diff --git a/base/io_generator.cc b/base/io_generator.cc
index 76af215..88c2927 100644
--- a/base/io_generator.cc
+++ b/base/io_generator.cc
@@ -44,25 +44,45 @@ namespace {
 			: begin_(begin),
 			  end_(begin + (size / step) * step),
 			  step_(step),
-			  current_(begin) {
+			  current_(begin),
+			  rounds_(0) {
 			if (size < step)
 				throw std::runtime_error("size must be greater than the step");
 		}
 
+		forward_sequence_generator()
+			: begin_(0), end_(1), step_(1),
+			  current_(0), rounds_(0) {
+		}
+
 		uint64_t next() {
 			uint64_t r = current_;
 			current_ += step_;
 			if (current_ >= end_) {
 				current_ = begin_;
+				++rounds_;
 			}
 			return r;
 		}
 
+		void reset(uint64_t begin, uint64_t size, uint64_t step = 1) {
+			begin_ = begin;
+			end_ = begin + (size / step) * step;
+			step_ = step;
+			current_ = begin;
+			rounds_ = 0;
+		}
+
+		uint64_t get_rounds() {
+			return rounds_;
+		}
+
 	private:
 		uint64_t begin_;
 		uint64_t end_;
 		uint64_t step_;
 		uint64_t current_;
+		uint64_t rounds_;
 	};
 
 	// - The maximum generated value is not greater than (begin+size)
@@ -73,21 +93,25 @@ namespace {
 		// TODO: load random seeds
 		random_sequence_generator(uint64_t begin,
 					  uint64_t size,
-					  uint64_t step)
+					  uint64_t step,
+					  unsigned seq_nr = 1)
 			: begin_(begin),
 			  nr_steps_(size / step),
 			  step_(step),
-			  nr_generated_(0) {
+			  max_forward_steps_(seq_nr),
+			  nr_generated_(0)
+		{
+			if (!max_forward_steps_ || max_forward_steps_ > nr_steps_)
+				throw std::runtime_error("invalid number of forward steps");
+
+			if (max_forward_steps_ > 1)
+				reset_forward_generator();
 		}
 
 		uint64_t next() {
-			uint64_t step_idx;
-
-			bool found = true;
-			while (found) {
-				step_idx = std::rand() % nr_steps_;
-				found = rand_map_.member(step_idx);
-			}
+			// FIXME: eliminate if-else
+			uint64_t step_idx = (max_forward_steps_ > 1) ?
+				next_forward_step() : next_random_step();
 			rand_map_.add(step_idx);
 			++nr_generated_;
 
@@ -101,12 +125,47 @@ namespace {
 		}
 
 	private:
+		void reset_forward_generator() {
+			uint64_t begin = next_random_step();
+			unsigned seq_nr = (std::rand() % max_forward_steps_) + 1;
+			forward_gen_.reset(begin, seq_nr);
+		}
+
+		uint64_t next_forward_step() {
+			uint64_t step_idx;
+
+			bool found = true;
+			while (found) {
+				step_idx = forward_gen_.next();
+				found = rand_map_.member(step_idx);
+
+				if (found || forward_gen_.get_rounds())
+					reset_forward_generator();
+			}
+
+			return step_idx;
+		}
+
+		uint64_t next_random_step() const {
+			uint64_t step_idx;
+
+			bool found = true;
+			while (found) {
+				step_idx = std::rand() % nr_steps_;
+				found = rand_map_.member(step_idx);
+			}
+
+			return step_idx;
+		}
+
 		uint64_t begin_;
 		uint64_t nr_steps_;
 		uint64_t step_;
+		unsigned max_forward_steps_;
 
 		base::run_set<uint64_t> rand_map_;
 		uint64_t nr_generated_;
+		forward_sequence_generator forward_gen_;
 	};
 
 	//--------------------------------
@@ -187,7 +246,8 @@ namespace {
 
 		if (opts.pattern_.is_random())
 			gen = new random_sequence_generator(opts.offset_,
-					opts.size_, opts.block_size_);
+					opts.size_, opts.block_size_,
+					opts.nr_seq_blocks_);
 		else
 			gen = new forward_sequence_generator(opts.offset_,
 					opts.size_, opts.block_size_);
diff --git a/base/io_generator.h b/base/io_generator.h
index 16a78d9..cb6368f 100644
--- a/base/io_generator.h
+++ b/base/io_generator.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace base {
 		sector_t block_size_;
 		sector_t size_;
 		sector_t io_size_;
+		unsigned nr_seq_blocks_;
 	};
 
 	class io_generator {
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_generate_mappings.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_generate_mappings.cc
index 27781f2..1301d70 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_generate_mappings.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_generate_mappings.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace {
 		base::sector_t offset;
 		boost::optional<base::sector_t> size;
 		boost::optional<base::sector_t> io_size;
+		boost::optional<unsigned> nr_seq_blocks;
 	};
 
 	bool flags::check_conformance() {
@@ -65,6 +66,14 @@ namespace {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		if (nr_seq_blocks) {
+			if (!pattern.is_random()) {
+				cerr << "Cannot specify the sequence size"
+					" while doing non-random IO" << endl;
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
 		check_output_file_requirements(*output);
 
 		return true;
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ namespace {
 		opts.offset_ = fs.offset;
 		opts.size_ = *fs.size;
 		opts.io_size_ = !fs.io_size ? *fs.size : *fs.io_size;
+		opts.nr_seq_blocks_ = !fs.nr_seq_blocks ? 1 : *fs.nr_seq_blocks;
 		io_generator::ptr gen = create_io_generator(opts);
 
 		base::io io;
@@ -133,6 +143,7 @@ thin_generate_mappings_cmd::usage(std::ostream &out) const
 	    << "  {--io-size} <io-size in sectors>\n"
 	    << "  {--rw write|trim|randwrite|randtrim|randtw}\n"
 	    << "  {--size} <size in sectors>\n"
+	    << "  {--seq-nr} <max nr. of sequential ios>\n"
 	    << "  {-V|--version}" << endl;
 }
 
@@ -150,6 +161,7 @@ thin_generate_mappings_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 		{ "offset", required_argument, NULL, 3 },
 		{ "size", required_argument, NULL, 4 },
 		{ "io-size", required_argument, NULL, 5 },
+		{ "seq-nr", required_argument, NULL, 6 },
 		{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'V' },
 		{ NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0 }
 	};
@@ -184,6 +196,10 @@ thin_generate_mappings_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 			fs.io_size = parse_uint64(optarg, "io_size");
 			break;
 
+		case 6:
+			fs.nr_seq_blocks = parse_uint64(optarg, "seq_nr");
+			break;
+
 		case 'V':
 			cout << THIN_PROVISIONING_TOOLS_VERSION << endl;
 			return 0;