src/nnn.c | 2 ++

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index a26799476a1c427a860cd28e1b6347805ada0850..4a7f7e36cfd93b800476b371cc537a11b0446d02 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3512,6 +3512,8 @@ 		if (!open_max)
 			open_max = max_openfds();
 	}
 
+	posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL);
+
 	dp = readdir(dirp);
 	if (!dp)
 		goto exit;