diff --git a/src/base64.c b/src/base64.c
index fddb61c..1a36c91 100644
--- a/src/base64.c
+++ b/src/base64.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
@@ -302,6 +303,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", infile);
     }
 
+  fadvise (input_fh, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   if (decode)
     do_decode (input_fh, stdout, ignore_garbage);
   else
diff --git a/src/cat.c b/src/cat.c
index c4a2a9e..47b5053 100644
--- a/src/cat.c
+++ b/src/cat.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "full-write.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "safe-read.h"
@@ -700,6 +701,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         }
       insize = io_blksize (stat_buf);
 
+      fdadvise (input_desc, 0, 0, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
       /* Compare the device and i-node numbers of this input file with
          the corresponding values of the (output file associated with)
          stdout, and skip this input file if they coincide.  Input
diff --git a/src/cksum.c b/src/cksum.c
index d240eb3..282c777 100644
--- a/src/cksum.c
+++ b/src/cksum.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "system.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "xfreopen.h"
 
 #ifdef CRCTAB
@@ -205,6 +206,8 @@ cksum (const char *file, bool print_name)
         }
     }
 
+  fadvise (fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   while ((bytes_read = fread (buf, 1, BUFLEN, fp)) > 0)
     {
       unsigned char *cp = buf;
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index ff42802..06b80b0 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "system.h"
 #include "linebuffer.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "hard-locale.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "stdio--.h"
@@ -273,6 +274,8 @@ compare_files (char **infiles)
       if (!streams[i])
         error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", infiles[i]);
 
+      fadvise (streams[i], FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
       thisline[i] = readlinebuffer (all_line[i][alt[i][0]], streams[i]);
       if (ferror (streams[i]))
         error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", infiles[i]);
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index 5fcf074..58776d9 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "system.h"
 
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "getndelim2.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "quote.h"
@@ -733,6 +734,8 @@ cut_file (char const *file)
         }
     }
 
+  fadvise (stream, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   cut_stream (stream);
 
   if (ferror (stream))
diff --git a/src/expand.c b/src/expand.c
index be50063..249255d 100644
--- a/src/expand.c
+++ b/src/expand.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrndup.h"
 
@@ -243,13 +244,14 @@ next_file (FILE *fp)
       if (STREQ (file, "-"))
         {
           have_read_stdin = true;
-          prev_file = file;
-          return stdin;
+          fp = stdin;
         }
-      fp = fopen (file, "r");
+      else
+        fp = fopen (file, "r");
       if (fp)
         {
           prev_file = file;
+          fadvise (fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
           return fp;
         }
       error (0, errno, "%s", file);
diff --git a/src/fmt.c b/src/fmt.c
index 1a268ee..8a5d8bd 100644
--- a/src/fmt.c
+++ b/src/fmt.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ set_prefix (char *p)
 static void
 fmt (FILE *f)
 {
+  fadvise (f, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
   tabs = false;
   other_indent = 0;
   next_char = get_prefix (f);
diff --git a/src/fold.c b/src/fold.c
index 9364a03..d585856 100644
--- a/src/fold.c
+++ b/src/fold.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
 
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ fold_file (char const *filename, size_t width)
       return false;
     }
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   while ((c = getc (istream)) != EOF)
     {
       if (offset_out + 1 >= allocated_out)
diff --git a/src/join.c b/src/join.c
index c977116..fa18c9d 100644
--- a/src/join.c
+++ b/src/join.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "hard-locale.h"
 #include "linebuffer.h"
 #include "memcasecmp.h"
@@ -617,6 +618,9 @@ join (FILE *fp1, FILE *fp2)
   int diff;
   bool eof1, eof2;
 
+  fadvise (fp1, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+  fadvise (fp2, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   /* Read the first line of each file.  */
   initseq (&seq1);
   getseq (fp1, &seq1, 1);
diff --git a/src/md5sum.c b/src/md5sum.c
index cbf1986..10d4fa2 100644
--- a/src/md5sum.c
+++ b/src/md5sum.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # include "sha512.h"
 #endif
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "stdio--.h"
 #include "xfreopen.h"
 
@@ -406,6 +407,8 @@ digest_file (const char *filename, int *binary, unsigned char *bin_result)
         }
     }
 
+  fadvise (fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   err = DIGEST_STREAM (fp, bin_result);
   if (err)
     {
diff --git a/src/nl.c b/src/nl.c
index a9446f4..634a975 100644
--- a/src/nl.c
+++ b/src/nl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "linebuffer.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrtol.h"
@@ -439,6 +440,8 @@ nl_file (char const *file)
         }
     }
 
+  fadvise (stream, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   process_file (stream);
 
   if (ferror (stream))
diff --git a/src/paste.c b/src/paste.c
index 36e1cfb..dbbf52d 100644
--- a/src/paste.c
+++ b/src/paste.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 
 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix).  */
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ paste_parallel (size_t nfiles, char **fnamptr)
             error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", fnamptr[files_open]);
           else if (fileno (fileptr[files_open]) == STDIN_FILENO)
             opened_stdin = true;
+          fadvise (fileptr[files_open], FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
         }
     }
 
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ paste_serial (size_t nfiles, char **fnamptr)
               ok = false;
               continue;
             }
+          fadvise (fileptr, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
         }
 
       delimptr = delims;	/* Set up for delimiter string. */
diff --git a/src/pr.c b/src/pr.c
index f942151..9c2d10c 100644
--- a/src/pr.c
+++ b/src/pr.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "hard-locale.h"
 #include "mbswidth.h"
 #include "quote.h"
@@ -1507,6 +1508,7 @@ open_file (char *name, COLUMN *p)
         error (0, errno, "%s", name);
       return false;
     }
+  fadvise (p->fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
   p->status = OPEN;
   p->full_page_printed = false;
   ++total_files;
diff --git a/src/ptx.c b/src/ptx.c
index c6efb04..ba5aec5 100644
--- a/src/ptx.c
+++ b/src/ptx.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "argmatch.h"
 #include "diacrit.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
 #include "regex.h"
@@ -538,6 +539,8 @@ swallow_file_in_memory (const char *file_name, BLOCK *block)
     {
       size_t in_memory_size;
 
+      fdadvise (file_handle, 0, 0, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
       block->start = xmalloc ((size_t) stat_block.st_size);
 
       if ((in_memory_size = read (file_handle,
diff --git a/src/shuf.c b/src/shuf.c
index 67b19af..e8ae645 100644
--- a/src/shuf.c
+++ b/src/shuf.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "system.h"
 
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "getopt.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "quotearg.h"
@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 
+      fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
       n_lines = read_input (stdin, eolbyte, &input_lines);
       line = input_lines;
     }
diff --git a/src/sum.c b/src/sum.c
index d0d160f..4b98e59 100644
--- a/src/sum.c
+++ b/src/sum.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "human.h"
 #include "safe-read.h"
 #include "xfreopen.h"
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ bsd_sum_file (const char *file, int print_name)
         }
     }
 
+  fadvise (fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   while ((ch = getc (fp)) != EOF)
     {
       total_bytes++;
diff --git a/src/tee.c b/src/tee.c
index 39d9892..a5b0369 100644
--- a/src/tee.c
+++ b/src/tee.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "stdio--.h"
 #include "xfreopen.h"
 
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ tee_files (int nfiles, const char **files)
   if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
     xfreopen (NULL, "wb", stdout);
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   /* In the array of NFILES + 1 descriptors, make
      the first one correspond to standard output.   */
   descriptors[0] = stdout;
diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
index 3722b4d..a5b6810 100644
--- a/src/tr.c
+++ b/src/tr.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "safe-read.h"
 #include "xfreopen.h"
@@ -1754,6 +1755,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
     xfreopen (NULL, "wb", stdout);
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   if (squeeze_repeats && non_option_args == 1)
     {
       set_initialize (s1, complement, in_squeeze_set);
diff --git a/src/tsort.c b/src/tsort.c
index b5c187b..4f51f30 100644
--- a/src/tsort.c
+++ b/src/tsort.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "system.h"
 #include "long-options.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "readtokens.h"
 #include "stdio--.h"
@@ -444,6 +445,8 @@ tsort (const char *file)
   if (!is_stdin && ! freopen (file, "r", stdin))
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", file);
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   init_tokenbuffer (&tokenbuffer);
 
   while (1)
diff --git a/src/unexpand.c b/src/unexpand.c
index e9e5c6a..14b8df0 100644
--- a/src/unexpand.c
+++ b/src/unexpand.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "system.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "xstrndup.h"
 
@@ -262,13 +263,14 @@ next_file (FILE *fp)
       if (STREQ (file, "-"))
         {
           have_read_stdin = true;
-          prev_file = file;
-          return stdin;
+          fp = stdin;
         }
-      fp = fopen (file, "r");
+      else
+        fp = fopen (file, "r");
       if (fp)
         {
           prev_file = file;
+          fadvise (fp, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
           return fp;
         }
       error (0, errno, "%s", file);
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index df59b12..86ca8c9 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "argmatch.h"
 #include "linebuffer.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "hard-locale.h"
 #include "posixver.h"
 #include "quote.h"
@@ -286,6 +287,8 @@ check_file (const char *infile, const char *outfile, char delimiter)
   if (! (STREQ (outfile, "-") || freopen (outfile, "w", stdout)))
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", outfile);
 
+  fadvise (stdin, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   thisline = &lb1;
   prevline = &lb2;
 
diff --git a/src/wc.c b/src/wc.c
index 6df7fed..a2dfb47 100644
--- a/src/wc.c
+++ b/src/wc.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "system.h"
 #include "argv-iter.h"
 #include "error.h"
+#include "fadvise.h"
 #include "mbchar.h"
 #include "physmem.h"
 #include "quote.h"
@@ -211,6 +212,10 @@ wc (int fd, char const *file_x, struct fstatus *fstatus)
     }
   count_complicated = print_words || print_linelength;
 
+  /* Only advise the kernel of our access pattern if we need to read().  */
+  if (!count_bytes || count_chars || print_lines || count_complicated)
+    fdadvise (fd, 0, 0, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
+
   /* When counting only bytes, save some line- and word-counting
      overhead.  If FD is a `regular' Unix file, using lseek is enough
      to get its `size' in bytes.  Otherwise, read blocks of BUFFER_SIZE
@@ -238,6 +243,7 @@ wc (int fd, char const *file_x, struct fstatus *fstatus)
         }
       else
         {
+         fdadvise (fd, 0, 0, FADVISE_SEQUENTIAL);
           while ((bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buf, BUFFER_SIZE)) > 0)
             {
               if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)