diff --git a/bind8/CHANGELOG b/bind8/CHANGELOG
index 0e3b63aed..fa589c8d8 100644
--- a/bind8/CHANGELOG
+++ b/bind8/CHANGELOG
@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@ The default TTL for multiple zones can now be changed on the Update Records in Z
 When adding a cluster slave server, multiple views can be entered to have slave zones created in all of them.
 Record names or values entered like ns.foo.com in the domain foo.com automatically have a . added to make them absolute as the user presumably expected, rather than being coverted to ns.foo.com.foo.com.
 Update serial number (by default) when editing records manually.
+Try downloading root zone files from the IP for rs.internic.net if the hostname cannot be resolved, to avoid catch-22 problem.
diff --git a/bind8/bind8-lib.pl b/bind8/bind8-lib.pl
index f6cbda8d1..3d72ca840 100644
--- a/bind8/bind8-lib.pl
+++ b/bind8/bind8-lib.pl
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ do '../ui-lib.pl';
 $zone_names_cache = "$module_config_directory/zone-names";
 $zone_names_version = 2;
 
+# Where to find root zones file
+$internic_ftp_host = "rs.internic.net";
+$internic_ftp_ip = "198.41.0.6";
+$internic_ftp_file = "/domain/named.root";
+
 if (open(VERSION, "$module_config_directory/version")) {
 	chop($bind_version = <VERSION>);
 	close(VERSION);
diff --git a/bind8/dns_boot.cgi b/bind8/dns_boot.cgi
index cb6be31e9..8608aeaa1 100755
--- a/bind8/dns_boot.cgi
+++ b/bind8/dns_boot.cgi
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ if ($in{real} == 0) {
 elsif ($in{real} == 1) {
 	# Try to download the root servers file from
 	# ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.root
-	&ftp_download("rs.internic.net", "/domain/named.root", 
-		      &make_chroot("$conf_directory/db.cache"));
+	$hfile = &make_chroot("$conf_directory/db.cache");
+	&ftp_download($internic_ftp_host, $internic_ftp_file, $hfile, \$ftperr);
+	if ($ftperr) {
+		# Try IP address directly
+		&ftp_download($internic_ftp_ip, $internic_ftp_file, $hfile);
+		}
 	print BOOT "zone \".\" {\n";
 	print BOOT "\ttype hint;\n";
 	print BOOT "\tfile \"$conf_directory/db.cache\";\n";
diff --git a/bind8/refetch.cgi b/bind8/refetch.cgi
index 6fffad92c..6c69be68f 100755
--- a/bind8/refetch.cgi
+++ b/bind8/refetch.cgi
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ $file = &make_chroot(&absolute_path($file));
 # Try to download the root servers file from
 # ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.root
 &lock_file($file);
-&ftp_download("rs.internic.net", "/domain/named.root", $file);
+&ftp_download($internic_ftp_host, $internic_ftp_file, $file, \$ftperr);
+if ($ftperr) {
+	# Try IP address directly
+	&ftp_download($internic_ftp_ip, $internic_ftp_file, $file);
+	}
 &unlock_file($file);
 
 &webmin_log("refetch");