URLs loaded from resume
+		// data into this torrent instead of replacing them
+		bool m_merge_resume_trackers:1;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index 0247a4790..a8d4566a9 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		, m_lsd_seq(0)
 		, m_magnet_link(false)
 		, m_apply_ip_filter(p.apply_ip_filter)
+		, m_merge_resume_trackers(p.merge_resume_trackers)
 	{
 		if (!m_apply_ip_filter) ++m_ses.m_non_filtered_torrents;
 
@@ -4417,7 +4418,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		lazy_entry const* trackers = rd.dict_find_list("trackers");
 		if (trackers)
 		{
-			m_trackers.clear();
+			if (!m_merge_resume_trackers) m_trackers.clear();
 			int tier = 0;
 			for (int i = 0; i < trackers->list_size(); ++i)
 			{