diff --git a/include/libtorrent/http_seed_connection.hpp b/include/libtorrent/http_seed_connection.hpp
index 1aba8759e..ee308a3fa 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/http_seed_connection.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/http_seed_connection.hpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		// if it's changed referencing back into that list will fail
 		const std::string m_url;
 
+		web_seed_entry* m_web;
+
 		// the number of bytes left to receive of the response we're
 		// currently parsing
 		size_type m_response_left;
diff --git a/src/http_seed_connection.cpp b/src/http_seed_connection.cpp
index 42d40697f..ff8f9287b 100644
--- a/src/http_seed_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_seed_connection.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		, web_seed_entry& web)
 		: web_connection_base(pack, web)
 		, m_url(web.url)
+		, m_web(&web)
 		, m_response_left(0)
 		, m_chunk_pos(0)
 		, m_partial_chunk_header(0)