diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/runner.py b/ansible_mitogen/runner.py
index 30c0ca7b..bd2b0cc7 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/runner.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/runner.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ how to build arguments for it, preseed related data, etc.
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import cStringIO
+import ctypes
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ except ImportError:
 import ansible.module_utils.basic
 ansible.module_utils.basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = '{}'
 
+# For tasks that modify /etc/resolv.conf, non-Debian derivative glibcs cache
+# resolv.conf at startup and never implicitly reload it. Cope with that via an
+# explicit call to res_init() on each task invocation. BSD-alikes export it
+# directly, Linux #defines it as "__res_init".
+libc = ctypes.CDLL(None)
+libc__res_init = None
+for symbol in 'res_init', '__res_init':
+    try:
+        libc__res_init = getattr(libc, symbol)
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -397,6 +409,8 @@ class NewStyleRunner(ScriptRunner):
         # module, but this has never been a bug report. Instead act like an
         # interpreter that had its script piped on stdin.
         self._argv = TemporaryArgv([''])
+        if libc__res_init:
+            libc__res_init()
 
     def revert(self):
         self._argv.revert()
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
index 7e1d8689..3451f464 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 - import_playbook: remote_tmp/all.yml
 - import_playbook: runner/all.yml
 - import_playbook: ssh/all.yml
+- import_playbook: glibc_caches/all.yml
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/all.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/all.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d524540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/all.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+- import_playbook: resolv_conf.yml
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/resolv_conf.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/resolv_conf.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1a466e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/glibc_caches/resolv_conf.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+# This cannot run against localhost, it damages /etc
+
+- name: integration/glibc_caches/resolv_conf.yml
+  gather_facts: true
+  become: true
+  hosts: test-targets
+  vars:
+    ansible_become_pass: has_sudo_pubkey_password
+  tasks:
+
+    - debug: msg={{hostvars}}
+    - mitogen_test_gethostbyname:
+        name: www.google.com
+      register: out
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
+
+    - shell: cp /etc/resolv.conf /tmp/resolv.conf
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
+
+    - shell: echo > /etc/resolv.conf
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
+
+    - mitogen_test_gethostbyname:
+        name: www.google.com
+      register: out
+      ignore_errors: true
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
+
+    - shell: cat /tmp/resolv.conf > /etc/resolv.conf
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+        - out.failed
+        - '"Name or service not known" in out.msg or
+           "Temporary failure in name resolution" in out.msg'
+      when: ansible_virtualization_type == "docker"
diff --git a/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py b/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23dff9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# I am a module that indirectly depends on glibc cached /etc/resolv.conf state.
+
+import socket
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec={'name': {'type': 'str'}})
+    try:
+        module.exit_json(addr=socket.gethostbyname(module.params['name']))
+    except socket.error, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()