diff --git a/ext/standard/dns.c b/ext/standard/dns.c
index 937c0ef392106..7e64e96d66e2b 100644
--- a/ext/standard/dns.c
+++ b/ext/standard/dns.c
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(dns_get_record)
 	zend_long type_param = PHP_DNS_ANY;
 	zval *authns = NULL, *addtl = NULL;
 	int type_to_fetch;
+	int dns_errno;
 #if defined(HAVE_DNS_SEARCH)
 	struct sockaddr_storage from;
 	uint32_t fromsize = sizeof(from);
@@ -940,8 +941,9 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(dns_get_record)
 			n = php_dns_search(handle, hostname, C_IN, type_to_fetch, answer.qb2, sizeof answer);
 
 			if (n < 0) {
+				dns_errno = php_dns_errno(handle);
 				php_dns_free_handle(handle);
-				switch (h_errno) {
+				switch (dns_errno) {
 					case NO_DATA:
 					case HOST_NOT_FOUND:
 						continue;
diff --git a/ext/standard/php_dns.h b/ext/standard/php_dns.h
index 2631759ee457b..68651521999e7 100644
--- a/ext/standard/php_dns.h
+++ b/ext/standard/php_dns.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     	((int)dns_search(res, dname, class, type, answer, anslen, (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromsize))
 #define php_dns_free_handle(res) \
 		dns_free(res)
+#define php_dns_errno(handle) h_errno
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_RES_NSEARCH)
 #define php_dns_search(res, dname, class, type, answer, anslen) \
@@ -39,11 +40,13 @@
 			res_nclose(res); \
 			php_dns_free_res(res)
 #endif
+#define php_dns_errno(handle) handle->res_h_errno
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_RES_SEARCH)
 #define php_dns_search(res, dname, class, type, answer, anslen) \
 			res_search(dname, class, type, answer, anslen)
 #define php_dns_free_handle(res) /* noop */
+#define php_dns_errno(handle) h_errno
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/bug81618.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/bug81618.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fbdb29e90eee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/bug81618.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #81618: dns_get_record failure on FreeBSD
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$ret = dns_get_record('www.google.com', DNS_A + DNS_CNAME);
+
+echo ($ret !== false && count($ret) > 0);
+
+?>
+
+--EXPECT--
+1