diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 008552d3d7..30b31e697e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4490.	[maint]		Added AAAA (2001:500:12::d0d) for G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
+
 4489.	[security]	It was possible to trigger assertions when processing
 			a response. (CVE-2016-8864) [RT #43465]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/rootns.c b/lib/dns/rootns.c
index 4eedff3379..b988a4f6ad 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rootns.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rootns.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static char root_ns[] =
 "F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241\n"
 "F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:2F::F\n"
 "G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.112.36.4\n"
+"G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:12::d0d\n"
 "H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       198.97.190.53\n"
 "H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      AAAA    2001:500:1::53\n"
 "I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     3600000 IN      A       192.36.148.17\n"