diff --git a/tools/vipsthumbnail.c b/tools/vipsthumbnail.c
index 370ef4c6..038ddc3c 100644
--- a/tools/vipsthumbnail.c
+++ b/tools/vipsthumbnail.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ thumbnail_shrink( VipsObject *thumbnail, VipsImage *in,
 		"tile_width", in->Xsize,
 		"tile_height", 10,
 		"max_tiles", (nlines * 2) / 10,
-		"strategy", VIPS_CACHE_SEQUENTIAL,
+		"strategy", VIPS_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL,
 		"threaded", TRUE, 
 		NULL ) ||
 		vips_affine( t[4], &t[5], residual, 0, 0, residual, NULL,