diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
index c4e67bdf0d..bdc1944725 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
@@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ static switch_call_cause_t sofia_outgoing_channel(switch_core_session_t *session
 		} else {
 			host++;
 			
-			if (!strchr(host, '.')) {
+			if (!strchr(host, '.') || switch_true(switch_event_get_header(var_event, "sip_gethostbyname"))) {
 				struct sockaddr_in sa;
 				struct hostent *he = gethostbyname(host);
 				char *ip, *tmp;