client.go | 3 +++
 config.go | 3 +++

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e7683016b2ae2e14d110b43d5626f6730ee21e64..ae40f458e1ff6d24b356e754afba00f380b45ffe 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ 	return blocked
 }
 
 func (cl *Client) wantConns() bool {
+	if cl.config.AlwaysWantConns {
+		return true
+	}
 	for _, t := range cl.torrents {
 		if t.wantConns() {
 			return true
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1895f3c37aa715a5d050c481fb08d29691351b87..0e3cd2c2a24a1a4083c9ed9861db1565d20cf8ad 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ 	// we don't intend to obtain all of a torrent's data.
 	DropMutuallyCompletePeers bool
 	// Whether to accept peer connections at all.
 	AcceptPeerConnections bool
+	// Whether a Client should want conns without delegating to any attached Torrents. This is
+	// useful when torrents might be added dynmically in callbacks for example.
+	AlwaysWantConns bool
 
 	// OnQuery hook func
 	DHTOnQuery func(query *krpc.Msg, source net.Addr) (propagate bool)