diff --git a/ipapython/platform/debian/instances/utils.py b/ipapython/platform/debian/instances/utils.py
index 4055e6fbb..aaa87d2a6 100644
--- a/ipapython/platform/debian/instances/utils.py
+++ b/ipapython/platform/debian/instances/utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def bind_check_installation(unattended):
     if not has_bind:
         return False
 
-    dpkg_query = ['/usr/bin/dpkg-query', '-W', '-f', '${Conffiles}']
+    dpkg_query = ['/usr/bin/dpkg-query', '-W', '-f', '${Conffiles}', 'bind9']
     stdout, stderr, ret = ipautil.run(dpkg_query)
     # convert dpkg-query output into a mapping fname->md5sum
     conf_files = dict([p.strip().split(' ') for p in stdout.split('\n')])