diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9cee4fa31..03af2cc58 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ freeipa (2.1.3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Migrate to source format 3.0 (quilt).
   * Migrate to dh.
   * Fix dependencies.
+  * Add fix_dnsclient.py.patch, we don't use autconfig.
 
  -- Michele Baldessari <michele@pupazzo.org>  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:01:24 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/fix_dnsclient.py.patch b/debian/patches/fix_dnsclient.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78bfe75df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/fix_dnsclient.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/ipapython/dnsclient.py b/ipapython/dnsclient.py
+index 9a59d9b..857e1c7 100644
+--- a/ipapython/dnsclient.py
++++ b/ipapython/dnsclient.py
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import struct
+ import socket
+ import sys
+ 
+-import acutil
++#import acutil
+ 
+ DNS_C_IN = 1
+ DNS_C_CS = 2
+@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def query(query, qclass, qtype):
+ 	qdata = dnsFormatQuery(query, qclass, qtype)
+ 	if not qdata:
+ 		return []
+-	answer = acutil.res_send(qdata)
++	answer = none
+ 	if not answer:
+ 		return []
+ 	return dnsParseResults(answer)
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 473ecfb97..18d491321 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 01_fix_init_dir.patch
 #02_configure.patch
+fix_dnsclient.py.patch