diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d7ae3b5f437..5608de31912 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14156,7 +14156,7 @@ else
 int
 main ()
 {
-if (!(_res.options & RES_INIT)) res_init(); res_query("foo",ns_c_in,0,0,0)
+if (!(_res.options & RES_INIT)) res_init(); res_query("foo",ns_c_in,0,0,0); ns_initparse(0,0,0)
   ;
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c58076ed1d6..53c1a36a169 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ then
          AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #endif
-#include <resolv.h>]],[[if (!(_res.options & RES_INIT)) res_init(); res_query("foo",ns_c_in,0,0,0)]])],
+#include <resolv.h>]],[[if (!(_res.options & RES_INIT)) res_init(); res_query("foo",ns_c_in,0,0,0); ns_initparse(0,0,0)]])],
            [ac_cv_have_resolv=${lib:-"none required"}],[ac_cv_have_resolv="not found"])
          test "x$ac_cv_have_resolv" = "xnot found" || break
        done