diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.c b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.c
index 0abadaff6d77..85e5f41f052b 100644
--- a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.c
+++ b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.c
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ dns_gethostbyname(const nvlist_t *limits, const nvlist_t *nvlin,
 	struct hostent *hp;
 	int family;
 
-	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME2ADDR"))
+	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME2ADDR") &&
+	    !dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME"))
 		return (NO_RECOVERY);
 
 	family = (int)nvlist_get_number(nvlin, "family");
@@ -498,7 +499,8 @@ dns_gethostbyaddr(const nvlist_t *limits, const nvlist_t *nvlin,
 	size_t addrsize;
 	int family;
 
-	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR2NAME"))
+	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR2NAME") &&
+	    !dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR"))
 		return (NO_RECOVERY);
 
 	family = (int)nvlist_get_number(nvlin, "family");
@@ -524,7 +526,8 @@ dns_getnameinfo(const nvlist_t *limits, const nvlist_t *nvlin, nvlist_t *nvlout)
 	socklen_t salen;
 	int error, flags;
 
-	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR2NAME"))
+	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR2NAME") &&
+	    !dns_allowed_type(limits, "ADDR"))
 		return (NO_RECOVERY);
 
 	error = 0;
@@ -617,7 +620,8 @@ dns_getaddrinfo(const nvlist_t *limits, const nvlist_t *nvlin, nvlist_t *nvlout)
 	unsigned int ii;
 	int error, family, n;
 
-	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME2ADDR"))
+	if (!dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME2ADDR") &&
+	    !dns_allowed_type(limits, "NAME"))
 		return (NO_RECOVERY);
 
 	hostname = dnvlist_get_string(nvlin, "hostname", NULL);
@@ -703,7 +707,9 @@ dns_limit(const nvlist_t *oldlimits, const nvlist_t *newlimits)
 				return (EINVAL);
 			type = nvlist_get_string(newlimits, name);
 			if (strcmp(type, "ADDR2NAME") != 0 &&
-			    strcmp(type, "NAME2ADDR") != 0) {
+			    strcmp(type, "NAME2ADDR") != 0 &&
+			    strcmp(type, "ADDR") != 0 &&
+			    strcmp(type, "NAME") != 0) {
 				return (EINVAL);
 			}
 			if (!dns_allowed_type(oldlimits, type))