diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 684d7aaa4..e92d31665 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 	  incoming connection
 	* added more detailed instrumentation of the disk I/O thread
 
+	* fixed announce issue
+
 0.15.3 release
 
 	* fixed announce bug where event=completed would not be sent if it violated the
diff --git a/src/torrent_info.cpp b/src/torrent_info.cpp
index 1fa88c14d..f103f8070 100644
--- a/src/torrent_info.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent_info.cpp
@@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ namespace libtorrent
 	{
 		// if we're a seed and we haven't sent a completed
 		// event, we need to let this announce through
-		if (is_seed && !complete_sent) return true;
+		bool need_send_complete = is_seed && !complete_sent;
 
 		return now >= next_announce
-			&& now >= min_announce
+			&& (now >= min_announce || need_send_complete)
 			&& (fails < fail_limit || fail_limit == 0)
 			&& !updating;
 	}