diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 54a7364..0f6d58e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ nagios-plugins (1.4.10-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Jan Wagner ]
   * fix Vcs- fields fields
+  * use $HOSTADDRESS$ instead of $HOSTNAME$ in dns.cfg (closes: #405244).
 
  -- Sean Finney <seanius@debian.org>  Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:01:17 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/pluginconfig/dns.cfg b/debian/pluginconfig/dns.cfg
index b0f2643..440c9d4 100644
--- a/debian/pluginconfig/dns.cfg
+++ b/debian/pluginconfig/dns.cfg
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ define command{
 # 'check_dig' command definition
 define command{
 	command_name    check_dig
-	command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig -H $HOSTNAME$ -l $ARG1$
+	command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_dig -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -l $ARG1$
 }