diff --git a/srcpkgs/openntpd/patches/resinit.patch b/srcpkgs/openntpd/patches/resinit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fe394c606c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openntpd/patches/resinit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Reset transient resolver failures in glibc
+https://github.com/openntpd-portable/openntpd-portable/issues/12
+
+--- src/config.c.orig	2015-08-24 16:29:04.396307991 +0200
++++ src/config.c	2015-08-24 16:29:27.791193789 +0200
+@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
+ #include <netinet/in.h>
+ 
+ #include <errno.h>
++#include <resolv.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@
+ 	struct sockaddr_in6	*sa_in6;
+ 	struct ntp_addr		*h, *hh = NULL;
+ 
++#ifdef __GLIBC__
++	res_init();
++#endif
+ 	bzero(&hints, sizeof(hints));
+ 	hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
+ 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM; /* DUMMY */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openntpd/template b/srcpkgs/openntpd/template
index 04ad9ba80cd..1776ff3362d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openntpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openntpd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'openntpd'
 pkgname=openntpd
 version=5.7p4
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-privsep-user=$pkgname --with-cacert=/etc/ssl/certs.pem"