diff --git a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
index ea6ce90..8687d9c 100644
--- a/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
+++ b/src/sequential-data-fetcher.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
     void
     resume();
 
+    void
+    seed(const time::milliseconds& timeout = time::milliseconds::zero()) const;
+
   protected:
     std::vector<ndn::Name>
     downloadTorrentFile();
@@ -98,6 +101,13 @@
     shared_ptr<TorrentManager> m_manager;
 };
 
+inline
+void
+SequentialDataFetcher::seed(const time::milliseconds& timeout) const
+{
+  m_manager->processEvents(timeout);
+}
+
 } // namespace ntorrent
 } // namespace ndn