diff -up ./man/nslcd.conf.5.xml.dnssrv ./man/nslcd.conf.5.xml
--- ./man/nslcd.conf.5.xml.dnssrv	2012-04-28 21:22:26.327729809 +0200
+++ ./man/nslcd.conf.5.xml	2012-04-28 21:22:26.330729794 +0200
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@
        <acronym>LDAP</acronym> over <acronym>TCP</acronym>,
        <acronym>ICP</acronym> or <acronym>SSL</acronym> respectively (if
        supported by the <acronym>LDAP</acronym> library).
+      </para>
+      <para>
        Alternatively, the value <literal>DNS</literal> may be
        used to try to lookup the server using <acronym>DNS</acronym>
        <acronym>SRV</acronym> records.
+       By default the current domain is used but another domain can
+       be queried by using the
+       <literal>DNS:</literal><replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable> syntax.
       </para>
       <para>
        When using the ldapi scheme, %2f should be used to escape slashes
diff -up ./nslcd/cfg.c.dnssrv ./nslcd/cfg.c
--- ./nslcd/cfg.c.dnssrv	2012-04-28 21:22:26.326729814 +0200
+++ ./nslcd/cfg.c	2012-04-28 21:22:26.330729794 +0200
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ static char *cfg_getdomainname(const cha
 
 /* add URIs by doing DNS queries for SRV records */
 static void add_uris_from_dns(const char *filename,int lnr,
-                              struct ldap_config *cfg)
+                              struct ldap_config *cfg,
+                              char *domain)
 {
   int rc;
-  char *domain;
   char *hostlist=NULL,*nxt;
   char buf[HOST_NAME_MAX+sizeof("ldap://")];
-  domain=cfg_getdomainname(filename,lnr);
+  log_log(LOG_DEBUG,"query %s for SRV records",domain);
   rc=ldap_domain2hostlist(domain,&hostlist);
   if (rc!=LDAP_SUCCESS)
   {
@@ -848,7 +848,16 @@ static void cfg_read(const char *filenam
         if (strcasecmp(token,"dns")==0)
         {
 #ifdef HAVE_LDAP_DOMAIN2HOSTLIST
-          add_uris_from_dns(filename,lnr,cfg);
+          add_uris_from_dns(filename,lnr,cfg,cfg_getdomainname(filename,lnr));
+#else /* not HAVE_LDAP_DOMAIN2HOSTLIST */
+          log_log(LOG_ERR,"%s:%d: value %s not supported on platform",filename,lnr,token);
+          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+#endif /* not HAVE_LDAP_DOMAIN2HOSTLIST */
+        }
+        else if (strncasecmp(token,"dns:",4)==0)
+        {
+#ifdef HAVE_LDAP_DOMAIN2HOSTLIST
+          add_uris_from_dns(filename,lnr,cfg,strdup(token+sizeof("dns")));
 #else /* not HAVE_LDAP_DOMAIN2HOSTLIST */
           log_log(LOG_ERR,"%s:%d: value %s not supported on platform",filename,lnr,token);
           exit(EXIT_FAILURE);