diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
index 32a1a22fc2..76af184975 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 		$this->logger->debug('Request start.', ['url' => $url, 'method' => $method]);
 
 		$host = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST);
-		if(!filter_var($host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) && !@dns_get_record($host . '.', DNS_A + DNS_AAAA)) {
+		if(!filter_var($host, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) && !@dns_get_record($host . '.', DNS_A + DNS_AAAA) && !gethostbyname($host)) {
 			$this->logger->debug('URL cannot be resolved.', ['url' => $url, 'callstack' => System::callstack(20)]);
 			$this->profiler->stopRecording();
 			return CurlResult::createErrorCurl($url);