diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
index b72c309cd..5088ab81b 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ bool WifiHostByName(const char* aHostname, IPAddress& aResult) {
   }
 #else
   // DnsClient can't do one-shot mDNS queries so use WiFi.hostByName() for *.local
+  aResult = (uint32_t) 0x00000000L;    // indirectly force to be IPv4, since the client touches the binary format later
   size_t hostname_len = strlen(aHostname);
   if (strstr_P(aHostname, PSTR(".local")) == &aHostname[hostname_len] - 6) {
     if (WiFi.hostByName(aHostname, aResult)) {