diff -up ntp-4.2.4p5/ntpd/ntp_intres.c.resinit ntp-4.2.4p5/ntpd/ntp_intres.c
--- ntp-4.2.4p5/ntpd/ntp_intres.c.resinit	2008-08-10 13:02:43.000000000 +0200
+++ ntp-4.2.4p5/ntpd/ntp_intres.c	2008-10-07 14:54:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 /**/
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <resolv.h>
 /**/
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
 # include <sys/param.h>		/* MAXHOSTNAMELEN (often) */
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ ntp_intres(void)
 			 * Sleep a little to make sure the network is completely up
 			 */
 			sleep(SLEEPTIME);
+			res_init();
 			doconfigure(1);
 
 			/* prepare retry, in case there's more work to do */