diff --git a/bin/v-add-dns-record b/bin/v-add-dns-record
index b785973c5..6d5204825 100755
--- a/bin/v-add-dns-record
+++ b/bin/v-add-dns-record
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ domain=$2
 record=$(idn -t --quiet -u "$3" )
 record=$(echo "$record" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 rtype=$(echo "$4"| tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
-dvalue=$(idn -t --quiet -u "$5" )
+dvalue=$(idn -t --quiet -a "$5" )
 priority=$6
 id=$7
 restart=$8